I have not experienced sharpening this knife, myself. Roman, you’ve been around the Wicked Edge System and this Forum for a little while now, so you know, if you can clamp the knife you can sharpen it. The issue is, can you clamp the knife, in a way, without scratching or damaging the knife sides, that’s repeatable, and will allow you document and to find that same clamping position, to sharpen it again. This knife looks narrow and tight on the center spine as a clamping position. My concern would not be hitting the vice with the stones as much as not being able to reach the knife edge and bevels across the entire knife’s length. This knife may lend itself to using the Tormek small knife jig to clamp it by the handle. That method is also hard to document it’s position for repeated sharpenings. It’s an interesting challenge and a pricey knife. I might just pass on that opportunity seeing the price and to maintain a friendship. I’d hate to be held responsible for damaging my friends knife.
If it was my own knife I’d give it a shot taping and clamping it on the center spine. For a friend, I’d rather them have someone they paid to do it be held responsible for unhappy outcomes.
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