Sharpening new Barnsley paring knife
I received this yesterday and I'm a bit tripped up on how to proceed. Philip's suggested blade bevel angle is 10-15 degrees, which matches the "ideal" 13 degrees I've seen listed in several other sources. Yet my blade came rough ground at 6.8 degrees. It would seem I have two choices. 1) go through the long process of grinding/honing the bevel to 13 degrees, or 2) put a small secondary bevel of 13 and leave the primary as is. Most of my woodworking tools have a secondary bevel which does make touch up quicker, but I use jigs to precisely hold them when sharpening. When sharpening the pairing knife by hand and trying to register the angle to the flat of the bevel, I'm not sure I would be able to do this accurately if it had a secondary.
Has anyone else come across this on a new Barnsley blade and if so how did you proceed?
Yes, it's a humble tool, something that I like. Did you wrap the handle?