Great sharpening link

[therealmow]

:confused2:For all of you who are new to sharpening a knife this link really helped me a lot, this in particular
I suggest you do not follow the directions that come with many sharpeners, of the form "Do 20 strokes on one side, then 20 strokes on the other". You go one side only until the burr is formed; if that takes 10 strokes or 50 strokes, you keep going until you get a burr, period. Only then do you flip the knife over and do the other side. helped a lot...
http://www.knifeart.com/sharfaqbyjoe.html

Hope it helps you all
Therealmow

[Martin]

Here's another one chaps. This time a PDF file on sharpening convex bevel blades. Still seems entirely counter intuitive but it seems to be the conventional wisdom on sharpening this type of bevel so who am I to argue?

Convex Bevel Sharpening (http://www.barkriverknives.com/docs/convex.pdf)

Martin