I'd put about 4+ hours of wood shaving on the innermost edge, and while it was still cutting pretty well, it had lost it's paper-slicey sharpness right near the bolster. Decided to pull out the worksharp fixed angle sharpener and put a new one on there. Used the default Adjust stones, which are getting a bit dull at this point. 220, 320, 440, 600, 800, then ceramic, and a bit of stropping. Went for a shiny edge. It's nowhere near mirror polish, but it's sharp.
Wow, this blade steel is HARD. I have one of the Ritter RSK Magnacut knives with HRC 63-64, and it felt very "glassy" on the sharpener. This was waaaa-a-a-a-a-y glassier! Very hard to feel a burr forming with the stones, but I sort of "worked it out" via look and where the shavings were going. The worksharp default clamp is very squishy, so I can' t get a consistent finish without the accessory kits (please come back in stock!).
Overall, not that difficult to get sharp on a fixed angle system, but now my stones are probably smashed to bits, and fairly difficult to make it look nice. Also, a bit of patina on there from chopping up banana trees.
