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Help reprofiling Micro Praetorian

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jami98

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So I decided to reprofile my user micro praetorian on my KME and can't seem to get each side even. The angle is set to 26 on the KME (which is actually approximately 23 per side) but the edge on the lock side is thinner. I measured each side separately and they both seem to be at about the same angle throughout the blade, so not sure what to do. I attached images for reference but not sure if they are noticeable there.

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jami98 said:
So I decided to reprofile my user micro praetorian on my KME and can't seem to get each side even. The angle is set to 26 on the KME (which is actually approximately 23 per side) but the edge on the lock side is thinner. I measured each side separately and they both seem to be at about the same angle throughout the blade, so not sure what to do. I attached images for reference but not sure if they are noticeable there.
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Spend some more time with your coarse stone on the "thinner" side (the lock bar side in your case). The edge bevel angles can be exactly the same on both sides, with the edge bevel being shorter on one side because your edge is sharpened slightly off-center if that makes sense?

Think it this way - Imagine a nice wide chisel grind (for arguments sake call it 10mm wide) on one side of a piece of steel at 25 degrees, with a tiny 25 degree micro-bevel (call it 0.1mm wide) on the opposite side. It is sharpened 25 degrees either side, but the one side is huge and the other is so tiny, it's hardly noticeable.
 
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