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Which one?

  • KME Sharpening System

    Votes: 14 70.0%

  • Work Sharp Ken Onion

    Votes: 6 30.0%
  • Total voters
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That_Knife_Guy

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If you had to choose one of the two knife sharpeners listed to put a great edge on a knife, Price Considered, which one would it be?
 
I just am hesitant to trust myself with a belt system that I would go with the KME between those two.
 
I keep looking back at the Wicked Edge but its price has me looking back at the EdgePro and KME stuff and I like what I see in the EdgePro better than the KME myself.
 
They are really, really, really different beasts.

KME is going to be good for repeatable precision. But will be relatively very slow (only by comparison).

WSKO will be very fast and *can* be pretty precise, but requires care to achieve really "pretty" results.

For me the decision is all about time and what job you have to do. If you have really beat up knives you will sharpen, you pretty much need a power tool like the WSKO. Or if you don't want to invest very much time into sharpening, the WSKO is the winner.

But, if precision is important to you and you are willing to invest the time, then the KME wins. Or if you will never, ever sharpen really dull abused blades and have a medium amount of time, the KME wins again.

Brian.
 
Edge Pro
No clampy clamp
Capable of low angles (the only ones I use). I was rereminded when I once again attempted to use my DMT Aligner on my Para 2. The diamond plate would no way clear the clamp. I used the diamond plates free hand.
I very rarely use diamonds on my knives (only two S110V blades) so haven't gone there yet with the Edge Pro but it is very capable when I do.
Edge Pro
Shapton Glass stones for it.
Blissfully useful edges.
 
For me....I love my K.O. Worksharp! I blew off buying one due to price. It took me awhile to pull the trigger on it but I'm glad I did! I paid around 160$ at the time. I lined up 16 10$ jobs for guys who needed sharpening.
I took an old crappy bud k type of knife to practice on it only took me 3 minutes to get the hang of it. It took me around 40 minutes to complete all of the knives. If I did that 2 days later it'd take 20 minutes (not counting stropping). Brian Curran at Worksharp has been super helpful everytime I needed help or had questions!
If you read the easy to understand instructions and watch the dvd that comes with the unit you'll be very happy! The instructions clearly state that you need to stop the pass with THE TIP ON THE BELT! You will be fine of not you can round the tips. I bought the "blade grinder attachment" recently. It wasn't something I was sure that I needed it? It was an impulse (surfing drunk on amazon) buy. After I recieved it I had buyers remorse because I thought it was for knife making (amateur not professional, week end guys). That's what I saw guys using it for on YouTube. I bought it to sharpen axes, tomahawks, and machetes. Also to put 90º spine on bushcraft knives. I shot a quick email to Brian Curran at about midnight. The next morning around 8am Brian responded suggesting that I return it. That kind of response time and honesty I decided to keep it. I haven't done much with it yet other than put 90º spines on knives. I just put one on my latest knife a Cold Steel Twistmaster from flea bay. I will experiment more with it soon. I strongly recommend the worksharp because of the variety of tools you can sharpen. I don't have experience with the other sharpener. So I can't speak on that system.
 
Ken Onion WorkSharp... but I would add the Blade Grinding Attachment.
 
Minnesota Man said:
For me....I love my K.O. Worksharp! I blew off buying one due to price. It took me awhile to pull the trigger on it but I'm glad I did! I paid around 160$ at the time. I lined up 16 10$ jobs for guys who needed sharpening.
I took an old crappy bud k type of knife to practice on it only took me 3 minutes to get the hang of it. It took me around 40 minutes to complete all of the knives. If I did that 2 days later it'd take 20 minutes (not counting stropping). Brian Curran at Worksharp has been super helpful everytime I needed help or had questions!
If you read the easy to understand instructions and watch the dvd that comes with the unit you'll be very happy! The instructions clearly state that you need to stop the pass with THE TIP ON THE BELT! You will be fine of not you can round the tips. I bought the "blade grinder attachment" recently. It wasn't something I was sure that I needed it? It was an impulse (surfing drunk on amazon) buy. After I recieved it I had buyers remorse because I thought it was for knife making (amateur not professional, week end guys). That's what I saw guys using it for on YouTube. I bought it to sharpen axes, tomahawks, and machetes. Also to put 90º spine on bushcraft knives. I shot a quick email to Brian Curran at about midnight. The next morning around 8am Brian responded suggesting that I return it. That kind of response time and honesty I decided to keep it. I haven't done much with it yet other than put 90º spines on knives. I just put one on my latest knife a Cold Steel Twistmaster from flea bay. I will experiment more with it soon. I strongly recommend the worksharp because of the variety of tools you can sharpen. I don't have experience with the other sharpener. So I can't speak on that system.
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You will probably like it for any kind of knife sharpening- regrinds or routine sharpening. It's a big upgrade that makes the WSKO a serious contender!

I have often wondered how much of Amazon's sales are impulse purchases fueled by alcohol. I have done that!
 
Actually I have both, what I use depends on what I'm doing. When it comes to the KO, the blade grinder is always mounted, love the blade grinder, the plain KO, not so much.
 
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