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After I shot that last video with the knife on the KallyRest, I shot some more of the rest of the sharpening.  It didn't go so well.  I got a bunch of footage that was perhaps interesting, perhaps not.  But the knife results were unimpressive.   With the 180 grit belt, plus VFSB, plus leather, I couldn't get a consistent edge.  I had some really embarrassing readings like 350-ish!  Then some more like 225.  But still not making me happy.

A few minutes ago I decided to play with the 400 grit Trizact belt (A45) and see if that might help this blade.  After VFSB and leather, it again was acting weird.  Plus LOW on the blade.  LOW that didn't want to let go!  (oh man that rhymes..)   I spent a lot of extra time on the VFSB and finally got it cleaned up.

This video shows the results on the BESS tester:





Brian.