How do you sharpen your buck?

I like the Lansky sharpener and am using my dad's that he gave to me some time ago, that's a first generation model, I've got the everything from the extra coarse Diamond hone to the blue sapphire stone, and they work very well given the price, though for convex edges I like the Worksharp sharpener sans the guard, also it works wonders on axes and machetes. Hoping one day to score some paper wheels, though I never can seem to pull it off. Also have a cheap strop that I use a ton, and some of the DMT diamond paste, for finishing up edges.
 
Started with DMT Aligner but went freehand Japanese whetstones a while back. Naniwa Superstones #1000 and #3000 followed by light stropping to finish.
 
I've always freehanded with diamond stones, finish and or touch up with a steel.
Recently got the DMT aligner to profile or work on a bad one.
 
Stumps, what trail?


Back to the OP... I should mention that I've found for my cutting purposes, I prefer a thinner, flatter grind on my knives. I've never said, "I wish the spine of this knife was thicker and that it was more sharply concave" but I've frequently been frustrated by the a concave blade getting hung up during a cut. While not sharpening, per se, I've put many of my concave ground knives on the stone to thin them out and flatten out the transition from the concavity to the spine. This includes a couple of my Buck folders including my Buck 500.

Wowza! It's made a huge difference. It slices food much better. It handles wood working much, much better.
 
I use Buck stones..The kit that has 2 stones and the can of honing oil.I have trouble keeping a good angle free hand but it's all I have.The most difficult knife Iv'e tried was a 653 Nighthawk with the tanto [sic] point.I sent that one back to Buck.
 
I use the Lansky turnbox with diamond grit rods and a sharpmaker. I drilled extra holes in the turnbox for 30 degrees inclusive for reprofiling. Then I go to the sharpmaker on the 30 degree setting through the fine stones. Then I finish with the fine stones on the 40 degree and do about 4 strokes per side for a slight micro bevel. Hard felt strop with chromium oxide spray and then leather strop. That gives me a scary sharp, hair whittling edge on my new 110
 
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