The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Guys, I understand that this has been discussed and I beg your pardon. Because problem with English I'm a bit confused. I want a full list of belts that I may need. I want to order them from the micro-surface.com
I have not read through this entire thread (i apologize), but I picked up on a lot of comments directed toward the inconsistency in the bevel created on each side of the knife. The issue seems to stem from sharpening one side of the blade with the belt moving away from the edge and the other side with the belt moving into the edge. My question is this: is there anything that keeps you from sharpening both sides of the blade on the side of the belt that moves away from the edge? Can you not simply sharpen side "a" of a knife on side "1" of the sharpener and then rotate the blade 180deg and sharpen side "b" of the knife on side "1" by pulling in the opposite direction? --- as you would on a full sized belt sander or sharpening wheel?
This system looks good, but can it handle hawkbills, karambits or recurves?
Yes, but I feel the Paper Wheels takes the cake for that quick and sharp edge without massive metal removal. While the grit wheel is officially 180 grit, the abrasiveness of the belt is easily controlled by the amount of wax you apply to it. And the slotted wheel seems surprisingly fast in making the edge razor sharp and much more effective at removing the burr.
As strange as it may sound, I feel the Work Sharp is quite gifted in making a beautiful edge, with such a short learning curve that after using it for all of 2 weeks, I already feel confident enough to do THIS:
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I really wanted this machine to work for me. I was impressed that it's an American company, and that it's received so many fairly positive reviews.
But, it's not for me. I'm glad it works for others, but, I can only say that I am not letting myself near it with any of my +$20 knives.
For me, the plastic grooves catch my knives, and it ends up taking off more metal in random spots along the edge. I also noticed that the heel of the blade received the most removal of metal, and the blades on the knives I tried it on, are no longer nice and straight when looking at the profile of the knife. The positive note I have for it, is that I can now ruin a knife in MUCH less time.
I'm not saying this is crap, because clearly it works for others. But, I myself can get much cleaner and sharper edges with my sharp maker. Until I personally can make something else work better, I'm just going to have to stick with my sharp maker, and I guess I'll keep my work sharp for my garden tools.