Over-Sharpening

[grepper]

You sure have that right Mr. Mark!  I remember when I first decided to learn sharpening the amount of information/misinformation was overwhelming.  So many saying this is the true secret to knife sharpening, buy this machine and you’ll become a master, this way is the only way, this way is the right way, and on and on.  Just spend some more money on my machine and you’ll reach sharpening nirvana!  It seemed like sharpening was a like a secret society of voodoo black art masters that had discovered the true secret.

I think it goes something like this:

At first it’s really complicated and seems overwhelming.  Then you discover it’s really very simple; sharpen the blade then deburr it.  Once you figure that out and decide to really understand what sharpening is about, you can once again make it as complicated and overwhelming as you wish to make it.  

There's probably a life lesson in there somewhere.