I tried to make a little pictorial....hope it helps. Same for broadheads also....this is a smiths sharpening fixture but roughly the same for all fixtures....
This is the first time sharpening this knife. Make note of how u clamp because once u reshape the bevel u want to clamp and resharpen the same every time....I used the thumb hole as reference so I can easy remember
Color the bevel
This fixture has 20, 25, 30, 35 degree bevel options....run the stone over the blade a handful of times and look at ur sharpie mark. Grinds on the front leading edge only and the angle is too steep....grinds back away from the leading cutting edge and angle too acute. Adjust the angle until u most closely match the factory....in this case the factory was between 20 and 25 but closer to 20 so I commit to 20 degrees....super fine really really sharp but won't be as durable....if the edge quality dulls too fast I can always change the profile later to 25.
See how it is only cutting the front leading edge?
This is the first time sharpening this knife. Make note of how u clamp because once u reshape the bevel u want to clamp and resharpen the same every time....I used the thumb hole as reference so I can easy remember
Color the bevel
This fixture has 20, 25, 30, 35 degree bevel options....run the stone over the blade a handful of times and look at ur sharpie mark. Grinds on the front leading edge only and the angle is too steep....grinds back away from the leading cutting edge and angle too acute. Adjust the angle until u most closely match the factory....in this case the factory was between 20 and 25 but closer to 20 so I commit to 20 degrees....super fine really really sharp but won't be as durable....if the edge quality dulls too fast I can always change the profile later to 25.
See how it is only cutting the front leading edge?