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Hello all, new here and trapped in the sharp edge, so to speak.
I've been taking care of our knives for forty years. At 15, some nincompoop taught me how to do it and the slavery never ended. Had to sharpen mom's, dad's, neighbors, friends and strangers blades for as long as I can remember. It got a little easier when I moved away and started a family with only our kitchen and my little collection to do with my trusty Arkansas Stones. Fast forward, three boys and a girl later, It seems to have started all over again. Now, I have five kitchen sets, all the boy's E DC's, hunting and fishing knives and, wouldn't you know, friends and neighbors are somehow getting the word that I can make a knife sharp! It was so out of control I started looking at "professional" systems and was about three minutes away from a Tormek T-8 when I saw this cool device called an EdgePro! Thank goodness I bought the cheap/inexpensive model but with a full complement of Shapton Glass Stones. At first, it was great! Our kitchen knives were better than I could do. The polished edges were something that I had never done before! Got my 22yo working on his kitchen set and he did a very good job. I thought (maybe he can do his own now)
except, we started working on his EDC. That's when we noticed that the bevel was all over the place and the more we tried, the worse it got. We finally got it to an acceptable edge and thought we should give it a go on some of our lessor knives. Out came the never used BK-1 and ended up with a complete re-profile which was horribly UN-even and lop-sided. Same exact thing happened with the BK-7 and I threw in the towel. I will never use this thing on my BM's, KoA's or prized filet knives except for maybe, just maybe, I could get a set of EP's 1/2in stones for our re-curves which have never been properly sharpened. Bottom line is...... back to stones and I think after this i might invest in some Chosera or Shapton's and restart my adventures there.
End Rant...
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I've been taking care of our knives for forty years. At 15, some nincompoop taught me how to do it and the slavery never ended. Had to sharpen mom's, dad's, neighbors, friends and strangers blades for as long as I can remember. It got a little easier when I moved away and started a family with only our kitchen and my little collection to do with my trusty Arkansas Stones. Fast forward, three boys and a girl later, It seems to have started all over again. Now, I have five kitchen sets, all the boy's E DC's, hunting and fishing knives and, wouldn't you know, friends and neighbors are somehow getting the word that I can make a knife sharp! It was so out of control I started looking at "professional" systems and was about three minutes away from a Tormek T-8 when I saw this cool device called an EdgePro! Thank goodness I bought the cheap/inexpensive model but with a full complement of Shapton Glass Stones. At first, it was great! Our kitchen knives were better than I could do. The polished edges were something that I had never done before! Got my 22yo working on his kitchen set and he did a very good job. I thought (maybe he can do his own now)
except, we started working on his EDC. That's when we noticed that the bevel was all over the place and the more we tried, the worse it got. We finally got it to an acceptable edge and thought we should give it a go on some of our lessor knives. Out came the never used BK-1 and ended up with a complete re-profile which was horribly UN-even and lop-sided. Same exact thing happened with the BK-7 and I threw in the towel. I will never use this thing on my BM's, KoA's or prized filet knives except for maybe, just maybe, I could get a set of EP's 1/2in stones for our re-curves which have never been properly sharpened. Bottom line is...... back to stones and I think after this i might invest in some Chosera or Shapton's and restart my adventures there.End Rant...
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Setting the blade to correctly sharpen the curve (belly/tip area) takes a bit of practice. A lot of new users think the curved portion should either be 'centered' in front of the pivot, or that the blade should be 'centered', both are incorrect. Mark the bevel with a Sharpie, and practice positioning the blade until the Sharpie is removed where you want it to be... often about 1/3 or so in front of the pivot. (Unless of course it's a bad generic EP... something could be out of alignment).