I need a quality sharpening system

Here is a good vendor page with lots of EdgePro info to look at. http://1sharpknife.com/edgeprotips.html

Either system works fine for getting a shaving sharp edge (with a little practice). The EdgePro cost more and is more capable and versatile. You use water on the EdgePro stones so that is a little messy. In contrast the SharpMaker is faster and cleaner. A major re-grind on the EdgePro is a drag cuz it takes a while. However, that would be much worse on the SharpMaker.

The SharpMaker can create a shaving edge and go beyond that with the optional ultrafine rods. The EdgePro can do a little better since it can handle grits down to about a micron on polishing tapes. The EdgePro can produce cool, flat bevel edges that shine like a mirror. There is a sample of that on the link I listed above.
 
Just got my Edgepro last week and really like it. I mainly bought it for re-profiles though and then I micro-bevel with the Sharpmaker set at 15 degrees. I love the super flat bevels the Edgepro does. Check out the Obenauf Dress Bandit I'm in the middle of re-profiling currently. You can see the last mm or so that I have to go before I'm to the edge with that flat bevel. Plus I've got to even things out towards the pivot which is a problem area for me currently as I'm still not extremely proficient with it. (And the thumbstud is in the way.)


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Nice sharpening bench OilMan. Looks like an advanced case of sharpening addiction. (looks just like mine)

Counter clockwise from the top left:

Tuf cloth and a pile of DMT benchstones. Red, blue and black, and a duosharp plate.

Blue painters tape to protect the end of the EdgePro table and to protect blades fron EdgePro scratches.

A leather strop made for hanging use with tie on one end and hand grip on the other.

Just visible under the strop is the EdgePro ceramic sharpening steel and below that a Sharpie marker, a necessity for the SharpMaker and a EdgePro.

Below the Sharpie Marker are the medium SharpMaker rods. Below that the fine rods.

Below that the SharpMaker with ultra-fine rods inserted (as revealed by the red tips). The safety rods are missing!

The EdgePro 220 grit waterstone is laying on top the SharpMaker.

To the right is the EdgePro in a pan to help catch the drips from the water bottle also in the pan.

To the right of that is a sharpening steel I think with an orange handle.

Just right of the orange handle is a Torx screw driver.

To the upper right of the orange handle is the EdgePro 600 grit stone and right of that is the new 800 grit stone.

Did I miss anything?
 
matt321 said:
Nice sharpening bench OilMan. Looks like an advanced case of sharpening addiction. (looks just like mine)

Counter clockwise from the top left:

Tuf cloth and a pile of DMT benchstones. Red, blue and black, and a duosharp plate.

Blue painters tape to protect the end of the EdgePro table and to protect blades fron EdgePro scratches.

A leather strop made for hanging use with tie on one end and hand grip on the other.

Just visible under the strop is the EdgePro ceramic sharpening steel and below that a Sharpie marker, a necessity for the SharpMaker and a EdgePro.

Below the Sharpie Marker are the medium SharpMaker rods. Below that the fine rods.

Below that the SharpMaker with ultra-fine rods inserted (as revealed by the red tips). The safety rods are missing!

The EdgePro 220 grit waterstone is laying on top the SharpMaker.

To the right is the EdgePro in a pan to help catch the drips from the water bottle also in the pan.

To the right of that is a sharpening steel I think with an orange handle.

Just right of the orange handle is a Torx screw driver.

To the upper right of the orange handle is the EdgePro 600 grit stone and right of that is the new 800 grit stone.

Did I miss anything?
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Nope, that's about it. Besides the junk cabinet of sharpening stuff that doesn't work.:)

fdd19 said:
you cant micro bevel with the edgepro?
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You can, but if your SM is already set up it's just as easy there.
 
OilMan, I just wanna say you rock! You are like the only guy around who picks up crazy expensive customs that usually never see the light of day for most folks, and then sharpens and USES them! Very refreshing to say the least.
Any way, I personally use the Lansky for reprofiling, usually to the 17/34deg, then use the Sharprmaker for a microbevel and the 20/40deg.
 
EdgeTech said:
If you are looking for fast and accurate edges, consider TriAx. It's a new sharpening concept. There have been three articles written about it recently and you can read them at the web site; www.triax-sharpeners.com
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LOL, Curse you edgetech!! Bringing another sharpener into the fray!!!! Now I'll have to find some1 who has that sharpener and compare it to the edgepro!!!! lol ;-D
 
A curse can turn into a blessing! In which case, I accept your curse fdd19.

In any case, I recommend reading the articles in the March/April '07 edition of Safari magazine and March/April '07 edition of the Shooting Sportsman magazine. Chuck Karwan, who is a mechanical engineer, wrote the Safari article. Tom Huggler wrote the Shooting Sprotsman article. Neither article pulls any punches. You can see the articles at our web site, www.triax-sharpeners.com.
 
fdd19 said:
hey oilman what outfit should i get for my apex (ie what stone grits etc)
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I ended up getting the $190 version and will be ordering some more xcourse stones for it directly since I got it primarily for re-profiles as I said. I ordered that package because it seemed to have a little bit of everything in it. Then I went to Kmart with a shopping list obtained here or here and picked up the tape, pan, and contact cement suggested therein.
 
Sorry, this is off topic.

fdd19, I have twice tried to reply to the email you sent me the other day. That email account of yours doesn't seem to be working. It is the sniperymutant at yahoo.com account.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Sorry, this is off topic.

fdd19, I have twice tried to reply to the email you sent me the other day. That email account of yours doesn't seem to be working. It is the sniperymutant at yahoo.com account.
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oh it is! dang ill change it right away !
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Sorry, this is off topic.

fdd19, I have twice tried to reply to the email you sent me the other day. That email account of yours doesn't seem to be working. It is the sniperymutant at yahoo.com account.
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oh it is! thats right it wont let me use my hotmail account.... just post your answer here Mont, I wont mind one bit

ok ive just reactivated my old email so you can send me stuff in the future
 
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