Thanks, guys! I can't help but laugh a little.... nothing serious.

Thank you for the links, str8fencer. On my final set of strokes of the 1500 I end up almost pinching the blade, with spine facing palm, and runnning it back and forth. Works well for me and gets really good coverage of the blade. Always happy to learn something new, though! I'll check them out.

Ditto on sanding helping with the sharpening process. I took a dull Red Injun, to almost store bought steak knife sharpness, by accident, with just paper.