Gotta dull sebbie

Circular motions on a good ole medium-grit Arkasas stone. Spydie stones take way too long in my experience, and can blunt the tip if you slip off the edge of the stone. A wider Arkansas stone, 2"x5," using circular motions on both sides, followed by finishing/polishing strokes on a finer stone (Spydie stones work in this role ok for me) is the fastest way I've found to reprofile or simply sharpen evenly (inclusive of the tip) any of my blades between 2 1/2" and 7."

Professor.
 
glad to hear you got it sharp. The fastest (best) way IMO is to use a belt grinder/sander, and then take off the burr with a ceramic rod, DMT bench stone, whatever. And then set a micro bevel if you care for one. Followed by a leather strop loaded with a chromium compound. Sounds lengthy but it will take any knife ever made, even untempered blades and turn them into a razor in less than five minutes. Of course you want to leave out step one most of the time. That's just for re-beveling an edge or repairing a really beat up one.
 
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