Grizzly wet sharpener's

[rcmodel]

These look incredibly interesting, and I didn't know they sold them until a couple of days ago.

https://www.grizzly.com/products/10-Wet-Grinder-Kit/T10010

http://www.grizzly.com/products/T10010ANV

https://www.grizzly.com/products/T10097

We had a big old slow speed wet grinder at work years ago for sharpening counter-knives razor sharp.

And I have never been able to get a knife or wood chisel sharper since!!!


PS: Counter knives = A retractable blade work knife used to carve the intricate emboss patterns in hard paper 'counters' used to 'counter' the engraved steel emboss dies to make those fancy Hallmark deep-emboss cards you might still remember.

rc

 

[GarySTL]

It looks like a cheaper, I mean lower priced, version of the Tormek wet grinder I use for my woodworking tools. Slow speed and wet does a great job. My Tormek uses a double-sided stonefly make the grinding surface relatively course or smooth.

 

[rcmodel]

I'm really tempted to order one.

Except I wouldn't use it often enough to keep the stone soaking wet without it growing black mold between uses.

rc

 

[JohnKSa]

Put some bleach in the water you're using to keep it wet.

 

[hso]

The custom knife makers I know are all using their belt grinders to sharpen.

Of course, they have belt grinders and don't need to buy another piece of equipment to sharpen with.

 

[alsaqr]

A retractable blade work knife used to carve the intricate emboss patterns in hard paper 'counters' used to 'counter' the engraved steel emboss dies to make those fancy Hallmark deep-emboss cards you might still remember.

Those Hallmark cards were nice. Lionel Barrymore was the PR guy for Hallmark: I remember hearing his distinctive voice on the radio: "When you care to send the very best".

 

[Frostbite]

I use an old homemade wet grinder to sharpen axes, machetes and knifes when I visit my dad in the Summer. The wheel has a little more than two feet diameter and uses part of an old tire to keep the water. It is activated with pedals going up and down. It works fine even if it is older than my dad, but we have to empty the water when we are done using it, because the stone gets soft otherwise, like a cookie in milk. Best sharpening tool I ever used. Treat yourself and buy it!

 

[rcmodel]

Wish I had a dollar for every one of those old peddle powered wet grinders I have seen left to rot on old Kansas farms.

Stones left out in the winter and froze up and cracked.
Stones used a step- stones in a mud hole, etc.

Everybody must have had one 100 years ago.
And abandoned them to the weather when they got electricity and a bench grinder.

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[Zeke/PA]

Wish I had a dollar for every one of those old peddle powered wet grinders I have seen left to rot on old Kansas farms.

Stones left out in the winter and froze up and cracked.
Stones used a step- stones in a mud hole, etc.

Everybody must have had one 100 years ago.
And abandoned them to the weather when they got electricity and a bench grinder.

rc

We had a peddle type grinder when I was growing up.
Nothing better for sharpening axes and hatchets.