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Spyderco to a Wicked Edge

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Pawmudduck

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I have a Spyderco sharpener and purchased an set of the Diamond stones for it for re-profiling work. I like it and it does a fabulous job. Its fast and easy to use and does a great job but once you get into the very hard steels or if you want a hair slicing/mirror finish it wont take you that far - well at least not for me. I looked at/researched a lot of the systems - Lansky, KME, Edge Pro Apex 4 etc. I liked the reviews on the Edge pro so I purchased an Edge Pro knockoff to see if I would like it - the method/style of sharpening. It was good but then I began to look at the price difference if I went with a Wicked Edge ... and you know the story - I ended up justifying the extra $$ to get the Wicked Edge ... so now I sit impatiently waiting for my Wicked Edge to arrive. Now I will be able to try it out on S90V steel!
 
A word of caution.Try it out on a few crappy knives first to get the hang of it,before you use it on your good ones.There's a bit of a learning curve to it.
 
Not a problem. Let us know how that wicked edge works out for you, I'm using a cheap Lansky system and just haven't brought myself to upgrade yet.
 
JTR357 said:
A word of caution.Try it out on a few crappy knives first to get the hang of it,before you use it on your good ones.There's a bit of a learning curve to it.
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There is a learning curve, but it's not that steep. You definitely should sharpen about a dozen lower end knives to get the hang of the system. You also need this time to break in the stones before they perform at their best.
 
tokerblue said:
There is a learning curve, but it's not that steep. You definitely should sharpen about a dozen lower end knives to get the hang of the system. You also need this time to break in the stones before they perform at their best.
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thanks for the input. I might have been tempted to lay common sense aside since it's such a fool proof system and be a fool who tried sharpening his best knife! Been watching the videos and if it's as good as it seems I may have to buy knives just to enjoy sharpening them! I also picked up the 1200/1600 stones. I'm hoping that should be enough!
 
tokerblue said:
There is a learning curve, but it's not that steep. You definitely should sharpen about a dozen lower end knives to get the hang of the system. You also need this time to break in the stones before they perform at their best.
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This. ^^^
 
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