help changing angle of knife

[Jstanny88]

hey guys, I’m new to the knife community lol so bear with me if this question has been asked before. I just couldn’t find much info, so if someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome. I have a few different sharpening systems... I’ve got the ken onion with grinding attachment which I use the most... I really like it... I’ve also got some stones and the work sharp guided system also. So I just got this new Boker automatic Kalashnikov and I’m trying not to screw it up... when I used the grinding attachment I CANNOT get it to sharpen the knife at 20 degrees... now if I change the angle up to 25 degrees it sharpens beautifully... I get a burr on both sides and continue until I get it as fine as I like:.. but I’m trying to change the angle to 20 and it just won’t go! Do I just need to keep going until I get a burr?? Does it really take that long? Or am I doing something wrong? I’m using the coarsest grit to start. Any help would be awesome. I’ve also tried the regular ken onion without the attachment and I can’t get it to go at 20 on that either.

Thanks in advance!! If I’m in the wrong forum sorry!

Jesse

 

[bgentry]

I learned a technique from Jason B that probably applies here: Change the angle half at a time. So you want to go from 25 to 20 right? First go from 25 to 22.5 (ish). Once it's nice and sharp at that angle, then go from 22.5 down to 20. The more gradual change gives you less work to do at a time and should give you a greater chance of success.

It's also worth considering your "coarse" belt. I believe the BGA comes with a P120 belt, which is definitely "coarse". But for serious jobs, I like something more coarse. I have the WSKO without the BGA; just the regular. On that I like to use Norton Norax stiff belts in 100 micron and 200 micron. The 200 does a really good job at removing steel quickly.

Sometimes I will go *even* more coarse than that. For those times I have a 60 grit ceramic belt. I try not to use it very often, as it tends to leave big scratches behind. As an in between the 80 grit from worksharp is quite good also.

Good luck to you.

Brian.

 

[Jstanny88]

Sweet. Thanks Brian I’ll give that a try tonight and let ya know how it goes. Appreciate it!

Jesse