onion work-sharp

[Bobby3326]

Like many others here, I absolutely love my KO sharpener. The only thing to be careful with, at least I find, is to protect the sides of the blades from scratching as you draw them against the angle guide. I was not careful on a DLC knife I have and it left some nasty marks on the belly of the blade. From that point on, I put some painters tape on the sides of the blade to protect it.

This is very true when using the guides on the ko...I completely forgot about that since I haven't used that attachment in forever otherwise I would've mentioned it. This will also happen on there new manual guided sharpener as well when using the guides.


It won't hurt thick coating like Beckers, tops, and esses come with, but finer coatings it will a lil. The biggest ones are non coated and polished blades, it'll leave horizontal scratches down the entire blade.

 

[DavidCAndersen]

Like many others here, I absolutely love my KO sharpener. The only thing to be careful with, at least I find, is to protect the sides of the blades from scratching as you draw them against the angle guide. I was not careful on a DLC knife I have and it left some nasty marks on the belly of the blade. From that point on, I put some painters tape on the sides of the blade to protect it.

Just one of the reasons I don't like using the guides. Freehand all the way baby!

 

[Kentwood33]

That happens to me too, big nasty lines all along the belly on my bk7 ,had to do a good polishing to erase them, since then freehand with all my knives, besides that, pretty good little tool

 

[foofie]

sorry - same question
For all the guys that freehand - since you don't use the more finely tuned guide, what benefit does the KO version offer?
I guess the question is - does the variable speed control make the KO worth double?

Or - just stop asking questions and just buy the darned thing
Thanks.

btw- I use paper wheels for my folders, but can't do convex edges worth anything...

 

[Bobby3326]

sorry - same question
For all the guys that freehand - since you don't use the more finely tuned guide, what benefit does the KO version offer?
I guess the question is - does the variable speed control make the KO worth double?

Or - just stop asking questions and just buy the darned thing [emoji14]
Thanks.

btw- I use paper wheels for my folders, but can't do convex edges worth anything...

Yes the variable speed is worth it, along with wider belts. Then if you feel more comfortable free hand then adding the blade grinder in the future is another benefit.

But yes just buy the dang thing already lol[emoji6]

However shop around, I got mine much less than what the chain store sells em for. So it wasn't near double the price.

 

[Kentwood33]

sorry - same question
For all the guys that freehand - since you don't use the more finely tuned guide, what benefit does the KO version offer?
I guess the question is - does the variable speed control make the KO worth double?

Or - just stop asking questions and just buy the darned thing [emoji14]
Thanks.

btw- I use paper wheels for my folders, but can't do convex edges worth anything...

That's the whole point of the KO,it's gonna convex the edge with or without the attachment due to the belt flexibility, in my case I feel a little bit more confident not using it