Sharpmaker with ANY ANGLE

Whoa...that's a lot more intense than I thought it was going to be. Impresive. I had a passing thought that it would be cool (though cost prohibitive) to use two spyderco bench stones layed at an angle against something , with a barrier at the feet to keep them from slipping, to greatly increase surface area for sharpening and reprofiling. But this is next level. Thanks alot for the quick response. I wasn't expecting to hear back for days, if at all. Really helpful.
 
I always sharpend my dragonfly very steep too, like 20 inclusive. I like having it like a folding scalpel. Having multiple, or infinite angles would be cool.

Heres a little doodle of something i thought of awhile back, that i would think would be easy to factory produce. Instead of having the 2 different degrees on the sm, they could add more angles in the mold without by only changing the holes for the stones.
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Having an add on like the op mentioned would be better though.

And i'd thought i would also share that the Sharpmaker helped me learn to sharpen and understand the angles of sharpening. After i got used to it, i started to cut different angled blocks with my miter saw and tying the stones to them to get different angles.

I use bench stones now(just because i enjoy it more), but still use little angled shims to help me get a good visual before going at it.
 
for a simpler version of that great jig setup...... couple 2x4s screwed together. for stability. cut 15, 17.5, 20 whatever is wanted angles into them and stick dmt diamond plates. big size sharpmaker with diamond cutting abilities in grits that ya want. no compromises.

that said i use my sharpmaker the most for touchups and its a genius and cost effective tool that helped me from day one understand sharpening. best tool out there and ive tried almost all of them. for reprofiling i prefer diamonds and options more than sharpmaker rods come in.
 
Sitting flat on the table the SM only has the choice of two sharpening angles. However if you take a wooden shim (a piece of wood cut at an angle, you can get a bag of them at the Home Depot for $2) and insert a shim under one end of the SM you have decreased the angle on that rod by the angle of the shim. I have done this and it works very easily. You just turn the SM 180 degrees, switching sharpening sides after a couple of strokes. You will only use one rod, the one impacted by the shim angle.

I know it is redneck engineering but it is a cheap and easy and works to get any lower sharpening angle you want with a SM.
 
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