Mahmer09,
What you just did was re-create the basic edge geometry, and make it equal on both sides. That is "reprofiling". You used 150 grit sandpaper, and I use the 120 grit diamond rods.
Now you can start the normal sharpening process from a clean slate. Hope it works well for you.
Love Sharpmaker! Can't Sharpen Sage 1, help!
I feel for you man. The sharpmaker works great until you happen to get a knife with bevels greater than the 40 degree inclusive angle built into the tool.
You can spend an insanely long time trying to reshape the edge and it can be very frustrating. This same experience with a fat bevel Endura eventually lead me to a Wicked Edge system for doing re-grinds. The diamond rods or sandpaper on your Sharpmaker will help too. Don't get me wrong, I really like my Sharpmaker and I still use it all the time but only when I know that I am actually hitting the edge of the blade and not just wasting my day rubbing metal off the shoulders.
Rubbing metal off the shoulders sounds like exactly what you are doing with your Sage 1.
Put that sharpie marker on there and when you are hitting the edge properly the marker should be gone from the edge with the first few passes. Good luck!
You can spend an insanely long time trying to reshape the edge and it can be very frustrating. This same experience with a fat bevel Endura eventually lead me to a Wicked Edge system for doing re-grinds. The diamond rods or sandpaper on your Sharpmaker will help too. Don't get me wrong, I really like my Sharpmaker and I still use it all the time but only when I know that I am actually hitting the edge of the blade and not just wasting my day rubbing metal off the shoulders.
Rubbing metal off the shoulders sounds like exactly what you are doing with your Sage 1.
Put that sharpie marker on there and when you are hitting the edge properly the marker should be gone from the edge with the first few passes. Good luck!
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To make life easier for yourself apply a grind slightly lower than the final edge angle you intend to apply. If you are going to sharpen at 20 then put a 16-18 degree bevel on with the sandpaper, you can do this easily by putting a wedge under the sharpmaker to raise the angle. However there is no real need to be accurate with the shaping bevel unless you care about the aesthetics, if you do it freehand on a stone you will find you can do it much faster and then just use the Sharpmaker to keep the knife sharp once you have the bevel at the proper shape.Mahmer09 wrote:So I got some 150 grit sand paper. Folded it around the rods and taped it up. I've just gone over and over with the blade straight up and down and I'm trying to reprofile it. Not sure if this is right but it is starting to cut paper. Plan on taking it through the steps soon without the sand paper.