With some knives having some damage to the edge from factory sharpening, I have noticed a few things:
First: Usually will take a 3*90 phone-book paper push cut and shaving edge.
Second: Won't take an edge that will pass a Hanging Hair Test 3/4/5, but sometimes will whittle hair barely, has trouble tree-topping.
Third: Slicing aggression is not what it could be.
Fourth: Using a guided system helps overcome these issues somewhat until you sharpen enough times (3 times or more) to get to undamaged steel.Why this is I don't know.
First: Usually will take a 3*90 phone-book paper push cut and shaving edge.
Second: Won't take an edge that will pass a Hanging Hair Test 3/4/5, but sometimes will whittle hair barely, has trouble tree-topping.
Third: Slicing aggression is not what it could be.
Fourth: Using a guided system helps overcome these issues somewhat until you sharpen enough times (3 times or more) to get to undamaged steel.Why this is I don't know.