Greenpete said:All I can say (as I do at the beginning of my video), this is the way 'I' make a knife, it works and I have made many good knives. Not necessarily the best knives but 'good' knives.
You must go with how you feel happiest!
Read everything you can find and then blend all the information in a way that makes sense to you.
Hope that helps?
many thanks pete. It seems to work for you, so I think I'll save some effort and put the edge on first.