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Lute is correct, use the small circle method on a little peanut size knife. The setups and gizmo's are not going to work as the knife is too small. Hold the knife in your right hand, if you are right handed, and the stone in your left. Start all the way back by the kick, and start honing in a small circle at about the angle you want. Work your way up to the point of the blade, all the while honing in a small overlapping circle pattern. Do not break contact with the stone because this will cage the angle. Take at least a full minute to get to the point of the blade. Repeat on the other side. Do this until shape. It may help to use a dry erase marker to darken the edges so you can see how your doing.
As far as angle, do not get obsessive over it, it won't make any difference that you can see in real world use. For about the right angle, hold the knife like you're going to saw the stone in half. This is 90 degrees. Lower this angle about half by eyeball. This will put you at about 45 degrees. Now lower that again by half and this is about where your pocket knife blade will be. Start honing there in the small overlapping circles. Don't obsess over a few degrees. It won't matter if it's 22 degrees or 25 degrees, the egg will b sharp if you learn to be consistent.
Free hand sharpening is not rocket science, and it's easy to do once you get the feel for it. The object of the small circle methods it holds a more consistent angle while sharpening because the blade is in constant contact with the sharpening medium no matter if its an Arkansas stone, diamond, or silica stone. No matter. This is actually better with small knives like peanuts and 58mm SAK's.
