sharpener

[jpvjr]

what would be a good sharpener/grinder? for deployment I am the sharpener guy, but my thumbs are turning to hamburger. i do all of mine free hand, but heard i could order equipment & be reimbursed a %.

 

[jll346]

Edge Pro Apex...Hands Down!!!!!

 

[724wd]

i got a lansky last weekend and my knives have never been sharper! for years i've done my knives freehand with a diamond stick... no more!

 

[J.Marsillo]

I'll second the edgepro apex......scary sharp is real easy especially on a neglected edge. http://www.edgeproinc.com/

 

[Gigemtxaggies]

I never had a perfectly sharpened knife until I bought an Edgepro... you will not regret the $ spent.

 

[724wd]

the edgepro is surely a superior sharpener, but the price is far and above a lansky. i would look at how many knives you will be sharpening and weight the cost benefit of either. if i have $150+, i'd get an edgepro. i only had $30, so i ended up with a lansky and a couple fishing lures.

 

[stingray4540]

I have a question about the edge pro. Won't the angle towards the front of the knife be different than the angle right across from the pivot?

If you don't understand what I am saying then try to think of a right triangle on an x,y plane. There is a 90degree angle were x and y meet and the angle you are putting on the blade is were x and the hypotenuse meet. Well if you make x longer the angle will decrease. For example if x was 5 units long and the angle was 20degrees, the angle will decrease to 10degrees if you extend x to be 10 units long.

This is esentially what is happening when you slide the stone from the base of the blade(which is at say 20degrees) to the tip of the blade(which will now be some angle that is less than 20degrees because the length of x was increased).

Maybe the change in angle isn't great enough to make a difference. I just think that if you wanted a 20 or 15 degree angle on your blades that you would want the same angle on the entire length of the blade.

 

[Stag & Steel]

That is one of the nice things about the Edge Pro, you move the blade respective to the pivot , so you are sharpening in the same position relative to the edge. The Lansky and the type that clamp to the blade limit that unless you reclamp farther down the blade. OH another vote for the Edge Pro.

 

[stingray4540]

I see, thanks. That makes more sense.

 

[grease-man]

Here is another vote for the Edge Pro Apex! -Matt-