Weird thing from sharpening: Two angles on the blade.

[fireincairo]

So I'm practicing my sharpening on a Becker necker which is made of 1095 steel. After various methods, I ended up buying a Lansky system with diamond stones. That helped me repair all I did freehand and seemed to get it sharper than it was previous, but it wasn't hair-popping sharp.

So I take my relatively even sharpening (done at 20 degrees) and I decide to practice my hand again on some finer stones. What I now have is a blade bevel from the lansky nearer the rest of the blade, and right at the edge I've got a sharper angle right at the very edge.

It's actually sharper than it was before now, but I can't help but wonder if this is poor practice.Also, it still isn't hair-popping sharp. Any advice or experience on the matter would be appreciated.
thanks

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

If I understand your post correctly, it sounds like what you've done is put a microbevel on your edge. Not necessarily 'poor practice', especially if you like the result. Many people do it deliberately, to make the cutting edge a little more durable. So long as it's sharp, I don't see any problem. 'Hair popping' edges are more challenging, and usually easier to accomplish at thinner edge angles. The important thing is to make sure the edge is completely apexed, whether the angle is acute or a bit thicker. Using a good magnifier, under very bright light, is a good way to check that. I'm betting, if the edge wasn't quite hair-popping after the Lansky, the edge wasn't quite fully apexed.

I got my first really sharp (hair popping/whittling) edges from a Lansky, so I know the tool's capable of it. But, for a while, even with that system, I wasn't quite getting there. The improvement came when I started looking more closely at the edge as I worked, and continually lightening up on the pressure as I progressed through the grit stages. That made the difference.

 

[Hard H2O]

Do you have any of the ultra fine or super sapphire finishing hones? They might refine your edges. A stropping regimen might further refine after the stones and hones.

Good Luck.

 

[arcstarter]

Make sure your developing a burr on the whole edge and then with the same grit do it on the opposite side until you develop the burr again, flip and do it again but with a step up in grit and keep doing that until your at your last grit. Remember to use light pressure