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Buying a wicked edge
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I have both on 2 Wicked Edge units. The gen III upgrade is quick and easy to mount a knife, but in all reality the gen 2 doesn't take much longer and it is MUCH more versatile the more knives you sharpen on your Wicked Edge.
1. the gen 2 can sharpen knives over 3/16 width
2. the gen 2 allows you to do much more tilting of the knife which can be very important
3. the gen 2 is narrower which not allows you to sharpen more blade profiles, but it also is compatible w/ the low angle accessory should you choose to use it.
Hope this helps w/ your decision.
1. the gen 2 can sharpen knives over 3/16 width
2. the gen 2 allows you to do much more tilting of the knife which can be very important
3. the gen 2 is narrower which not allows you to sharpen more blade profiles, but it also is compatible w/ the low angle accessory should you choose to use it.
Hope this helps w/ your decision.
I'll add Gen 2 allows use of paddle thickness compensators, which isn't the case with my Gen3. I don't use the choseras I bought for that reason.
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They both work equally as well imho, each having their own quirks. The gen 3 was supposed to work much better on FFG, and in some ways it does. However, I prefer to mount most ffg blades like this in my gen 2, which is quick, easy, and consistent. You can also mount them in the gen 2 w/ a piece of tape around the spine which prevents slipping. The gen 3 is faster, but can have some issues on heavy distal tapered blades, and like I said above, you are limited in how much you can tilt the blade due to the design of the vise. Check out those nubs on the inside of the vise... if you don't have positive clamping pressure on specifically those two points, your blade will slip.
[video=youtube;2T0wQDHKMR0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0wQDHKMR0[/video]
You mean the VSTA (Variable Stone Thickness Adaptor)? I can see that it may not work with the gen 3 pro or the commercial series, however, what I am referring to that I use is the gen 3 "retrofit upgrade" as I like to call it (found here). This basically allows you to have some of the function of the free floating arms of the gen 2 with the gen 3 vise =)
Excellent video. Thanks for the horizontal line tip!
They both work equally as well imho, each having their own quirks. The gen 3 was supposed to work much better on FFG, and in some ways it does. However, I prefer to mount most ffg blades like this in my gen 2, which is quick, easy, and consistent. You can also mount them in the gen 2 w/ a piece of tape around the spine which prevents slipping. The gen 3 is faster, but can have some issues on heavy distal tapered blades, and like I said above, you are limited in how much you can tilt the blade due to the design of the vise. Check out those nubs on the inside of the vise... if you don't have positive clamping pressure on specifically those two points, your blade will slip.
[video=youtube;2T0wQDHKMR0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0wQDHKMR0[/video]
You mean the VSTA (Variable Stone Thickness Adaptor)? I can see that it may not work with the gen 3 pro or the commercial series, however, what I am referring to that I use is the gen 3 "retrofit upgrade" as I like to call it (found here). This basically allows you to have some of the function of the free floating arms of the gen 2 with the gen 3 vise =)
I considered getting the Gen 3 clamp as an add-on thinking it'd save a little time mounting blades, but after hearing about the limitations on blade thickness and other things, I decided to pass. It doesn't take me that long to put an angle cube on both sides of the blade and calculate how far the apex is off center and adjust the arms accordingly.
If one wants to upgrade their system, what I recommend is the ball joint arms with longer base rod, I think what's referred to as the Gen 2, and the 3" longer arms from Oldawan.
If one wants to upgrade their system, what I recommend is the ball joint arms with longer base rod, I think what's referred to as the Gen 2, and the 3" longer arms from Oldawan.
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Good choice... You won't regret it 😊
Now the only question is how long will it take to get here haha
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I have both the Gen 2 and 3 clamp and don't have a problem with either. But then again I don't do any commercial sharpening and I don't own any knives with super thick stock - if I ever do I can always go back to my Gen 2 Vise I guess.
I also have the longer Oldawan arms for when I have to use the Tormek Jig.
Josh - I just noticed THIS on the WE site. Have you tried it yet? now I'm curious if this could replace the Tormek jig, which IMO is a pain to use. For some reason I have a very hard timing getting my knives mounted completely completely straight (vertically) in that thing.
I also have the longer Oldawan arms for when I have to use the Tormek Jig.
Josh - I just noticed THIS on the WE site. Have you tried it yet? now I'm curious if this could replace the Tormek jig, which IMO is a pain to use. For some reason I have a very hard timing getting my knives mounted completely completely straight (vertically) in that thing.
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No I haven't tried it yet... But I will say that I wasn't that big of a fan of the old one, as it allowed you to get a few degrees lower but the way it clamped was very limiting. When I'm using the Tormek jig I just measure the sides of the blade with the angle cube and get them about the same then you are good to go.
If you get the new laa let me know how it goes!