>>364753>the edge is variable due to the inability>of a human hand to duplicate the precise angles of a mechanical toolDo you move the clamp once every time you move further than the width of the sharpening stone? No? Then your angle changes radically and constantly from poignard to point. Welcome to 8th grade geometry. A good freehand edge will have a more consistent angle. If you do move it, do you put it the exact same distance back from the cutting edge every time you clamp it? No? Then your angle changes more than a good freehand angle will.
>>369125>xiphos = full metalPic related, dipshit. Full rat tail tang on a historical example.
>>370159Should work fine. Sharpen at the flattest angle, repeat at the middle angle, then again at the widest and follow it up with a strop (with the back of the knife very close to the strop, use a very flat angle) and you'll have something that performs close to a convex edge.
>http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/640503-Make-a-leather-strop 