Anyone ever used a Bevel Gauge?

[Omega Leather Works]

I've been looking at this thing -

Just wondering if it's accurate or if it's recommended.

 

[9blades]

Iv never used one, but if you want a good one I believe spyderco made some.....if you can find one Haha! pics to come!

Here ya go!


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[sharpandsafe]

I've seen ones like the one you posted used for plane blades and such. I think measuring the edge bevel using Edge Pro, Sharpie and an angle block would provide more accurate and satisfying measurements.

 

[Komitadjie]

Looks like that might be a bit large for measuring actual terminal geometry. For checking the main bevel or for scandi sharpening it might work just fine!

 

[Swoop03]

Iv never used one, but if you want a good one I believe spyderco made some.....if you can find one Haha! pics to come!

Here ya go!

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I might have to pick one of those up based on the fact that they look cool!
Make a cool necklace and it is also useful to a point.

OP: I personally wouldn't trust one, maybe if it were made by Starret or Mititoyo or some other precision measurement tool maker I am familiar with I'd trust it. I'd still take the measure with a grain of salt though. I prefer an optical comparator for angles. Although unless you got about $6000+ for a good one or access to a machine shop with one that won't work for ya haha. Sometimes being a machinist spoils you in a not so good way. You become anal about the smallest details especially when it comes to measuring. I've been known to make stuff precise down to the +/- .0005 of and inch when I coulda just eye balled it and it still work just fine.

 

[Omega Leather Works]

Swoop, those are handmade one at a time by a guy in England. He makes a few different items that are supposed to be very high quality. I'm not sure how easy it would be to use against a very acute (and short shouldered) bevel. I guess adding a loupe would help if it was that hard.

I'd pick up the Spyderco one, but yeah, they haven't been available for some time.

 

[pertinux]

Richard Kell demonstrating his Bevel Guide's use with pocket knives:

[video=youtube;-lXV9cOoUL8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lXV9cOoUL8[/video]

~ P.

 

[mtangent]

I don't think those are precise enough, way too many assumptions & guess work.
A nicee video though, which gives a nice discussion about edge geometry & what a sharpener might be trying to achieve.
I think the bevel guage might be a better demonstration aid, rather than a useful tool.

 

[bpeezer]

I bought one, it doesn't work for 90% of my knives. The space at the end of each angle (because of the hole) is wide enough for the entire bevel to fit through. I can find the gauge and take a picture if you want, but I would suggest something different.

 

[Omega Leather Works]

I bought one, it doesn't work for 90% of my knives. The space at the end of each angle (because of the hole) is wide enough for the entire bevel to fit through. I can find the gauge and take a picture if you want, but I would suggest something different.

Bummer. I'd wondered about the "hole". I guess the Spyderco version would make a better tool, but I'm not sure any would work very well.

Thanks for letting us know though. :thumbup:

 

[pertinux]

I bought one, it doesn't work for 90% of my knives. The space at the end of each angle (because of the hole) is wide enough for the entire bevel to fit through. I can find the gauge and take a picture if you want, but I would suggest something different.

Right, but the maker advises against placing an edge that far down into the cut-out to begin with; that's not what the tool is for, as explained and demonstrated in the video.

(I'm not defending the gadget as a good solution for ascertaining the angles on knife bevels as opposed to those of the chisels it was ostensibly developed for; if anything, the method shown in the video reveals the gauge's loose applicability for pocket knives, at best. Too bad, because it does look cool. )

~ P.