First off let me say, I received my Edge Pro Apex yesterday and I love it. I would like to clear up a couple questions I had before I start using it, if anyone would be so kind to answer them.
I like to utilize precise measurements to sharpen, if possible, because yes, I'm anal. I don't have an angle cube, but am using the iHandy level app for iPhone and have found it to be fairly accurate. I was playing around checking some angles last night which led to a couple questions I have before I begin sharpening.
I placed my phone on its side, parallel with the Edge Pro table, and zeroed it. With a stone in the arm, I rested the stone on the edge of the EP table and moved the adjustable end of the arm to just underneath the red dot (15 degree mark), placed my phone on top of the back side of the stone parallel with the arm, and this yielded a measurement of exactly 15.0 degrees. Outstanding! On another note, the next mark up was 18 degrees as advertised, but the yellow yielded exactly 20 degrees instead of 21, and the blue yielded 22.5 every time rather than 24. If someone else has checked these with a cube, feel free to comment. It's not that the dots' respective angles matter that much to me, I'm just looking to verify if my phone is correct.
For testing purposes, I placed my Paramilitary 2 on the EP table laying flat on the ricasso with the edge just over the end of the table and placed the stone on the edge as if I was going to sharpen. The angle changed to roughly 14 degrees, which is more acute than I want to go. This makes sense because if the height of the table edge increases, then the angle of the arm will decrease. My question is, when setting my initial sharpening angle with an angle cube on the back of the stone, should I always set the angle with the stone placed on top of the blade as if I were going to sharpen? (I do plan on using a drill stop collar so initial angle is important to me)
Additionally, if I were sharpening a FFG blade with the grind laying on the table, the method I've used is zeroing the cube on a flat surface, laying the knife on that surface along the grind with some overhang to balance the cube on the grind. I've tried doing this with two different knives which both yielded exactly 5 degrees so it seems correct. So if I were to sharpen either of these knives at 15 degrees would I lay the knife on the EP table, place the stone on top of the blade, then adjust the arm until I got an angle cube reading of 17.5 degrees (5 degrees divided by 2 plus 15)?
I apologize for making this so longwinded, but I wanted to add enough detail to give you a better understanding of my reasoning/thought process here.
So in summary, my 2 questions are:
1: When setting my initial angle with the cube, should I set it with the stone on the blade rather than the stone on the table? (I would think stone on the blade would have to be correct due to differences in blade thickness, distance of knife edge from edge of table, etc.)
2: Do you agree with my method of determining angle setting for a FFG blade or blade that doesn't have a sufficient flat area to hold on the table?
Thanks to all.
I like to utilize precise measurements to sharpen, if possible, because yes, I'm anal. I don't have an angle cube, but am using the iHandy level app for iPhone and have found it to be fairly accurate. I was playing around checking some angles last night which led to a couple questions I have before I begin sharpening.
I placed my phone on its side, parallel with the Edge Pro table, and zeroed it. With a stone in the arm, I rested the stone on the edge of the EP table and moved the adjustable end of the arm to just underneath the red dot (15 degree mark), placed my phone on top of the back side of the stone parallel with the arm, and this yielded a measurement of exactly 15.0 degrees. Outstanding! On another note, the next mark up was 18 degrees as advertised, but the yellow yielded exactly 20 degrees instead of 21, and the blue yielded 22.5 every time rather than 24. If someone else has checked these with a cube, feel free to comment. It's not that the dots' respective angles matter that much to me, I'm just looking to verify if my phone is correct.
For testing purposes, I placed my Paramilitary 2 on the EP table laying flat on the ricasso with the edge just over the end of the table and placed the stone on the edge as if I was going to sharpen. The angle changed to roughly 14 degrees, which is more acute than I want to go. This makes sense because if the height of the table edge increases, then the angle of the arm will decrease. My question is, when setting my initial sharpening angle with an angle cube on the back of the stone, should I always set the angle with the stone placed on top of the blade as if I were going to sharpen? (I do plan on using a drill stop collar so initial angle is important to me)
Additionally, if I were sharpening a FFG blade with the grind laying on the table, the method I've used is zeroing the cube on a flat surface, laying the knife on that surface along the grind with some overhang to balance the cube on the grind. I've tried doing this with two different knives which both yielded exactly 5 degrees so it seems correct. So if I were to sharpen either of these knives at 15 degrees would I lay the knife on the EP table, place the stone on top of the blade, then adjust the arm until I got an angle cube reading of 17.5 degrees (5 degrees divided by 2 plus 15)?
I apologize for making this so longwinded, but I wanted to add enough detail to give you a better understanding of my reasoning/thought process here.
So in summary, my 2 questions are:
1: When setting my initial angle with the cube, should I set it with the stone on the blade rather than the stone on the table? (I would think stone on the blade would have to be correct due to differences in blade thickness, distance of knife edge from edge of table, etc.)
2: Do you agree with my method of determining angle setting for a FFG blade or blade that doesn't have a sufficient flat area to hold on the table?
Thanks to all.
