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Interesting Gadget

How's the resulting edge?

Also, have you used any other sharpening systems against which you can compare this one?

 
For $200 it had better be an outstanding system.

It does have several things going for it. It holds the knife so that there is no movement of the blade while sharpening. It takes the variability out of the angle of the "stones". These together will result in consistent performance.

On the other hand, I don't see how it will give more consistent performance than the Lansky or Gatco systems that clamp the blade and "fix" the angle of the sharpeners.
 
I have a Lansky set up and several of the ceramic or other fixed angle pass your blade through systems and this is the first system that I have been able to get several knives back to "shaving" sharp. That is worth it to me, may not be to others.

I also have several stones but have never been good with them. So for me this is easier thus better.
 
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If you're telling me it works better than the Lansky for you, that's good enough for me.
 
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I did not/do not do wacky-backy...
Now I might of taken some long hard pulls from one of the half-pints I had that night ...

"Honest officer, them half pints are part of my tools in the tool box for staying safe. I gots gun, knife, stick, and half pint bottles, my girlfriend does top, right babe?"
"Right Babe"

Seriously, times were different, we did not have all the "hardware" we gots today and folks kept knives sharp, and folks stayed safe.
 
The Lansky does a pretty good job, but I can see that this product has a few advantages:

  • Sturdier rods that the stones are attached to: The Lansky rods are thin aluminum rods that are easy to bend out of shape without realizing it, and it can slightly alter the angle at which you are sharpening.
  • A solid base that the whole thing is attached to: The Lansky can be attached to a separately sold bracket and mounted to a table top, but my mounting bracket broke after sharpening a few bigger knives. This thing looks sturdy and solid.
  • The stones slide on the rods: This seems like it would be a whole lot easier and a whole lot more precise than moving those aluminum rods through the overly large slots on the Lansky clamp.
  • The stones are much wider: Duh. Why Lansky thought it would be a good idea to make their stones only 1/2" wide is beyond me. You could get more work done with these in the same amount of time.
  • A bigger sturdier clamp: It at least looks like this clamp is sturdier than the Lansky aluminum clamp. The threads on mine are starting to get "wallered" out a little. Not to mention the knife spines will sometimes slip out because the aluminum clamp has a little "give" to it.

Greg, I've been looking at this product for a while, and the price has kept me from trying it out, but if you like yours I probably will try it eventually. I just haven't known anyone else that had one, to ask them whether they recommended it.

Jason
 
After seeing the demo I went to bladeforum.com and did a search there and also posted about wicked edge. I found a few that had purchased it and were happy so I placed my order.

I mounted mine to a wooden base. Basically a 2"x8"x11".
 
Whatever works for you. Sharpening is a fun little mind game. You versus the steel. Some steel plays nice, other doesn't.

Personally I use some little diamond hones with the handle (2"x1" surface) which should only be for "touch ups" and I use them on everything.

I did put a piece of 2000 grit sandpaper on one instead of the diamond plate, but shaving sharp every time, for me. Can't use big stones, bad with angle guides.

Stropping a blade after whatever you do does make a nice difference though.

Like to see pictures of the edges on the sharpened knives if you got any spare time.
 
This little 2" blade was sharpened by hand on a Norton stone (something like 100/320 grit) (to set edge angles after forging) and finished on a japanese waterstone (1000/4000 grits) and finally stropped on a rouge impregnated strop. 1095 or 1085 steel (music wire).
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Hair-popping razor. Lovely :)

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Just so no one is confused, the stone base advertises as a separate purchase item.

Of course nothing says you need theirs and a trip to any granite counter top company will produce a scrap base to anchor to.
 
Just so no one is confused, the stone base advertises as a separate purchase item.
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I'm glad you said that. I didn't look too thoroughly at the website, and I thought it was included.

Jason
 
Anyone have any opinions on the DMT Aligner that they make to compete with Lansky? I ordered one a couple days ago, since you get wider diamond stones for about half the cost of a Lansky 4-stone diamond set. The clamp is plastic and looks flimsy, but even if it's junk, I'll have 4 pocket stones for a decent enough price.

I'll probably be able to comment on it myself, tomorrow.

As far as stones go, anyway, I've always had the best luck with DMT. They don't rust, they don't get bald spots, and they do seem to cut faster than other brands of diamond hone.
 
The price puts me off, but I am always interested in finding an efficient way to sharpen knives that works. Knife sharpening is not a skill I seem capable of learning.
 
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