Thoughts on this sharpening job?
I'm feeling a little let down by the work on these knives. I've struggled with learning to sharpen for a few years, tried stones, diamond plates and had the most success with a lansky system, but even that felt like I didn't really improve the blades I was sharpening.
So I paid for a local guy to come round in a van and do it. Paid him his rate for kitchen knives and a bit more for whittling and leathercraft knives. I don't mind him taking a large chunk out of the cheap carving knife, and he seems to have not done too badly with the forged knives that I made. But the Wusthof chef's knife and the George Barnsley straight (no longer) leather knife feel like a large amount of material has been removed. Problem is I don't know enough to work out if the job is poor or not. It does feel like the bevelling is weird on a few of them now.
Did I get taken for a ride, or am I too sensitive?