Razor Edge Guides

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I'm looking to get a Razor Edge Systems setup, with the guide and Course/Fine hones. I'm not sure which guide I should order. There looks to be two different guides for knife blades the Cub and the Razor Edge. Apparently the difference is the Cub is for knives up 3" blade and the Razor Edge is 3"+, is this correct? I want to sharpen a variety of knives from basic slipjoint and SAKS to my largest a Cuda Maxx.

Would the smaller guide work with a larger knife? I'm on a bit of a budget and I'm thinking the smaller guide would work ok for larger knives and I could purchase the larger guide at a later date. Does that sound feasible?

Thanks,

-Rob
 
I hate it when someone recommends something different from what the poster is asking but I own the Razor Edge equipment and I'd say your money could be better spent. The book is pretty good with a lot of good theory and whatnot but the equipment is rather clunky. I would invest in a Spyderco Sharpmaker or even a slightly cheaper Croc Stick setup. You'll get farther faster than trying to hook the other stuff up to your blade. Plus, if you read the book there's a trade off between super duper sharp and what your knife will look like. Their super sharp stuff is scratched to high heck because they are concerned with the relief, not what it looks like. I wouldn't do that to my knives.

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oil
 
The trouble with the Sharpmaker, is that I'm wanting to possibly reprofile edges and to learn free hand. I figured a system with a guide would be a good place to start. I have time to work with the bench top stone system, so it's not necessarily a matter of convience as opposed to which system is going to work with a variety of knives and doesn't cost me next month's rent(Edgepro, unfortunately).

I'm unfortunately having alot of trouble deciding which system works well...and have discovered alot of folks use a combination of more than one system....

-Rob
 
I hear ya. When I reprofile I lay a DMT xtra coarse bench stone on the flat of one of the Spyderco rods and go at it. I've also heard of people wrapping them in sand paper for a reprofile. YMMV.

Back to the thread in progress....


oil
 
RandomMan said:
Would the smaller guide work with a larger knife?
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Joe Talmadge has the guides, you might want to ask him directly.

OilMan said:
...they are concerned with the relief, not what it looks like.
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Applying a relief is only necessary with the thicker "tactical" edged knives. A Spyderco for example would be sharpened with the final stage only.

The reason the scratches don't concern J.J. is that he developed his sytem based on working knives

It would not be a good system to apply to a high end damascus safe queen.

-Cliff
 
I kinda agree with Oilman.... I think you're money could be better spent. But if you're looking for way to learn freehand sharpening.... the guide will help.... especially in learning how to work the tip area. I've used one... it puts a decent edge on a knife.... but for some reason I could never get it as sharp as I could with an EdgePro. IMHO.... the EdgePro is a great value for what you get.... out of the various 'systems' I've tried.... it's probably the only one that will reprofile and sharpen without having to buy anything else. Plus it's very versatile.
 
I use an edgepro myself, but I've had good results with the lansky (and sharpmaker). I didn't get the razor edge because I had heard comments similar to Oilmans about the knife getting all scratched up and also how the guide gets cut up by the stone as you are sharpening. A system that might be worth considering is the warthog sharpener although I've never used it. Last but not least try free hand with benchstones. If you can develop the consistency that's the most versatile IMHO.
 
i did a little research on this system in the past. what kept me from buying it is the guides don't fit the thick bladed knives.

i like the idea of being able to use the guide on my spyderco benchstone though.
 
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