Which is preferred Wicked Edge or EdgePro, and why?

EdgePro or Wicked Edge

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Maprik said:
Good solution! You still need to clamp and unclamp the blade every time you want to flip the knife.
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Yes, that's right. And it's why I chose this type of clamp rather than a conventional C-clamp. This type can be easily used one-handed. A simple push of the small red button on the handle releases the clamp, and a couple of trigger-pulls tightens it down again. No need to hold with one hand while twisting around a screw-device with the other. With this type, hold the knife with one hand and operate the clamp with the other. Quick, easy, and effective.

Also, where are you clamping onto especially on a small blade like a small Sebenza?
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These clamps come in various sizes. When I want to clamp something like the pen blade on a small Swiss Army knife, I just use a clamp with a smaller face and clamp only the spine of the blade, or if need be, the ricasso. I bought a set of three clamps (3 different sizes) for about $10. These cover me for anything from a pen blade to a machete.


Stitchawl
 
I have an Edge Pro Professional and I really like it. I don't remember it being an either or decision when I bought my Edge Pro. I don't believe I had ever heard of the Wicked Edge before I bought the Edge Pro or at least I never seriously looked at buying one. I still haven't to be honest.

The Edge Pro covers a great deal of my sharpening needs. While I still have other ways to sharpen knives, especially convex edges, I am not really in the market to make any major sharpening purchases. Like everyone there is always the occasional stone or maybe something I could use in the field that I will think about and eventually pick up down the road.

I am not speaking out against the Wicked Edge as I have never used one. I am happy enough with the Edge Pro though to not feel the need to look any farther. Plus like has been posted Ben Dale has won my business. Maybe if he started selling the Wicked Edge and called and explained why I needed one ;)
 
If I were to purchase one or the other the Edge Pro would be my choice. I've put allot of thought and done my homework on both. The EP is just more flexible IMHO.
 
Although the edges that I get from my EdgePro are most likely the same that I would get from WickedEdge, when I bought my EdgePro, Clay was probably a teenager... If they were priced about the same, and both available at the time, I probably would have had a difficult time choosing between them. They both work well, and both are quality made items.

But EdgePro isn't my sharpening system. It is a PART of my sharpening system. I use the DMT Aligner with bench stones or wet/dry sandpaper far more often, and use the Sharpmaker even more often than that! There are times when I feel the urge to free-hand and edge, and times when I want to use the RazorEdge clamp, just depending upon my mood at the time. Knives that get used regularly see the EdgePro 3-4 times a year at most, with daily maintenance via steel or strop when used, and kitchen knives get a weekly touch up on the Sharpmaker and 'steeled' on glass before every use. I'm satisfied with the results.


Stitchawl
 
I can't comment on the WE, I have an EP (over 10 years), and just love it. Here's my contention - I can (quite easily) match anybody's edge on my knives. No problem. I can easily beat all (or almost all) freehand edges on my EP.

Probably every other EP owner can make the same boast. It's a great system. It taught me more about sharpening than all my "knife mentors" combined prior to that.

It has also taught me how to properly freehand sharpen. I don't use it as much as I used to, simply because I enjoy freehand, but every once and a while, I go back to it. I'm continually amazed at the edges that it gives me.
 
I haven't used my Edge Pro since I got my Wicked Edge. No messy slurry to clean up between stones or afterwards, no taping the blade to prevent scratching (I messed up a couple of my knives), No having to worry about keeping even pressure on the knife so that it remains flat on the table, no flattening the stones on a diamond stone, No adjusting between every stone with a drill collar and Angle Cube. I still use an angle cube with the WE but it's much more intuitive and faster to make adjustments. And I only have to make them once, not each time that I change stones.

I've dealt with customer service with both companies and both are outstanding. I've spoken with the owners of both companies at length when I was gathering info, and both were very helpful. WE has an pretty active forum where you can read of other's issues, ask your own questions, and see what others are doing.
 
stitchawl said:
If speed is needed, that certainly is a consideration. For an extra $300 one can save 10 minutes.



Sounds as if all your stones were produced specifically for the EdgePro. Many EP users mod our own stones. There were several threads here a few years ago, with pictures of the stone collections that various folks had made. Some guys had upwards of 40-50 different stones, and at the time, nobody was selling EP-specific stones except Ben Dale. When we find a bench stone we'd like to use, we take it to a local lapidary shop and have them cut a few slices to fit the EP-size blanks, and glue them on. Cheap as dirt if you use the right shop. One bench stone makes a LOT of EP stones, and if you pay $60 for the bench stone and cut 10 EP stones from it, that's $6 a stone... I go north of Arashiyama on Rt.162 outside of Kyoto, and buy stones from the families that owned the old mines. Although the mines have shut down large-scale commercial cutting, the families are still selling odd-shaped stones out their back doors. They put hand-painted signs along the road when they have stones to sell. Again, cheap as dirt for good Arashiyama stone.



See $4 solution below...



We all had that same wish. So a quick trip to the hardware store and our wish was granted.
These come in all sizes, are trigger-operated so fast, one-handed use, and keep even the smallest blades secure. About $3-$5 at most home centers.

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Stitchawl
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Everybody loves to see pictures so here ya go... My Cuisnart kitchen knife at 15*/side :-) they are both great systems and this can be done on either.... But it is easier to not scratch the blade in the process if you are into that (my knives are tools to me)

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No, I did not have to have them custom cut locally... I got my Atomas from Ken Schwartz and the choseras from both Wicked Edge or one of their dealers (like oldawan.com). It's all out there and very available now :-)
 
Stitchawl, how do you keep the blade on the table with that clamp. It seems to me the head of the clamp will be getting in the way of the stone on the EP? I have the Pro model and wondered about a clamp of some sort but can't imagine that big a clamp not getting in the way.
 
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