Hi.
Try the sharpmaker 30 degree ( 15 dps ) next time

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I got get by the blade bug a couple of weeks ago and have put together a few entry-level blades in that time. Most are AUS-8 or 8Cr13MoV, but today I bought my first quality steel blade - a Spydie Sage 1 (S30V). And while the knife is quality, the factory edge wasn't the sharpest. So I'd like to...
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knife with a blade width of 1/2"
Lansky 20 degrees by
Frans van de Kamp, on Flickr
BTW The angle settings on the Lansky clamp are just an indication and the actual angle will depend on how far the knife sticks out from the clamp. With this knife the actual sharpening angles are:
13.3 degrees on the 17 degrees setting
17.4 degrees on the 20 degrees setting
21.5 degrees on the 25 degrees setting
25.3 degrees on the 30 degrees setting
so is the wicked edge worth the 300+ dollars? what makes it so different from the lanksy system? does it work better or is it just all talk?
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The markings on the Lansky are incorrect. Here are two pictures that show the angle at the 17 degrees setting as measured at the tip of the clamp. One is as measured with the angle cube with the rod in the 17 degrees position and the other one is as calculated with the online angle calculator
http://www.driehoekberekenen.be/
The wider the blade, the shallower the angle gets.
Frans
Hello everybody, Overall, I love my Lansky sharpening system. Problem is: I got myself a nice Japanese VG-10 petty knife and even the 17deg option in the Lansky clamp is too obtuse. How safe is it to drill an additional hole in the Lansky clamp? Is that going to affect its...
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Which clamp do you have, the soft-grip-clamp
http://lansky.com/index.php/products/soft-grip-knife-clamp/ or the original design clamp
http://lansky.com/index.php/products/multi-angle-knife-clamp
There was a problem with the design of the soft-grip-clamp and with smaller knives, using the 17 degrees setting resulted in hitting the clamp.
The 17 degree setting on the original clamp results in an actual angle of less than 14 degrees with small knives and even lower with larger knives.