EdgeCraft Tactical 442 Sharpener

Grats on your first post after 5 years of lurking!
If you read good reviews, it was from paid shills or Amazon affiliates, or people who know very little about knife sharpening. Pull-throughs are pretty universally bad choices.
 
The ad type on this sharpener indicates it uses diamond hones on both of it's '2 stages' of sharpening. If so, it may be configured as a 'V-crock' style and a little better than the typical carbide insert, scissor-oriented pull-throughs, without doing the same sort of damage as those can do, i.e., grabbing, pinching and ripping the edge.

That being said, there are still many other ways to sharpen a knife that'll be more flexible/versatile than a pull-through type, and also likely to yield better results overall.


David
 
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Ha... I was going to say the same thing... 'cause it's green. :)

Actually, (in the description)..." to accommodate the wider geometry of tactical knives" :rolleyes:

D DaBull ... keep looking (and reading this forum)... much better options available.
 
cbwx34 said:
Ha... I was going to say the same thing... 'cause it's green. :)

Actually, (in the description)..." to accommodate the wider geometry of tactical knives" :rolleyes:

D DaBull ... keep looking (and reading this forum)... much better options available.
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The irony being, the 'wider geometry of tactical knives' is a big part of why such knives don't cut very well, most of the time, from the factory. Sounds like the sharpener is designed to maintain that mediocre geometry 'as is'. The specs on the sharpener specify a 20° edge angle only. A 20° edge (per side) and thickish primary grind geometry of a typical 'tactical' knife is a combination that really isn't going to cut/slice as well as it could or should, especially in more modern steels capable of much better performance at narrower/thinner geometry. I'd avoid it for that reason (it's too limited), if not for other reasons as well.


David
 
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