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So no, it's not going to do chisel grinds very well at all. Carrefull....
Frank
Alter the angle, level of finish, etc. to better meet the needs of the knife's use? Just a few examples to consider.
Thought I'd answer a couple of questions in this thread. I buy and try sharpeners, just to see how they perform. I've been using the WE for about 6 months now, and have found it to be a very capable sharpener.
The WE will have no trouble addressing this issue.
I've done several recurves with the standard stones, and haven't had an issue getting them sharp with just the standard stones. The key to recurves is to pay attention to how the stone hits the bevel as it follows the curve, and the setup of the WE allows you to easily do this. Working a recurve in both directions (going towards the tip and towards the heel) allows you to work the entire curve. The "recurve capable stones" just make it easier, but IMO, aren't really necessary.
The answer to this is... it just depends on what your needs are. If you get the WE, and do little more than touch up your knives, you'll be quickly disappointed. But if you use it as it should be... you'll quickly realize that you'll be able to do things you'd never even consider doing with a Sharpmaker. The end result is just one aspect of sharpening. Sure you can get a razor edge off a Sharpmaker. But, reprofile an edge? Grind out some damage? Sharpen a knife that hasn't ever been sharpened, and you can't tell the edge from the spine?
cbw
I have no doubt the Out of Stock status is more testimony to the demand issue than anything. The follow up email stating that it was arriving 2/9 was nice but being as I really wasn't anticipating it for some time it actually had an opposite effect than it was intended. Not a problem. Patience is a virtue and something I continue to strive for.:thumbup:
Nothing weird there, it's doing exactly what it's supposed to do. The reason why is that the WE is not set up to get to a high enough angle to properly hit the bevel on your chisel ground knives. The fact that it's ground on only one side means that the entire "included" edge angle is all on one side, so it's probably like 30 degrees or even 35, and the WE is set up to do dual bevels---meaning that they'd have to anticipate somebody wanting a 60 or 70 degree included edge (since it'd have to be able to go out the same amount on both sides) which is not very likely.
If you actually spent the time and effort to put a 15 degree bevel on your chisel grind so that the WE could sharpen it, you'd have a super-wide, unattractive and absurdly thin, fragile edge for almost any kind of normal work. I've gone to 10 degrees (included) on edges for very, very specific tasks before but it's like cutting with a piece of glass.
It is an oft-parroted and completely erroneous belief that chisel grinds have thinner edges than dual grinds because it looks like somebody cut a normal blade down the center and gave you half. For equal strength and durability, a chisel grind has to have an edge angle equal to the combined edge angles of a dual grind.
