Leading vs. trailing edge strokes
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Hi Roger! Take a look at this video, it demonstrates the different types of strokes that can be used with the WE and when and how to use them. It has be very helpful to many folks when they first get going.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RrvnZRVc-I&ab_channel=JendeIndustries
Rodger, I use edge-leading strokes with every grit I use for every knife I sharpen. Please exercise care with edge leading strokes. It’s very easy to catch a dangling finger with the exposed sharpened knife edge as you bring the stones down and onto the knife edge.
I use these safety shields made by “airscapes”. They place a hard physical barrier between my finger tips and my sharp knife edges. It doesn’t matter that they are opaque. I’m sitting directly behind the knife handle and look forward right up the middle.
Here’s the safety shields W.E. offers. Even though you’d think the clear plastic would be better, I find them too difficult to work with. By their design they are harder to get on and off the stones.
Some W.E. users prefer to wear cut proof gloves. While other W.E. users use a finger hold technique on the sharpening stones that they feel always keeps their fingertips below the exposed knife edge and out of the way.
It doesn’t matter what you like to use as long as you put your safety first!
Marc
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Hi Marc, thank you for your thoughtful response. I recently bought those same shields and mostly use them. I’ll take using them always more seriously, though.
BTW, at this link they tested a bunch of cut resistant gloves. I thought others may want this info too. I also learned a fair bit about ANSI cut resistance levels (A1 through A9); also interesting.
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