My Gen 3 Pro

[Willis68]

This is my Gen 3 Pro and my first Wicked Edge system, this is the 3rd knife I sharpened I love this system

 

 

 

 

 

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[Josh]

Nice work!! I couldn’t be more pleased w/ my wicked edge, it’s a work horse I use almost every day.

[Mjcollier]

I have this ordered minus the shelves. Hopefully I’ll get an email this week notifying me that it has shipped. The wait is horrible.

 

P. S. Nice edge!

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Dwight Glass

[Willis68]

I love the storage system, I am having my system milled and an extra shelf made to except another row of stones,

 

i waited led a while for mine to be built but it was worth every second of the wait

[Alan]

Looking good, man.  Love the Gen 3 Pro.  More and more folks seem to have them, now.

That’s a nice Protech-Strider colab you have there!  I’ve one myself. Great job on the bevel.  What angle did you use?

Welcome to our forum!

 

Alan

[Willis68]

I did 34 inclusive, 17 Degrees as I do all of my Protechs, I talked with Dave who is a friend of mine and he suggested 17 on each side,

 

all of my Protechs are Laser sharp now

[Mjcollier]

I like the shelves but where I see myself sharpening I believe the height would be uncomfortable.

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Dwight Glass

[Alan]

Mjcollier wrote:

I like the shelves but where I see myself sharpening I believe the height would be uncomfortable.

That’s the reason I removed the shelves from mine.  Much more comfortable for me to sharpen at a lower height. I can always add the shelves back.

I do think the three shelf mod I’ve seen is pretty nice, too.  For folks who don’t mind the height, it’s nice to have nine sets of stones at your fingertips.

Alan

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[Willis68]

For me it is perfect, I have a nice rolling wooden Cart where the system sets, I do all my gun smithing and sharpening on it and I have a very high comfortable chair for it for me it is absolutely perfect

 

 

 

[dulledge]

Congrats! Awesome system and awesome edge! I am still on the fence about Gen 2 or 3 vise. In Gen 3 vise for relatively narrow width knife like 5/8″, what is lowest possible angle you can sharpen it? Degrees per side.

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[Willis68]

14 per side, that’s the lowest the rack and pinion level goes to anyways

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[dulledge]

Willis68 wrote:

14 per side, that’s the lowest the rack and pinion level goes to anyways

Did you actually try it with knife with width 5/8″ ? I am asking because I saw video on youtube where stone hit vise at 14 degrees angle. Maybe 14 degrees is possible with wider knives, but not with 5/8″ width knives. Would be great to know from who actually tried it. Please confirm. Many thanks!

Regular steak knives have width about 5/8″.

[tcmeyer]

I’ve found that blade thickness can also be a major limiting factor.  Here’s a small SOG folder with a very thick blade that had only a limited strip of flat face to which I could clamp in my Gen 3.  This put the edge too low to get at except at high angles.

[Mjcollier]

Is that an OSU Buckeye helmet I see in the background? If so, Go Bucks!

[Willis68]

Mjcollier wrote:

Is that an OSU Buckeye helmet I see in the background? If so, Go Bucks!

 

LOL,

 

yes that was Ted Ginn JR’s helmet, I love my Buckeyes

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