Quote Originally Posted by bill3152 View Post
Heel leading half strokes sideways will get you a set bevel in 2 minutes on a chosera 600 out of the box. Watch the heel hook so eliminate or shorten the cutting edge by 1/16 at the heel.The lettering side is almost always short at the toe. If you rock it you will get it all.
I forgot to say that setting a bevel on an unmodified GD takes much less time, like Bill said. The half hour work is really the result of reshaping the blade.