I use a tru-angle hone -- the file set and coarse and fine stones. I first take the excess metal off the triple laminated tip with a file following the existing bevel, then put it on the file block for a few strokes to get a consistent bevel the entire length of the blade on each side. Then I switch to the coarse stone, about 10 strokes to a side then 8, then six, etc. down to two. I follow that with the same number of strokes on the fine hone. I sharpen the bleeders with a file and polish with a stone. Might spend a half-hour or more on a head, but they're amazingly sharp when I'm done. Good luck.