EdgePro Professional vs. Spyderco Sharpmaker

While I haven't tried the EdgePro, I've been using the Spyderco for the last two years with excellent results.
Unfortunately, I'm a complete oaf when it comes to sharpening a blade with a stone (and really jealous of those who can!), I seem to be able to bring the blade straight down on the Spderco, and the resulting blade pops hair off my arm. (I have a tattoo of a pinup girl on my left forearm, and she appreciates the shave!!
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The Spyderco's incredible when it comes to serrated blades, too!
 
Steve B

The honesty of my review is more important than the value of the gift.

When I bought my EdgePro Ben Dale promised to refund the purchase price when my article was published and if the EdgePro was mentioned.
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Thanks for educating me on the "behind the scenes" of your sharpener review. I foolishly thought these products were purchased outright, or given away as gifts, or sent back after testing.
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Refund the price just for mentioning the name? HHHHMMM
Is this standard opporating procedure for writers? Do you disclose this fact in your articles?
This is not ment as a flame or criticism, just was an eye opener to me. For a long time I have been reading, testing, bashing, cutting and posting reviews of knives and the thought of compensation never entered my mind.
Again, thanks for your honesty in disclosing.
Will future writing regarding Edge pro be shaded by your agreement with Ben?

I guess the objectivity and no strings attached of Cliff Stamp's testing and methods have spoiled me.") Cliff just doesn't give a &%$# where the pieces fall. He just records it for all to see.
Jim



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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??



[This message has been edited by GONESAILING (edited 18 August 1999).]
 
Well my EdgePro came in yesterday and I sharpen my first knife on. A EDI Genesis, and it came out sharper then I could get free hand. I could get it sharp free hand it was sharpen enought to shave hair, But with the edgepro I got it so sharp that I can cut the hair holding the knife about halfway up the hair. If I tryed this with my free hard it would just push it over.

In short I LOVE the EdgePro

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-Greg Johnson
ICQ#4236341

 
Steve,

Your home page is excellent!!!! It must have taken you many weeks just to put together. Thanks for the service. I bought a Dalton Serpet that has a plain edge, but is radically recurved. Maybe THE most recurve out there. Would you recommend the Spyderco as the best way to get consistant shaving results along the full length at a reasonably priced sharpener? I'm used to using flat natural and synthetic water/oil stones. I can see that it just won't do it for the serpent.
A little bit of versatility of angle and UNrounded tips are also important to me.

Also, would you recommend the tungston carbide V cutters to be best for lawn mower blades and long kukris? You don't seem to like them in your web, but it seems to work well for my machete. I could get it slightly sharper by stoning, but not much. And it saves me a whole lot of time. It just about shaves which is good enough for me with a machete or heavy duty blade. You're the expert, Steve. What do you think?
-Robert

PS: The kukri would be a CS LTC w/ hard Carbon V (whatever that is)as opposed to a soft lawn mower blade, if that matters.
-Thanks, Steve

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"But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one." Luke 22:36 & John 3:18

[This message has been edited by EQUALIZER (edited 19 August 1999).]
 
One thing to think about is those V shaped things will grind on both sides of the edge. All lawn mower blades I have seen are chisel ground, That meens they are only ground on 1 side. Like a chisel.
 
db,

Thanks, you're right. I would guess that a diamond hone or file would be the standard low tech choice for lawn mower blades. Eh??

Robert

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"But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one." Luke 22:36 & John 3:18
 
Equalizer,

A round ceramic rod sharpener is ideal for a recurved blade, but the Spyderco Sharpmaker uses a triangular ceramic hone, giving you the choice of sharpening along an edge or a flat side. The edge will work but the flat might not suit your recurve. You will just have to be careful of the tip.

I find a tungsten carbide vee slot device useful for rough fast sharpening, followed by stones or hones. I just maintain that they do not do the job alone. There is one tungsten carbide sharpener that I like, the Meyerco Sharpen-It. It is designed so that it cuts one bevel at a time, and that seems to help. Also it includes ceramic wheels for honing.

I would take the lawnmower blade straight to the bench grinder.

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Steve Bottorff
steve@bottorff.com
www.ameritech.net/users/sbottorff/index.htm
www.ameritech.net/users/knives/index.htm
 
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