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db, I would like to reply to a post you made in another thread, http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001368.html . I don't want to clog up that thread with something completely off topic. First, let me clarify what I meant when I said the rods aren't uniformly straight. The 5 rods included in my system are not uniformly straight. Also, a "simple bend", I believe you put it, really isn't so easy to fix. The rods aren't off by much, but it is enough so that the fine stones won't polish out the scratches left by the coarse stone on the edge of the bevel. This is unacceptable to me, as I can get better results with a set of $15 Arkansas stones. Such a small bend is hard to correct without simply ruining further. Now; the problem could be improved by using only one rod for each of the five stones. I'm going to test this and see what I find before giving any more advice to other forum members.
There is another statement you made I would like to address. You said that you would not compare a $20 system to a $200 system. You do have a point there; an Apex is much more expensive than a Lansky Deluxe kit. I agree with this to a point; however you indulged in a little bit of exaggeration with this statement. A base model Apex costs $125, and with the stone upgrade kit that I got that goes to $170. A Lansky deluxe system, when bought from the factory, costs $49.99. I have their brochure. It can be bought from SMKW (www.smokymountainknife.com) for $32.99 + shipping. Now don't get me wrong, that's still a huge price difference and I won't try to deny it. But please don't accuse me of over-generalizing on the straightness of Lansky's rods while you exaggerate the price difference of the two systems by over $40.
Which brings me to my last point. Your last sentence was "Just maybe it is the user and not the system that does not work well."
If you doubt my credibility or sharpening skill, feel free to say so. You don't know me from a bum on the street and for all you know I am[\b] one. But if you do criticize me or my reply, please try to do so politely. This forum has a reputation for friendliness and respect, but that reputation is beginning to tarnish. Please don't contribute to more bad feelings here than there already are. Now I have said my piece, please feel free to say yours. If you would like to reply to me by e-mail, that's fine too.
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Just because I talk to myself does not make me crazy. Now, when I listen to myself, that makes me crazy.
There is another statement you made I would like to address. You said that you would not compare a $20 system to a $200 system. You do have a point there; an Apex is much more expensive than a Lansky Deluxe kit. I agree with this to a point; however you indulged in a little bit of exaggeration with this statement. A base model Apex costs $125, and with the stone upgrade kit that I got that goes to $170. A Lansky deluxe system, when bought from the factory, costs $49.99. I have their brochure. It can be bought from SMKW (www.smokymountainknife.com) for $32.99 + shipping. Now don't get me wrong, that's still a huge price difference and I won't try to deny it. But please don't accuse me of over-generalizing on the straightness of Lansky's rods while you exaggerate the price difference of the two systems by over $40.
Which brings me to my last point. Your last sentence was "Just maybe it is the user and not the system that does not work well."
If you doubt my credibility or sharpening skill, feel free to say so. You don't know me from a bum on the street and for all you know I am[\b] one. But if you do criticize me or my reply, please try to do so politely. This forum has a reputation for friendliness and respect, but that reputation is beginning to tarnish. Please don't contribute to more bad feelings here than there already are. Now I have said my piece, please feel free to say yours. If you would like to reply to me by e-mail, that's fine too.
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Just because I talk to myself does not make me crazy. Now, when I listen to myself, that makes me crazy.