Finding out Blade Angle when sharpening on a Sharpmaker

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I just got a kershaw leek a couple weeks ago, and am loving it so far. It came with a good factory edge, and hasn't dulled that much yet, but I want to take the sharpness up a notch. I got a sharpmaker last week and want to sharpen the leek on it, but don't know if i should use the 30 degree or 40 degree setting. What is the best way to tell a blade's angle if you don't want to put a second bevel on the knife when sharpening it?

On a side note, I was cutting a sweet potato with my leek today, and had the leek stuck in it, turned around for two seconds, and next thing I know the leek dislodges itself from the sweet potato and lands on the floor breaking off the tip :grumpy:
 
The Sharpy trick I mentioned in your other thread can be used for that purpose. Color the entire edge bevel, take a couple of strokes on the stones at thirty and see where the marker is removed. Near the top, the edge bevel is wider than thirty, near the edge the bevel is less than thirty, entire bevel cleaned off, you have a match.
 
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