Edge Pro

markhait

markhait

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Does anyone here own the Edge Pro? Anyone have any type of experience with it or any thoughts about it? The video on their web site looks good and it seems to do a good job very fast. Spending over $100 though makes me wonder if its at all worth it. Heck the cheap Edge Pro is $130 and the "Pro" pro is close to $400!

Thanks for your input



http://www.edgeproinc.com/
 
The Edge Pro has a great reputation, and the majority who get one are very satisfied. Just spend a bit of time reading through the forum, and you'll find plenty of info.
 
I have the Apex model with a couple of add-ons... ran about $200 with shipping. I've had it for several months now and I'm really happy with it. I use it for serious sharpening and reprofiling and then set up the Sharpmaker for quick touch-ups.

I've used it on VG-10, ATS-34, S30V, and ZDP-189... does good on all of them. It took a couple of hours for me to start to get a feel for what I was doing with it. I watched the DVD first and then worked on some older knives just for practice. After I got a decent edge on them that I could touch up on the Sharpmaker, I switched to the more expensive & useful blades that I have.
 
If you're going to use a sharpening system, the EdgePro is one of the best to use. You will find that the bare-bones version of the Edge Pro Apex is a great starting point, but you may eventually want to add more and more stones and a tape blank. Ben and many of his authorized resellers offer souped-up packages which already contain those goodies.

What's great about the EdgePro is that it gives nice edges which are both sharp and visually pleasing while you're learning to get even sharper edges as you go along. Expect a few blades to receive disfiguring scratches while you're learning, but that, too, will pass.
 
thombrogan said:
What's great about the EdgePro is that it gives nice edges which are both sharp and visually pleasing while you're learning to get even sharper edges as you go along. Expect a few blades to receive disfiguring scratches while you're learning, but that, too, will pass.
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The scratches are beauty marks (which can be avoided by tape, right?)! Either way, the results I saw from you and Ben Dale on that machine really showed me that you can get some incredibly sharp, and beautifully polished, even edges with it. The initial fee seems high, but the results and support from Ben Dale make it seem well worth it. I had Ben do a sample sharpening for me, and the amount of time he spent explaining everything and the treatment he gave me really made me realize he stands behind his product and cares about his customer.
 
The scratches you saw were from my wet grinder and D8XX. You can avoid most scratches by watering the knife and gently wiping it down with a cloth or towell between passes. Tape works good, too.
 
thombrogan said:
The scratches you saw were from my wet grinder and D8XX. You can avoid most scratches by watering the knife and gently wiping it down with a cloth or towell between passes. Tape works good, too.
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My D8XX scatches up finishes very well, also! I heard people mention using tape before on the Edge Pro, it makes sense that wiping down the blade between passes would work fine also.
 
It's a good idea to put fresh tape on the blade table regardless of your concerns for the blade's finish, but tape on the blade is a great way to reduce the 'whoops' factor.
 
The Edgepro was, and still is, the best sharpening investment that I ever made. It taught me a great deal about sharpening, and what my edges should be like. I still use it 70 - 80% of the time, and it has helped my freehand sharpening also.

Great tool, a little on the pricey side, and worth every penny!
 
I experimented for months with a Sharpmaker and managed to get pretty good with it. However, after a few weeks with the Edgepro I was able to double the sharpness I was getting with the Sharpmaker (based on push-cut tests on copy paper). It may be possible to get similar results on the Sharpmaker, but I wasn't getting there any time soon.

I still sharpen the kitchen knives (30-year old Henckel set) with the Sharpmaker cuz it is so easy and quick. The bragging edges on my pocket folders are applied with the Edgepro.
 
I picked up the Apex a couple of months ago. I haven't used it a whole lot yet but I have been extremely impressed. I put a new edge on a Wustoff Trident chef's knife that I've had for about 20 years. It had no edge left and I was able to bring it back and I'll probably get another 20 years out of it. I also used it on my Ontario Knives TAK in D2 steel. It was pretty dull from the factory and I was able to put a nice edge on it in short order. I had heard that D2 was hard to sharpen but the EdgePro made it pretty easy. I feel that it was money well spent.
 
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