Mirrored Bevel (1.5 micron CBN) with Toothy microbevel a sound strategy?

[MrCrumbles]

Sorry if this has been asked before but I was wondering if this is a sound strategy for sharpening my knives?

I have a KME that I am getting better at using and a few nicer knives that need sharpening. My thinking was that I would put on a near-mirror polished bevel going thru the diamond stone progression and ending with the 1.5 micron CBN Emulsion.

Then I plan on using my Sharpmaker to put on a microbevel, in hopes to improve edge stability, increase edge aggression as well as ease further maintenance.

I have two questions regarding that second step:

Which stone should I use to set the microbevel? I've read some people go immediately to their highest grit stone (in my case the UF ceramic rods) and others use a coarser grit (brown medium rods) to cut the microbevel, then polish with a few strokes on a higher grit.

Thanks!

 

[rpttrsn]

First make sure you create a burr on each side. Then remove this burr with a finer grit stone moving the bur from one side to the other then keep the same number of strokes on each side after getting a apex on the edge.
I would use your brown rods and not the white. Need to try it out on the steel you are using.
On my leek with S30V steel I mirror polished 15 degrees per side. Then a micro bevel of 20 degrees per side using 600 -800 grit stone, with final stropping of 0.50 diamond spray. A bit of a toothy edge. Pops arm hair and slices through phone book paper with ease. This works well for me.