WorkSharp

[Gary W. Graley]

I've owned several WorkSharp products starting with the original Worksharp motorized belt sharpener and then to the Ken Onion WorkSharp and added the Belt grinder attachment which I use the most. But I've also gotten one of their Field Sharpeners and like that a lot for quick touchups and recently they came out with a smaller version that has a pocket clip, very slim model.

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It has a wing opening type method to get to the two grits inside, one is a diamond, the other a ceramic. It did not have a leather strop but as you can see I quickly remedied that by using contact cement and glued on strips of leather to the one side.

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smaller and more pocketable than the field sharpener

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It would be great if they could make a plate with ceramic for the field sharpener, maybe someday...

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[joesrx]

Always liked worksharp. They keep coming up with new products.

 

[Maximumbob54]

I like the addition of the leather.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks, it doesn't make it much larger, while adding a nice feature to it.
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[jfk1110]

Cool......Nice add.on!!!!

 

[TwinStick]

I recently picked up the WS PA Pro from Cabelas. All I can say is : it has brought my sharpening to a whole new level. I think it is an excellent product at a fair price. I love it but yes, there is room for improvement, especially for us guys who love big choppers that are 1/4" - 3/8" thick at the spine. That could be easily remedied by selling a different knife holding insert.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

I've been eyeballing the basic fixed angle system for a minute. I usually free hand my knives but the thought of setting a bevel on the worksharp to then maintain with crock sticks is really appealing.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

The Ken Onion edition with the Blade Grinder attachment I think works very well to have your edge more convex, basically removing the shoulders at the top of the bevel allowing the blade to pass through material with less resistance.
and the smaller field sharpeners can help by creating a micro bevel.
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[elchristian760]

In the 2 week span you've owned it would you recommend either of the two portable versions for beginners who own pieces with M390 and Magnacut? I'm fairly new to collecting so absorbing as much information and I feel my blades are not as sharp as they can be from factory specially my magnacut pieces. I'm sure the other products they offer in conjunction with Diamond Stones would sharpen these two no problem, but would these portable solutions just be wasting my time since only one is Diamond?

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Of the two, the Field sharpener has both coarse and fine diamonds and then the ceramic rod and a leather strop. So if I had to pick only one, it would be the larger of the two.
With the ceramic rod I would say to be careful not to press hard at all as it can cause small chips in a hard blade edge because of the rounded ceramic rod.

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