Advice needed! re; sharpeners

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Mannie

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I had a Lansky, worked fine, cut my fingers once or twice using it :confused: . Then I went to a GATCO. I liked the wider stones. Now I found out about the Edge Pro Apex system. Does anyone have advice, experience using it? Much appreciate any feedback. Thanks. Mannie
 
Mannie, welcome to Blade Forums. The Edge-pro is a great system. Probably the best sharpening "system" available. Do a search and you will find many posts on it. Everyone who has it likes it very much, myself included.
 
Get a couple of good, large benchstones (Smith's or Norton) and learn to sharpen your knives like a man.:D.
 
I used to have the Gatco too!

Edge pro is worth the money. Here's the good and bad in short:

Good:
1)pick pretty much any degree you want! Allows for a lot of experimentation and putting high performance edges on a variety of cutlery

2) Versatile! lots of stone choices and can easily be adapted to use diamonds and ceramic stuff. So, rough or polished, you can do it all

3) Waterstones cut fast

4) Easily repeatable results

Bad:
1) Price, but it is well worth it
2) slow for touch-ups (might not be an issue though!)
3) it isn't just "plug-n-play". You have to get used to moving the knife, holdign with both hands, and doing tips well.

Edge Pro and a Sharpmaker make a fantastic one-two punch.

And hey, don't listen to glockman99 either. Real men use belt sanders to sharpen anything! :P
 
Great info from all. I apprecicate it. I can relate to sharpening without an angle guide.....however, seems to be a problem for me. Thanx again to all!
 
Crayola said:
And hey, don't listen to glockman99 either. Real men use belt sanders to sharpen anything! :P
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Belt sanders? Naaahhhh....

Bench grinders. :p

Shalom,
Mark
 
Just wanted to second what Crayola said. He summed it all up very well. I've had an Apex for five years now and haven't regretted the money spent once.
 
15years of freehand...

200/300 and 500/800 combo stones, AO, 6-7"x2"x3/4"
spydie ceramics: 204 and 303mf(doublestuff)

Just sharpened the 10" butcher tonight... 30min freehand to restore the edge my folks killed. Went from pushing down meat on a fallapart roast to slicing slivers out of recipe cards.
 
I feel your pain Mannie. I was doing the same thing. My problem was that I had a hard time finding the right sharpener for me. I got an edge pro, lansky, spyderco, and a razor edge system. I must say that I use the razor edge system more, that is because I am in the field. IMO I would say that the edge pro is good for kitchen knives and the sort, those with a wide blade such as a butcher knife or whatever. I will admit that using the the razor edge system not only gave me a really sharp edge (actually scarey sharp), but I did it all free hand. I thought that there was no way in heck i would be coordinated enough to do it free hand, but I did. Just have to be careful and take your time at first...and make sure that you match the angle of the blade...that is why I say take your time...i didnt and learned the hard way. Hope this helps...

Lee

PS: For anyone thinking it, no I am not a salesman for Razor Edge Systems. I would recommend you all check them out though...www.razoredgesystems.com.
 
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