[newbie question] Do you sharpen all bevels, or just the one forming the edge?

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xil3

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I'm fairly new to the art of sharpening, and wanted to know what most people do.

I know that with a scandi grind, it's just one bevel, so you sharpen that, and tada. What about sabre grinds, where it's a bevel from midway up the blade, all the way down, and then a micro bevel for the edge.

My question, is whether you sharpen all bevels, or just the one that's forming the edge? I noticed that some people grind both bevels (saw a couple Becker BK2s that were sharpened from the main bevel, and also the micro bevel) -- or maybe I was just mistaken, and they turned it into a convex **shrug**.

Any advice/help with this would be greatly appreciated.
 
Normally, just sharpen the edge bevel. If someone is working on the grind, they are usually thinning the blade a little.
 
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