Ardvaark
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Quote: “The rule of thumb generally agreed to on this forum is that you should increase the angle by 1.5 to 2 degrees when you go to soft strops. This is because the strops may roll over the apex and round off a perfectly good edge.”
Once I started doing this, I was on an entirely different level of sharpness. I didn’t realize that by stropping at the same angle I was sharpening I was removing my hair popping edge. I use a very very light touch when stropping so I go even less than 1.5 degrees. About .5 to 1 seems to do the trick for me. Or, I just go a half a turn on the adjusting screw.
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Don’t cry. Be happy! Buy there stuff so they stay in America!! If not, then you will need to cry and cry loudly as I will and everyone else.
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Hi Clay, thanks for responding here. I’ve been contacted by Kyle and he is sending out a replacement. Thank you for your great service and for making this Wicked edge knife sharpener. It is nothing less than outstanding. There are so many ways of getting wicked edges on all of my knives. I prefer taking it all the way down to .25 micron. I always get comments about my knives and feel like a salesman for the Wicked Edge sometimes. I know of at least 6 people who were prompted to get one after I spoke with them and my brother will be getting a generation 3. Love the device and the service!
Oh, and I forgot to mention, I love the way these 1200 – 1600 stones ever so smoothly and lightly just kick the metal off the blade. You can feel it and hear it. The perfect stones, well worth the money. I will probably want to try the microfine stones very soon.
Thanks again!
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I’m glad I just read this. My 5 and 3.5 micron strops got gummy during the strokes so I stopped and re-applyed pastes with a layer of 99.9% MG chemicals alcohol afterwards. Next time I’ll just keep a strokin…
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Seems to work fine, no problems yet. Love the filling idea!
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