A bevel reveal of 1mm at 30 degrees inclusive will be about .02" at the back of the bevel.
Knife honing free hand. Why bother?
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Not at the ready but I'll try to take one. The bevels are very thin so it's hard to get focus and lighting right to even show them.
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I love it.
When I was a kid there was an Italian fellow that periodically came through our neighborhood with a treadle wheel mounted on a wheelbarrow like cart yelling 'knives, scissors..........' My mother was a seamstress and would have him sharpen her scissors and a knife or two. I remember one summer thinking that it was about time for him to come again as I had not seen him for a couple of years. In my youth I did not realize that times had changed and I would never see him again.
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Here is one of my more commonly used knives in the kitchen - I have three of these that are pretty much identically ground and sharpened. Just rechecked and these are about .010" behind the bevel. The larger knives I get closer to .020 - .025" behind the bevel. These ones are about 5" blade length.
Those are pretty old BTW, IIRC they were branded Chicago Cutlery or something like that. They started at more like .060" or so behind the bevel. They hold a decent edge so I haven't been inspired to replace them. They darn near fall through potatoes.
Just did this to a couple knives. A friends Spyderco Para 2 s110v and my go to kitchen cleaver. Both are flat grinds.
How did you thin? Stones?
Platten on 2 x72 belt grinder.
How do you like the resultant improvement in cutting prowess? 
Much improved slicing. The time that it took to sharpen the new tiny bevel is reduced an order of magnitude.How do you like the resultant improvement in cutting prowess?
Both of these knives were flat ground at a 5.5 degree inclusive primary bevel.
Could I see a pic of the spydie please?
I just re ground one of my hollow ground pocket knives also. It went very well.
Hmmm. Apparently the picture is not in the correct format. If you PM me your email I could forward the Spyderco picture to you. My friend took the picture after honing the blade so I no longer have it in my possession.
Edge Pro.
I used one for a long time. They work, but I am so much happier with my edges now that I’ve upped my free hand skills.
My friend that I thinned the Spyderco for is a long time Edge Pro user.
Yeah guided sharpeners are cool and all, but they aren't really going to be useful for thinning out an entire knife blade. You need a volume tool for that - like a belt grinder - or you're going to be there for a very long time. Once you have small bevels, free hand sharpening takes very little time.
I used sand paper , stones and Laskey Crox sticks. Belt sander for shovels and machetes
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