very dull 320. Fresh 320 is no good and the higher grit stuff changes so fast it’s useless. I like a 320 belt that’s worked a hard wood like cocobolo and picked up a bit of burn. It makes a sharpening belt that I can use in just 1 pass on each side to get what I want.
The main difference I have noticed between a hollow grind and an angle is that the hollow dulls much faster.
So Metal!
Also: Fucking hell I’d drink anything that dude would be willing to serve me. I’d probably be okay just watching him work as well.
Just for the sake of horrifying the gathering of knife-fetishists 
upthread, here’s the “edge” of my work knife:
It’s mostly used for slashing vines, scraping bark and severing fine root networks,
I use a Ka-Bar for that sort of thing, but its not as used as yours and I do sharpen it now and then.
I just made like 20 magic wands with it this summer.
My favourite stabby bush tool doesn’t really have an edge at all:
Gyprock knife; excellent destroyer of recalcitrant shrubbery.
Not horrified at all. Tools are made to be used. Extra points for choosing a good design for the job, not some Rambo fantasy thing.
My gardening knife, used for cutting sod, dividing root balls, trimming rhubarb stalks, etc is something along the same lines.
Or just several grades of sandpaper and a flat surface like a piece of glass. (A mouse pad works well for getting a convex surface.) Cheaper, and less chance of overheating the metal if you’re inexperienced or unobservant (like me).
I love Bahco tools. I have a Bahco saw, a Bahco scraper, and two sets of Bahco screwdrivers (best I’ve ever owned). Pity that Snap-On bought them.
Good choice for the job! But if we’re trying to apall people my plastering knife should do the trick…
I think that’s the most cost-effective way to get a truly perfect angled edge. This is an 1.5" Wm Butcher framing chisel:
The hard part is always getting the angle right; that’s what edgepros and lanskys give you.
Or this guy; I think his setup is just wonderful:
In my defense, I only said that to annoy everyone.
Yes, those types of blade are great for sawing through woody things.
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