Random Ramblings of a Tired Sharpener

[Squashfan]

I should probably go to bed but instead I am posting! I have been sitting here working on a Benchmade 940 in 154CM. I have discovered a couple of interesting facts. I can reduce pressure to the degree that large burrs are degraded into almost no burr, at least almost no burr for me. It is still probably a medium sized burr to you guys. But because I didn't work hard enough to make 99% sure that the bevels were flat when sharpening, if I raise the spine up from flat on the stone and let the blade rest naturally on the bevels, the bevel angle is less than the apex angle. So I can sit and work all day with light pressure and never get to the apex. I can raise the spine up a couple of degrees and the stone starts cutting just below the shoulder increasing the apex inclusive angle. So this is wrong since the angle is increasing but it works, ergh! Now if I could just bring flat bevels, pressure and angle control together on one knife, all the way from tip to heal, I would make a huge leap forward. I think my biggest problem is too much convex in my bevels. It would seem like an easy fix but I think my hands naturally convex the edge just a tiny bit to much. I am so close to a breakthrough, though. ALMOST...