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One other thing to keep in mind is not all 600 grit stones will be the same. Some may cut more aggressively leaving more of a scratch pattern than others. I still finish on 1500 diamond.

I test mine on a grape and see if it will bite in or skate across the skin. What has helped me was going from a leather strop to balsa wood. Both will slice hair and paper clean, but it is easy to loose that extra bite with the leather. At least that's what I've found for my set up.

I try to keep the scratch pattern all going the same direction too
 
Nice tip, where did you get your 1.5k diamond stone from?
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I see the advantages of both and I’ll add it depends on what you’re cutting. Veggies and cardboard are much more fiberous on the surface and easy to grab and start the cut, but that tomato wit it’s smooth skin reacts better to a toothy edge No one edge is best imo just like no one knife is best for all situations.
 
zactly, it all depends on what the end use is, but, majority of the time I think a toothier edge wins out. Whittling or any wood work you need as sharp a blade as you can get.
G2
 
I'm still using the KME gold diamond plates. Once the bevel is set, I just touch them up with the 600 and 1500 grit. Then a quick strop with 6 and 1 micron gunny juice. So far I'm happy with the results.
 
Worked on a couple of folders today that would shave hair and slice paper but skated when trying to lightly cut through a paper towel
So I did the straight sharpening as described earlier and both blades cut a lot more aggressively and still shaved hair popping sharp
Liking this so far
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G2
 
Experience has shown me that the bias of scratch pattern should be a consideration related to application prior to stone on steel.

Example: scratch pattern bias towards ricasso <\\\\\ ]--- provides superior draw slice, where-as bias towards tip </////]--- provides superior push slice and equal bias (90° to apex) <||||||]--- balanced draw/push slice.

EDIT: forgot to mention the elephant in the house ... scratch patterns parallel to the edge, like those from a Pull Through Sharpener, actually impede the cutting/biting action of a good properly orientated (based on application) scratch pattern. Additionally they create speed bumps when push cutting :-/
 
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