Got my 1st Kurk today

One final thought:

It's a point of pride around here to have painfully (sometimes quite literally) sharp tools, but one does not need an edge that shaves whiskers to chop wood. Does it hurt? Of course not. Does it help? Maybe a little, but it's not a huge improvement.

When we're dealing with chopping implements like this, momentum, blade thickness, and techique are important. The condition of the edge is nearly incidental. If the edge bevels meet, it's sharp enough to work.
 
Thanks dave you summed it up pretty good. I took it out again yesterday and it preformed well. I made a large stack of dry fire wood with the khuk and then I used it to botton with and it preformed well. It's working much better then the first time I took it out and I'm happy with it.
 
minipyro, I too use the Sharpmaker for the majority of finer sharpening, but as was mentioned earlier, even the coarse stones, or the diamond speed sleeves I picked up years ago aren't suitable for removing metal fast. If you ever have the need to sharpen and/or reprofile large blades, the belt sander and sharpening belts suggestion would be worthwhile. I myself picked up a belt sander on sale and managed to get a dull HI Everest Katana sharp with it, as well as a 25" Kumar Kobra. I'm not so good at freehand sharpening myself, so I'll take an ordinary piece of paper and fold it diagonally twice, giving me a rough 22.5 degree angle to refer to occasionally. I'll try to err on the side of a thinner bevel than a thicker one. I too have a 15" Ang Khola, and it's been pretty decent so far. Mind you, if I need to divide a big log up and split it, that's when the saw and axe come out. :-)
 
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