Oops, how did I just make these scratches?
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I feel ya on attacking your CRK’s.
I practiced on 30 kitchen knives first. I have 15 and did them twice before touching a CRK. I bought the WE because CRK’s factory grind sucks. They run each edge side a few seconds on a grinder. Owners don’t kniw any different as they don’t know how sharp the WE puts onto an edge. And I mirror all of them. Tip: if your stones are new its going to take 30 knives at least to wear the stones in as they leave deeper scratches when they are new especially on the hard premium CRK steel. Once you sharpen one if you screw it up just send it into CRK and they Spa and sharpen it for free. BUT you lose it for 4-6 weeks and they nail you $17 to ship it back by slowPS which takes a week. Another reason why I needed to learn WE. Here is a pic of my current CRK collection:
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That’s a beautiful collection, mine is not that good looking. Bottom Sebenza 21 is my EDC, I kind of like the worn in look of the scales. I think it gives the knife some character. I had a Sebe 21 one tanto blade, black micarta inlays, I did not like the way it felt in my hands so I sold it.
Thanks for the tip! Yes my stones are still going through the break-in process and I’m using that to gain experience on the WE. Forum member Marc help me with my stone progression which helps tremendously.
Reading about the mistake on your blade and cost of repair has taught me a lot, and I bet others that read this thread.
Ooops, Image is upside down not sure how to fix it.
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Frank, W.E. moved to these larger diameter guide rods to improve the precision and tolerances. This change was done when W.E. moved to a new style, new plastic material, sharpening stone paddle handles. This increased guide rod diameter has reduced the space between the paddles and the guide rods to reduce the wobble or slop we once experienced. According to Clay, the company’s owner, it was not done to make the guide rods and paddles a “proprietary” size but simply to improve the precision of the WEPS. IMO based on my sharpening experiences and outcomes the precision has indeed, improved. The downside is a standard 1/4″ locking collar no longer fits the new guide rods. I too, had the same issue with these 1/4″ lock collars.
Forum member “airscapes” makes and offers for sale an inexpensive tool-free stone stop lock collar that he makes in the dimensions to fit both these new guide rods and the older rods also.
Marc
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Wish I’d read this thread before searching for “blade scratches”!
I had to do quite a bit of scrubbing with the 100 grit to change the angle of a new EDC from the factory 22 deg to my preferred 18 deg. To clamp the ZTC 0450CF, I had to use the LAA and had no clue about using stoppers. My stones have a lot of use, so loose grit from new ones is not the issue here.
What’s puzzling is that only one side is scratched. How could this happen??
Luckily this is a personal knife, and while I don’t like the wound to my pride that it will inflict every time I flip it open, the knife is too expensive for me to replace it, since it remains fully functional. Guess I’ll need to invest in some rubber bands!
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