New, so hello and pimp my WE instantly

[Tomas]

Hello forum,

Since I just recently signed up to this forum and received my WE unit just days ago it is time to introduce myself. I am Tom, knifenut since I joined the military some 20 years ago. Now working as a LEO for a large city in the Netherlands. I love all the different kinds of steel available. Especially Spyderco’s mule project is my favorite. Just recently I tried making my own knives out of O1 steel. I am a user, not a collector, let me be clear about that :dry: My main activity however in the knifeworld is leather. I build all kind of leather sheaths and pouches, but also belts, wallets and other leather handmade stuff.

I have been sharpening my knives for almost 20 years, started years ago with the Sharpmakerset of Spyderco. That set is still good IMHO. I added material over the years like diamond plates, waterstones, leather stroppingblocks and -wheels and more. Now I wanted something more sophisticated and after some research I chose the WE.
I made myself a nice oak base, gave it a coat with Danish oil and also created a leather ‘hoodie’ to fixate the arms when the system is stored. The arms are fixed under a strap with a buttonsnap. The ‘hoodie’ also protects the aluminum vise.Enjoy the pictures. Well, here I am; time to start sharpening, right? :woohoo:

[Xbander]

Welcome to the Forum,

Looks like your ready to go. The leather cover on the vice is a new idea, looks good.
James

[DARRELL ALLEN]

nice job on the base, looks great……………..welcome to the forum. :cheer:

[Leo James Mitchell]

Excellent work! Your photography is great and the whole project is a work of art. It is so nice you could set it up in your living room both as a fine tool and an art piece.
Welcome to the forum. We have a moderator Mark who is also from the Netherlands. Good to have you aboard.

Leo

[Leo Barr]

Good leatherwork!
Someone said grit was a problem on the arm joints I was thinking that if you find the grit a problem you could make some gaiters to prevent the grit becoming problematic providing you have some thin black leather.

[John Genovese]

Very cool!

Welcome to the forum!!!

[Tomas]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome and compliments. Leather gaiters for the joints. 😛 Possible, I have had my first sharpening experiences with the system and will learn myself to blow the joints out with compressed air after use to remove gritparticles.
I am very happy with the apparatus and the setup. I chose the starterkit with only 100/200 and 400/600 stones but that’s ok. I already orderded additional stones (800/1000 and 1200/1600) and with those I already are as far as Spyderco UF stones in microns.
Additionally I would like the 1,4/0,6 stone-set some blank blocks and compounds. I made myself my own comparison grittable comparing all interesting stones and now know (in headlines)how to build up my set.
I will finish the setup with stropping blocks, sprays and componds. Any experiences already with nano-clothblocks?

[Fred Hermann]

+1 Karma!
Nice idea on the cover, its simple and effective.

[Mark76]

Welcome, Tom! Good to see a fellow Dutchman here. This is a welcoming community and please don’t hesitate to ask anything you’d like.

Your base looks great!

Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge

[Dennis Gocong]

Hi, Tom

Welcome….your knives are gon’na the sharpest ever!

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