I made a thread like this before, but now am just about to buy - need a budget guided sharpener, $300ish limit. Lansky, KME, Worksharp?

[3D Anvil]

Oh, no, I was just curious about that stone because it was so crazy and harsh! I have no intention of letting my Maxamet within spitting distance of that stone It came today, absolutely pumped up about it! Lots of stones, lapping films, still-in-case (I think?) lapping films/strops, boy, my game just went up a step or two. Thank you, man, I am sure it will serve me well!

Does anybody out there know if there is a similar video for this KME as there is for, say, the Spyderco Sharpmaker?

Glad it arrived safely! You're going to have a lot of fun with it, and make some knives *really* sharp.

There are lots of good Youtube videos on the KME. Some of the best are by a content creator who goes by the name Knifecrazy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv3kv0yWydkwSQkybtD24JfMs2MM2nKwI

 

[Skane24]

Oh, no, I was just curious about that stone because it was so crazy and harsh! I have no intention of letting my Maxamet within spitting distance of that stone It came today, absolutely pumped up about it! Lots of stones, lapping films, still-in-case (I think?) lapping films/strops, boy, my game just went up a step or two. Thank you, man, I am sure it will serve me well!

Does anybody out there know if there is a similar video for this KME as there is for, say, the Spyderco Sharpmaker?

Glad you got it! Along with knifecrazy on YouTube, DeanO also has some pretty good videos on it. I’m excited to see what you think of it.

 

[Hashishiin]

Just get a Ken Onion and spend your time and money using your knives (that will be plenty/very sharp for anything) instead of futzing around with an endless set of options for hand powered sharpening to include systems, clamps, guides, stones, strops, compounds and so on so on ad infinitum. Or not, whatever makes you happy.

Already got a KME, that's for my perfect knives, the Espada XLs, the Maxamet, the fancy PM2 and the like, and maybe even doing others knives for money once I learn the requisite skills.

Spyderco for regular touch-ups, and a strop, getting the hang of the strop, and still got my hand stone to try to learn that way just to know how. Time will tell what ends up being my favored!

 

[c7m2p3]

Already got a KME, that's for my perfect knives, the Espada XLs, the Maxamet, the fancy PM2 and the like, and maybe even doing others knives for money once I learn the requisite skills.

Spyderco for regular touch-ups, and a strop, getting the hang of the strop, and still got my hand stone to try to learn that way just to know how. Time will tell what ends up being my favored!

You'll like it. I have had mine for going on 4 years now and even though I have sharpened tons of super steel, the original diamond stones that came with it are still usable. Certainly less bite in the coarse and extra coarse but it will last you a long time. As others have said, watch some videos and be very cognizant near the tip so you don't round it off and you should get great results.

One of the biggest unforeseen things about the KME for me early on was it really made me appreciate how much work needs to be done on one side of the blade if I am going for a lower angle than came from the factory. It is a great visual representation, especially using the sharpie trick, and ultimately improves your sharpening knowledge so you start knowing what to look and feel for when using your sharpmaker or even free hand bench stones. Good luck!

 

[Hashishiin]

kjgv

You'll like it. I have had mine for going on 4 years now and even though I have sharpened tons of super steel, the original diamond stones that came with it are still usable. Certainly less bite in the coarse and extra coarse but it will last you a long time. As others have said, watch some videos and be very cognizant near the tip so you don't round it off and you should get great results.

One of the biggest unforeseen things about the KME for me early on was it really made me appreciate how much work needs to be done on one side of the blade if I am going for a lower angle than came from the factory. It is a great visual representation, especially using the sharpie trick, and ultimately improves your sharpening knowledge so you start knowing what to look and feel for when using your sharpmaker or even free hand bench stones. Good luck!

Having trouble trying to have the stone not want to hit the clamp, trying to hit a low 17 deg angle! Must do more research. But, it is very interesting. Good thing I have "the beast" stone, should make short work of some of the stuff described above, eh?

And thank you for the words!

 

[c7m2p3]

kjgv

Having trouble trying to have the stone not want to hit the clamp, trying to hit a low 17 deg angle! Must do more research. But, it is very interesting. Good thing I have "the beast" stone, should make short work of some of the stuff described above, eh?

And thank you for the words!

Try and clamp the blade closer to the spine so that there is more blade out of the clamps if that makes sense...should make it easier to get those lower angles. For more narrow blades like a SAK or similar is is going to be hard not getting that clamp in the way. I found out the hard way after grinding away some metal on the clamp doing a reprofile. Doesn't really hurt the function though. Ive heard good things about the beast it makes short work of big jobs but be careful fully apexing the edge on super hard stuff like s90V as it may cause chips. Good luck!