Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition: Maintaining and Creating Very Pointy Tips, Etc.

I have been very happy with mine and very pleased with their customer service. I broke a plastic part through that I think was my own fault in not tightening a knob. They said no problem it should not have broke and I had a tracking number with a new unit in a couple of hours.

On the tips, after reading all the negative posts of others, I find that I undergrind the tips and then need to go back and retouch them. If you round over a tip, I think you are running the unit fast and not paying attention. As someone said in another thread, if your rounding a lot of tips, you might not want to sharpen knives. I have the BGA but like to use the base angle guides for setting a regrind angle. I recently did a set of 20 year old Henkles that looked liked they had been partially sharpened with the wheel on the back of the old electric can openers! The KOWS cleanded them up nicely and my sister is a happy camper.

Start coarse ans set the angle and quicly move through the belts. On cheap fillet knives, its like 2 passes, on hard powdered metal knives, it takes longer than you think. Go slow and you will be impressed with the results.
 
Charles_Martel said:
Any thoughts as to whether the total cost of WSKO with the BGA causes other sharpening systems in its price range, to merit or warrant consideration?

Cheers and Thanks,
Charles
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Charles, a friend of mine who offers his sharpening service and other craftsman services on this website (and others) recommended that I get the WSKO. I had already purchased a Sharpmaker, with additional Cubic Nitrite rods (coarse) and UF Ceramic. I was also already using my Arkansas stones, wchi I've had for 40 years.

His reasoning: any situation in which I have to remove a substantial amount of metal - a blade chipping, or reprofiling - will go so much faster with a powered setup that this fact alone makes it worthwhile over other systems. That "over other systems" might be changed to "in addition to other systems" depending on what you already have, and what you wish to achieve with sharpening. After having had the WSKO for a couple weeks now, I would add: if you wish to achieve a mirror-polished edge on every knife, bar none, then its probably a good idea to purchase a Wicked Edge, or the Hapstone, or the EdgePro, in addition to the WSKO.
 
I had success with mine. I used the guide mostly. But also had the grinding attachment. I started buying belts from Micro-Mesh, and liked them much better than the factory Norton belts. Before getting the WSKO I was also an Edge Pro Apex junky. But after an accident which left me with a paralyzed arm/hand, I had to look into one handed operation sharpeners. In that aspect, the WSKO was a blessing. I will also say that the time & effort were both drastically reduced. I could achieve the Edge to the top, without rounding, but really had to be careful. Typically it didn't bother me because the rounded portion would be rediculously sharp. I did miss a stone finished edge though. The cost on all of these systems are too high! I decided to design and build my own which uses the Edge Pro stones, and I use Shapton Glass stones with it. I gave my WSKO to a friend. He will love it As he doesn't have a lot of time. As I am 100% disabled as a result of the accident, I do have the time. And I enjoy sharpening knives. Glad I can invest the extra money in stones. That's a fact.
 
RLDubbya said:
Charles, a friend of mine who offers his sharpening service and other craftsman services on this website (and others) recommended that I get the WSKO. I had already purchased a Sharpmaker, with additional Cubic Nitrite rods (coarse) and UF Ceramic. I was also already using my Arkansas stones, wchi I've had for 40 years.

His reasoning: any situation in which I have to remove a substantial amount of metal - a blade chipping, or reprofiling - will go so much faster with a powered setup that this fact alone makes it worthwhile over other systems. That "over other systems" might be changed to "in addition to other systems" depending on what you already have, and what you wish to achieve with sharpening. After having had the WSKO for a couple weeks now, I would add: if you wish to achieve a mirror-polished edge on every knife, bar none, then its probably a good idea to purchase a Wicked Edge, or the Hapstone, or the EdgePro, in addition to the WSKO.
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Understood. Thank you. The Hapstone V6.0 and WSKO with the BGA will make nice companion items. Now, to come up with the loot, as it has risen to the level of being a moral imperative.
 
DavidHoback said:
I had success with mine. I used the guide mostly. But also had the grinding attachment. I started buying belts from Micro-Mesh, and liked them much better than the factory Norton belts. Before getting the WSKO I was also an Edge Pro Apex junky. But after an accident which left me with a paralyzed arm/hand, I had to look into one handed operation sharpeners. In that aspect, the WSKO was a blessing. I will also say that the time & effort were both drastically reduced. I could achieve the Edge to the top, without rounding, but really had to be careful. Typically it didn't bother me because the rounded portion would be rediculously sharp. I did miss a stone finished edge though. The cost on all of these systems are too high! I decided to design and build my own which uses the Edge Pro stones, and I use Shapton Glass stones with it. I gave my WSKO to a friend. He will love it As he doesn't have a lot of time. As I am 100% disabled as a result of the accident, I do have the time. And I enjoy sharpening knives. Glad I can invest the extra money in stones. That's a fact.
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Sorry to hear of your accident. Sounds like you are nonetheless getting on and doing well with life. Thank you for your input.
 
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