VG-10 sharpening retard?

[Agent Iron]

I am trying to sharpen my first VG-10 Native. I have heard it is easy to sharpen.... I was kind of mean to it using it to cut tar paper and some shingles....it is what I had with me. It was not a razer out of the box, but was duller after use. I have used my Edge maker Pro on other knife steels with good results. I have tried my diamand blade hand sharpening and a variety of other tools to no effect. The steel has what appears a roll on the edge that I can not get rid of even with my strop. I don't know if the edge was damaged enough so that I can not bring it back with normal tools, or if the steel is just hard enough that I am having difficulty changing the edge angle with my Edge Maker Pro. I am not sure what the angle is for the Edge Maker, either 25 or 30, and I am not sure what the angle of the Native is, but doubt they are identical.

Any help would be great.
AI

 

[siguy]

try the sharpie trick to see where you are sharpening (color the bevel with a sharpie, sharpen, see where the sharpie came off).

when i have a particularly damaged knife (or a new one with an uneven edge bevel) i start by grinding at a very high angle (up to about 45 degrees) to even out the edge and make the two sides meet. once i have a burr along the whole edge that way, i reduce the angle to my normal cutting angle and take it to the edge. this way i get rid of the damage and even everything out, and then i thin it out so that it will cut well.

 

[Agent Iron]

Thanks for the reply. I did the sharpie, and it appears to be sharpening from the bottom to the top of the edge. I appears as if I am at the correct angle.
AI