Lansky Sharpeners?

[Keyman]

I do not move my clamp down the blade as I sharpen.
First I determine the position of the clamp.
I do this by gently clamping the blade,
then using an assembled stone & rod I measure:
first, from the point/tip of the blade
to one of the guide holes in the clamp.
I do this by resting the head or the leading edge of the
stone holder (the plastic part facing the rod) against the tip edge.
Then while holding the rod in place against the clamp with one hand,
I measure down the cutting edge noting how close the edge is to my original measurement.
By adjusting the clamp up or down and in or out you can get it a lot darn close to uniform.
As far as finding the right angle is concerned. First I choose what I think looks good by holding it up to see the silouete of blade and stone. Then I fine adjust by loosening the screw holding the rod to the stone and moving the rod either in or out of the stone.
In fact, I have flattened the rod the entire length of this clamping surface to avoid the rolling of the rod and inconsistant angles.
Most times by using this method I can put a good edge on any knife -
new, old, mine, or someone elses without regrinding the whole thing.
Thats the way I do it and as I said I love my Lansky!

 

[Eager]

I move the clamp. Not too hard or rocket science. This is why I said that use of the Lanskey is somewhat time consuming. If you have a lot of material to remove, you'll be in front of your Sharpmaker even longer though.