Hello from Tennessee,
Well let me start off by saying that this forum is packed with awesome information. I am a complete n00b to knife realm. I have a few knives, but nothing to write home about to Mom. I decided after an exhaustive search to buy the Spiderco Sharpmaker. I started using it putting an edge back on some of my knives. It is a brilliant and simple system. I enjoyed learning with it over the last few weeks. My problem came when good friend needed his KBar resharpened. I worked on it for 5 hours. I couldn't get it to shave. Instead of shaving hairs I started to pull them out.
Now for the awe part....
I found a fellow named Richardj who was kind enough to offer me some advice. Well, I took his advice and showed up with two paper wheels this afternoon. After about 30 minutes diassembling my grinder and mounting it to my work bench I went to work. I started with one junk knife and withing 4 to 5 minutes had it shaving arm hair. I progressed though more kinives increasing in expense until every single knife I own will shave and cut paper like table butter. I absolutely could not believe my eyes. It had almost 0 learning curve and provided a beautiful edge. Now i don't claim to have put the best bevel or angle on them, but I am darn proud of how quick and effortless it was to accomplish.
Here comes the best part. I picked up the KBAR and Facetimed (like Skype) my buddy and told him to watch this in real time. The KBAR would not slice paper at that point. It wouldn't dream of shaving hair. After about 3 minutes it was gliding effortlessly through paper and shaving better than my Gillette Fusion. I picked up the phone and he was absolutely floored. He watched the whole ordeal from dull to razor sharp in a matter of minutes.
I don't claim to be a master or even apprentice level at sharpening, but the paper wheels seem to make me much better than I should be right off the bat. If you are on the fence about paper wheels take the plunge. They are CHEAP and super fun to use. I couldn't be happier.
Thanks Richardj for the info and saving me about $250.00.
-Mat
Well let me start off by saying that this forum is packed with awesome information. I am a complete n00b to knife realm. I have a few knives, but nothing to write home about to Mom. I decided after an exhaustive search to buy the Spiderco Sharpmaker. I started using it putting an edge back on some of my knives. It is a brilliant and simple system. I enjoyed learning with it over the last few weeks. My problem came when good friend needed his KBar resharpened. I worked on it for 5 hours. I couldn't get it to shave. Instead of shaving hairs I started to pull them out.
Now for the awe part....
I found a fellow named Richardj who was kind enough to offer me some advice. Well, I took his advice and showed up with two paper wheels this afternoon. After about 30 minutes diassembling my grinder and mounting it to my work bench I went to work. I started with one junk knife and withing 4 to 5 minutes had it shaving arm hair. I progressed though more kinives increasing in expense until every single knife I own will shave and cut paper like table butter. I absolutely could not believe my eyes. It had almost 0 learning curve and provided a beautiful edge. Now i don't claim to have put the best bevel or angle on them, but I am darn proud of how quick and effortless it was to accomplish.
Here comes the best part. I picked up the KBAR and Facetimed (like Skype) my buddy and told him to watch this in real time. The KBAR would not slice paper at that point. It wouldn't dream of shaving hair. After about 3 minutes it was gliding effortlessly through paper and shaving better than my Gillette Fusion. I picked up the phone and he was absolutely floored. He watched the whole ordeal from dull to razor sharp in a matter of minutes.
I don't claim to be a master or even apprentice level at sharpening, but the paper wheels seem to make me much better than I should be right off the bat. If you are on the fence about paper wheels take the plunge. They are CHEAP and super fun to use. I couldn't be happier.
Thanks Richardj for the info and saving me about $250.00.
-Mat
