……..Received it from nephew Cliff on Monday, mounted the vise and ran a few knives through Tuesday morning, packed it up and put it in the mail to Eric Tuesday afternoon. (Eric send me a personal message and I’ll give you the Tracking #)
Quick impressions: I’ll have one sooner or later. Likely, sooner.
……..I didn’t actually sharpen any knives, I just mounted and unmounted a bunch of different ones of a few different grinds.
Quickly, here is my work bench.
There’s a sliding shelf under to the left. I’ve got my whole setup in a wooden tray — at the end of a sharpening session, I pick up the tray and can slide the whole thing out of the way and, for the most part, out of sight. I can then just grab the tray and put it back up on the bench and I’m ready to go.
I’ve switched my bases….. I had a few feet of pre-fabricated laminate countertop from another project, out of which I was able to form a couple of bases that have a natural “back stop” for the sharpener’s arms to rest on.
The one on the right I’ve got my little bent arm scissor sharpener. The countertop is dense and, for me, heavy enough that it doesn’t rock during sharpening. And, they are much easier to drill holes in.
I originally got the PPI with the PPII upgrade so I already had two vises and didn’t have to disassemble my main setup to test the new vise.
OK…. as I mentioned, I’ll upgrade sooner than later.
My workbench is pretty level but I’ve also got a couple of different levels on the base itself and check it all with my angle cube…. not that my OCD is peeking out from behind the curtain…..
I mounted pocket, slip joints and lockbacks in the vise. Hollow and Full Flat grinds. Tactical and culinary. Love it.
The lock down is as solid and tight as I would ever need.
On the Henckels mounted in the picture, the new vise handle was kind of in the way — until I learned how to use it correctly.
Mounting & unmounting multiple knives multiple times I found consistent measured results.
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Thanks for letting me in on this pass around….
USPS tracking just told me the vise is in Windsor, CO on its way to Eric….
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For Now,
Gib
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"Everyday edge for the bevel headed"
"Things work out best for those who make the best out of the way things work out."
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