I’m having one of those moments! Wisdom comes to some slowly, yet sometimes it still manages to arrive. 🙂
This makes sense for over half the knives in the Spyderco catalog and many other knives as well. “Put the blade in the clamp so that the straight part of the edge is levelâ€. This would minimize the change in the bevel angle due to curves at the tip. It also makes sense for a recurved blade. It makes sense for ANY blade where the spine is not parallel to the majority of the edge. In fact, I wonder if the instructions should read “Tilt the knife in the clamp so that as much of the edge as possible is level with the WEPS baseâ€. Or perhaps this should just be in the “advanced user tips†part of the instructions? I do see the simplicity and repeatability of just putting the spine against both pins and that method is going to be fine for most knives. But it is going to be less than optimal for any knife where the spine isn’t close to parallel with the edge.
Or am I placing too much importance on the edge being level? Am I once more in need of additional time to acquire wisdom?
