On 10/5/2014 10:35 AM, Brent Beach wrote:
> This jig has one slight disadvantage - you have to slide the knife 
> along the abrasive rather than across the abrasive.
>
> Aside from that, it fits in the knife drawer, takes up almost no room, 
> works the same every time.
>
> An excellent choice, metallographically speaking.
>
> Brent 

As most of our kitchen knives have a curved edge, I swing the handle 
outward as I draw the knife toward me, resulting in a curve more or less 
along the diagonal of the stone. It's a very natural motion, with 
rotation at the wrist, elbow and shoulder!

Don