Another duh moment for me. I've been working with my new Kershaw Link M390, first reprofiling to 13-14° per side with the KME and a full roster of diamond stones and then using the Sharpmaker with brown, fine, and ultrafine rods to micro bevel the edge at 15°. In testing the edge after this sequence I thought the blade toward the tip was much sharper than the segment toward the choil. Long story short, I have been neglecting the near segment. Looking at my American Lawman I found the same inequity. The impediments of the plunge line and/or thumb stud and the desire not to abrade the front of the handle as well as my inattention have resulted in my neglect of this portion of the blade. I have reworked the Link with satisfactory results, though it could be better. Future resharpening of all of my knives will, I hope, concentrate on correcting this error.