Originally Posted by
Monte Milanuk
I get that... and that's generally what I want to do, too.
But am I being unrealistic, expecting the bevel angle should remain the same from one surface (the WorkSharp wide-blade platform) to the the other (diamond plate, water stone, etc.)?
I fully intend to change it, for the sake of honing a secondary microbevel, as you mention. But I want it to be under *my* control - not just something that 'happens' by dint of moving from one surface to another.
You are correct that the change in abrasive causes a change in thickness and therefor the blade to abrasive intersection. I tend to use the wide blade platform and use the same jig / setting when I move to diamond stones. I use the built in micro bevel do-funny on the Veritas MK-II between WS3K and stones.
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