Adjustable angle rod-type sharpener?

[gomipile]

Does anyone make a rod-type sharpener like the Sharpmaker, etc. which can be adjusted to custom angles for touching up edges at nonstandard angles?

 

[skyhorse]

If you have the Sharpmaker just cut a block of wood and drill the proper size holes to the angle you want.

 

[gomipile]

If you have the Sharpmaker just cut a block of wood and drill the proper size holes to the angle you want.

I had thought of that, but I'd like to be able to adjust to the angle of any edge on the fly so I can pick up a random knife, adjust the rods, and then touch it up without having to drill holes if I don't have a pair at the right angle already.

 

[Komitadjie]

I've seen one built by a fellow on another knife forum that was set up with a couple dozen hole pairs, using three-eighths-inch ceramic rods. He just drilled hole pairs from 50 to 10 or so degrees in one-degree increments, and picks the one he wants to use. The larger, longer rods make life easier as well.

 

[tiguy7]

Get a tilt table and a digital clinometer. The clinometer can be rubber banded to the stick. Most of them are accurate to 1/10 of a degree. They are used by woodworkers to set circular saw blade angles. The Sharpmaker can be clamped to the tilt table. Since you can't set both sticks to the same angle, rotate the table 180 degrees to sharpen the other side of the blade. If you have taper jig for a table saw, You can make custom wedges that fit under the whole Sharpmaker. With a marker, label each wedge for the knife you use it on.