Edge Pro Tips?

[anustart]

Hey all,

I have an Edge Pro with the Chosera stones, and two kangaroo leather strops with 1 and .5 micron paste. Any tips for making your sharpening go faster? It takes me about 20 minutes per knife right now and I don't have that kind of time when I'm sharpening 5-7 knives for other people. All I have is a drill stop collar to keep my angle consistent. Tips or recommendations?

 

[bodog]

Magnets. Strong magnets. And tape. And a belt grinder. 1000 revolutions per minute is much faster than 20.

 

[USS Worden 352]

Hey all,

I have an Edge Pro with the Chosera stones, and two kangaroo leather strops with 1 and .5 micron paste. Any tips for making your sharpening go faster? It takes me about 20 minutes per knife right now and I don't have that kind of time when I'm sharpening 5-7 knives for other people. All I have is a drill stop collar to keep my angle consistent. Tips or recommendations?

20 minutes per blade seems very quick. Are you re-profiling the entire bevel or are you applying a smaller secondary bevel to the preexisting one?

 

[anustart]

20 minutes per blade seems very quick. Are you re-profiling the entire bevel or are you applying a smaller secondary bevel to the preexisting one?

Most of the time I'm reprofiling. I'll put the angle I want on the knife, go up to 10k grit, then I might apply a microbevel. The edges I sharpen are most of the time really bad. Inconsistent in terms of angle and dull. So yes, reprofiling most of the time.

 

[pjwoolw]

Seems your sharpening for the general public. In that case stone sharpening in any form is never going to get it done in a timely manner. In a perfect world and you have the time it gives you a good feeling. Realistically belts are the way to go as mentioned in a previous post. In public environments you have 5 to 6 minutes a knife. Three step process for most common knives. 120, 600 then leather with white compound works well.

 

[bodog]

Most of the time I'm reprofiling. I'll put the angle I want on the knife, go up to 10k grit, then I might apply a microbevel. The edges I sharpen are most of the time really bad. Inconsistent in terms of angle and dull. So yes, reprofiling most of the time.

I wish I could reprofile and then take an edge up to 10k grit in 20 minutes.

 

[stevelenti]

I wish I could reprofile and then take an edge up to 10k grit in 20 minutes.

^^ +1

20 minutes seems unrealistically fast for a 10k edge + stropping

Only advice I have is to get a paper wheel if you want faster.

-Steve

 

[napaknives]

Magnets. Strong magnets. And tape. And a belt grinder. 1000 revolutions per minute is much faster than 20.

I sharpen professionally, and the belt sander is what I use. Most knives take 2 minutes; a really bad one takes 5 minutes. I practiced on thrift shop knives, and then my restaurant's knives. I recently "retired", and now I sharpen locally. I could never do it without the belt sander.

 

[heefageLA]

20 minutes is my normal sharpening time as well.
In my opinion if it takes you only 10 minutes to sharpen on the edge pro, your not doing it right.

Go to http://www.chefknivestogo.com/ and get some of their magnets to tape under your edge pro.
They help a lot when it comes to holding the blade down to keep a constant angle.
On smaller blades I don't even have to hold them to the table.

 

[anustart]

Ok, thanks guys.

 

[fsatsil]

I don't know what your coarsest stone is but you might want to pick up one of the 140grit diamond stones that Chefknivestogo sells for the EP.

 

[AJPeacock]

I don't know what your coarsest stone is but you might want to pick up one of the 140grit diamond stones that Chefknivestogo sells for the EP.

They have the EP 220 + EP 400 on special for $17

I picked those up to use for setting the angles on my knives, to save my Shaptons.

AJ

 

[blanex1]

They have the EP 220 + EP 400 on special for $17

I picked those up to use for setting the angles on my knives, to save my Shaptons.

AJ[/QUOTE +1 on the edge pro 220 & 400 i picked these up on there sale last month,get them whale they last,as there not making these stones any longer.:grumpy::grumpy: