Using an inclinometer

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Amestron

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I started using am inclinometer to nail the angles when sharpening, as the angles marked in the KME seems to be less than accurate, according to many instructionals. I found myself lowering the sharpener to the lowest degrees to reach standard angles, 18-20... Well this may seem obvious to you, but I was doing it wrong, as I just leaned the inclinometer on the rod and adjusted the angle. Now I lean it ON THE BLADE, zero it there and then on the rod. Obviously, the other way adjusted the absolute angle, bit the blade is not angle zero. Well, now I have some blades sharpened at 12-13 degrees. They cut like hell, though [emoji23].


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I zero my angle cube on the base of my kme. Then with the stone touching the apex I sit the angle cube on top of the stone holder


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That's the thing. The blade and the base are not necessarily parallel. At least in my device.


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When you say you're zeroing on the blade, do you mean on a flat portion or on the primary grind?

ime many knives do not have a flat part at all, and on many others, it's too small to rest an angle cube on.
 
Amestron said:
That's the thing. The blade and the base are not necessarily parallel. At least in my device.


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True but imho it's close enough for me. Plus I seldom use my cube unless I just want to know the angle I'm sharpening a particular knife on, I usually use the sharpie method and the cube just sits in a drawer.


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Ok. In my case there are up to 7 degrees depending on the blade's width. That's how I noticed. I use the cube a lot, as I have different brands stones for the KME and, if I go for the mirror finish, I want to be as accurate as possible. For a standard serviceable edge I will not use it. The sharpie method is works fine but I am too lazy to use it after every stone change, hehe.


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banksy said:
When you say you're zeroing on the blade, do you mean on a flat portion or on the primary grind?

ime many knives do not have a flat part at all, and on many others, it's too small to rest an angle cube on.
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If it's a zero grind, I rest it flat. If it's sabre grind, on the secondary grind . If it's kind of a pen blade it won't even go to the kme. And yes, sometimes it takes some effort to measure properly.


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