Sharpening a convex grind

[bthye]

I recently received my Bob Lum Tanto, and have loved it! But I've never tried to sharpen a convex (appleseed) blade before, and there's not much info about this grind on the Internet. Does anyone have any advice on using stones to sharpen a convex blade? (A Sharpmaker is on its way)

[sal]

Hi Bthye. There are different opinions on this subject. My suggestion is to use the sharpmaker as you would on any knife. This will give you a very effective cutting edge.

Trying to maintain a Moran edge (appleseed, hamaguriba) is best done with a buffing wheel of a "slack-a-belt" grinder. Both more difficult to have and use. Doing it by hand is possible, but more hobby (time consuming) activity.

sal