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Interesting thread, glad I looked at--was considering adding a choil to my Kapara. TRfromMt I really like your solution, seems like the best of both options. Great scales on your Para2, BTW. Are they commercial or did you make them yourself?
I add them.
I like them because without them and repeated sharpening a recurve will develop.
I just use the diamond triangle rod from my sharpmaker kit. Make a very small relief cut holding the rod in in hand, like a chainsaw file. Takes 10 minutes. And it's barely noticeable.
It certainly never snags on anything, and only removes the unsharpened part of the factory bevel.
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Just sharpen it all the way back
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