I just read the book and I was wondering if anyone had experience with there sharpening kits? Are they worth the money? Is there any part of the kits that are particularly useless. Also the guides are very interesting I was wondering if they would work on thicker knives I have alot of busse and so on and don't want a sharpening guide that will only work on a buck 110. Are there stone any better than regular? I tried the search feature but everytime I do it has a system error and won't find anything. Anyway I just finished the razor edge book of sharpening I've got a nice strop and black and green compound. Had a good talk with richard j. just looking for the last missing piece some good hones. Tryin to stay away from machines and gadgets as much as I can since my kit has to be portable. Thanks
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He has the right idea, but the guides are a real hassle to use, I have them. It's hard to set them up the same each time, you can free-hand just as well with some practice. For stones, I really like diamond and ceramic, some like oil stones or water stones. Diamond cut pretty much anything with very little effort, ceramic can also (with very few exceptions), but are slower because they are finer. If you combine these with your strop and compounds, you should be all set.
Now I use a belt grinder and buffer to sharpen.
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joebobx I have 2 sets of them I got one years ago and one not too long ago on ebay. I was never on able to sharpen with just free handing on a stone and these seemed to fit he bill. I used them a lot when I first got them and basically for one knife a Case 3Finn and boy was that thing sharp when I got done. It did not take long to get it that way. I now have crock sticks, a sharp maker and the same cardboard wheels richardj uses. I have not used the Razor system just due to the fact I dont want to clamp the guide on a knife I just finished making and hand rubbing the blade on. If you have a hard time with the stones and can get used to the clamp it might work well for you. They are simplme to use. Doug
i used to have an ez sharp which was a clamp and guide system. i used it so much i wore out the first set of stones. one thing i noticed with mine was that the clamp can actually change the angle from one side to the other from the taper in the blade if there wasnt a flat along each side of the spine. even with the clamp as tight as i could get it, i could wiggle the blade. do the other clamp systems do this or has anyone ever checked this out?
