My Wicked Edge Setup
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Here is a picture of my WE120 setup. Took this picture a few months ago when it was new. I am glad to say that with the Wicked Edge sharpener I am finally able to sharpen knives really well and achieve polished edges.
PS, my wife made me move the sharpener from our dining room table to my workshop about 60 seconds after I took this picture.
Jimmy
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Jimmy, you did a beautiful job on the wood base and wood paddle racks. Your wife probably thought you were wanting to take more pictures and she knew the light was better in your work shop! LOL
Marc
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Hi Jimmy, welcome to the forum! Indeed a very nice wood base and paddle racks. And I don’t know about your wife, but when I first got a WEPS my girlfriend was rather skeptical, but now she has sharp kitchen knives all the time, she cannot live without it anymore, too.
Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge
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That’s a great looking setup – I love your custom base and stone holders!
Just to stick my nose into one thing I see missing from your picture… I recently received some great advice from Clay, and I used a lighted loupe magnifier to look at my blade. Wow – it blew me away the level of detail I could see with a ~ $15 device, showing all the scratch patterns. I highly recommend getting one!
https://www.amazon.com/Illuminated-Magnifier-Construction-Kare-Kind/dp/B00YBHQ7X2
I second cjb8020’s advice or suggestion, a visual aide is very handy to monitor your progress.
If you’re computer savvy and your budget allows for it a USB Microscope is very nice too.
Marc
(MarcH's Rack-Its)Jimmy,
Welcome to the Forum
Very nice setup. I wish my sharpening station was that neat! I second the USB scope idea if you can, I take pics with the USB scope after each stone progression to compare scratch pattern removal. Helps out a lot. Happy Sharpening
Welcome Sir!
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Hi Jimmy, you may find applying a bolster or some sort of cushion or padding to the top of your back wood block practical. It’ll protect both the wood and the WEPS paddles as you release them while they’re on the rods and quiet it down, also.
Here’s a picture of my setup with the rear bolster:
Marc
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