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I am thinking about buying an Edgepro. Which grits should I get with it, the 180 and 220 or the next step up with the 180, 320, and 600? Thank you.
 
I got the Apex model and it has ALL the stones.And more.Polishing tapes down to 2 or 3 thousand,I forget,I forget cause I got some even finer tapes,4 thousand or six thousand from the company store.You can get some insanely sharp edges(strop as necessary) with the EdgePro.It's all you'll ever need.Give Ben Dale a call at EdgePro he is most helpful.:D
 
I agree ^^^^. Give Ben a call. Very nice and helpful gentleman and the owner and designer.
I use ALL my hones from 100 up to 3M polishing tapes at approx 12,000.
It's a great system and worth every penny.
 
I have been thinking about buying one too. I have not read one bad thing about them. I hope others chime in. I am very interested in what they say.
 
I have a EdgePro "pro" model. It had everything I needed and I really like it a lot. Though in the past year I have been working on my freehand sharpening and have only really used it for ours, friends and family kitchen knives (that's plenty). It's a really nice system though and have no regrets of buying it. But any system requires patience and practice to learn how to use it. Some folks like the Spyderco Sharpmaker for simple touch-ups and edge maintenance in conjunction with the EdgePro.

Call Ben Dale and order it directly from him, he's very nice man.
 
Get the Apex complete with all (IIRC 6) stones. The latest sets dont have the sand flor straightening stones but they come with both #1000 & #3000 tape's as opposed to only #3000 in the pre summer '05 sets (Not that it makes that much difference)
 
Awesome shaprener. I have used the aluminum oxide stones then switched over to using a fine diamond 600 grit stone. Usually I don't sharpen very often.
 
The EdgePro - Pro model may be the ultimate system. I haven't used the Apex though I've inspected it and handled it.

The only problem I have encountered with the EdgePro is that the Coarse stone really wears fast. I recently reset a set of 8 cleavers from a 25°-30° edges to much finer 12° relief grind the coarse stone was basically used up by the time I had the relief grind done. The coarse hone does hog of the metal for resetting bevels and fixing dings etc. I sharpen from a few hundred to a few thousand knives a year so I did order spares.

I've ordered a couple of coarse diamond hones that I can attach to the EdgePro blanks, Eze-lap and Chefs Choice. but they haven't arrived as yet so I can't say if they are as good as the EdgePro -Coarse (excellent just doesn't last long enough) The life of the other stones is excellent

If you're looking for tips etc check out
http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/752011/

If you are severly one handed, the EdgePro may take more time than average to learn. The EdgePro shuffle, right hand stroke left hand holding the knife and left hand stroke right hand holding the knife, does feel odd to start with. This usually becomes a none issue within an hours practice or less. Only ever encountered one person that couldn't learn to use the EdgePro well.
 
I think that for the average user....the Edge Pro Apex is sufficient. For someone like yourself, who sharpens professionally, I understand the upgrade to the PRO model.

I assume, maybe incorrectly, that GWO is not getting into the sharpening business....yet.
 
QuietOned said:
I recently reset a set of 8 cleavers from a 25°-30° edges to much finer 12° relief grind the coarse stone was basically used up by the time I had the relief grind done.
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Just buy a large x-coarse waterstone and reset the bevel by hand and just use the Edge Pro to clean up the bevel, much cheaper and much faster.

-Cliff
 
Hi Cliff!
Much cheaper and much faster buy (or build by ourself) a slow hollow grinder for only a few bucks, than use a medium/fine benchstone to clean up and, if that be the case, set up a microbevel at the desired angle.
-Nedo Cervar
 
Normally I use my Tormek for resetting bevels that drastic. I was on a short holiday road trip and don't normally pack the Tormek for road trips. The sharpening was just a pick up job I took on.

Yeah I pack my EdgePro when ever I leave town. Often if we're staying somewhere for a week or over a weekend I'll set up at a local flea market or community garden market type thing if they have space available. I meet the locals, I might make or lose a few bucks depending on traffic and fees charged but sharpening is fun and relaxes me (usually).

Most that applies to the EdgePro - Pro model applies to the Apex. The Pro is just built to a higher standard. The Apex may be the most under rated sharpening system on the market in my opinion.

EdgePro does have the best customer service I've ever seen from any company. Ben Dale will patiently answer any question you have and will talk sharpening as long as .... well as long as I kept going on. First class in my book.
 
GWO, If you get the Edge-Pro sharpener, my recommendation is to get all the grits, including the polishing tapes.

I got the Apex model (with the stone upgrade kit that provided the rest of the grits & the polishing tapes). I like it enough that I got a second one used when it came on the For Sale forum here on BFC. I ordered a couple spares of the coarsest grit stone from Ben Dale at Edge-Pro. It is the stone that wears the fastest. The mid- and fine-grit stones wear a LOT more slowly.

I agree with QuietOned's opinion of Ben's customer service. Simply the best!

Happy sharpening!!
 
Tormek? Edge Pro? Fantastic tools certainly.
Unfortunately I am a poor man. But, believe me, find in an old washing machine my neighbor threw up a simple 1/4 HP motor to build a very simple hollow grind and a biiig cheeep medium/fine sharpening stone are sufficient to put a fantastic shaving sharp edge in every blades without to incour expenses. Ask to my farmer mother in law!:D
- Nedo Cervar
 
I'm not that mechanically inclined as to build low speed grinders. Congrats to you.

Not being that handy or inventive, I have found over my advancing years that buying quality tools, even if they may seem expensive, usually results in less cost not more, in the long run.

Now if I could have all the money I've spent on gadgets and gimmicks for sharpening (many of them not inexpensive) I'd be able to afford a truck load of better tools. Buy quality it's cheaper in the long run.
 
Dear QuietOned, to tell the truth I was by far the worst in school's mechanical compulsory subject. One day I realized that was only my indolence.
Sincerely.
-Nedo Cervar
 
QuietOned said:
EdgePro does have the best customer service I've ever seen from any company. Ben Dale will patiently answer any question you have and will talk sharpening as long as .... well as long as I kept going on. First class in my book.
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Having had the opportunity to speak to Ben Dale when calling Edge Pro once, it is very apparent he has a passion for sharpening and is a true student of the art. I've also called to place an order for blanks, and Sierra has always asked if I needed/wanted to speak to Ben when he was there. Great people.
 
When you guys get extra stones do you get the unmounted? If so, how hard is it to remove the old and what adhesive do you use to mount the new ones?
 
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