Baxsin

Kevin, Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum, from one of the “usual suspects”.

From the description of your issue it sounds like your knife is not clamped in the “sweet spot” sharpening position.  That is the position that allows the sharpening stones to reach the bevel all along the knife’s length.  I suggest your read this forum thread  and/or vie…[Read more]

Derek, everytime you take a diamond abrasive to your steel you will remove some steel.  No matter how small an amount it is.  If you feel a need to touch it up I suggest you use a leather strop.

The issue I see is if you don’t just use your knife and enjoy it till it truly is in need of sharpening you’ll never realize how durable and long l…[Read more]

Michael,  I suggest you check your source for your “Diamond Lapping Films”.  From the micron grits you have listed I’m thinking they may be another abrasive medium other then diamonds.  Here’s a 3M source for the various grits 3M makes and it doesn’t appear to coincide with your grits. W.E. offers only: 9, 6, 3, 1.5, 1, & 0.1µ DLFs.  Jende offe…[Read more]

If it’s sharper and it cuts better then the not dull knife you started with, I’d say your touch-up was successful. If each time you do that it prolongs the time between needing to sharpen it, you’re doing a good job.

Is it sharper? Does it cut better?

Here are the alignment guides superimposed to give you a comparison.  As you see the original alignment guide is just a ruler labeled A,B,C, & D with hash mark indicators for 1/2 units. It is interpolated for smaller divisions.  This compares with the Advanced Alignment Guide, (AAG) with a capital letter for each 1/4 unit corresponding to the o…[Read more]

You’re looking for that single position and angle setting that removes all the marker across the entire height of the bevel.  Understand that this is dependent on the clamping position of the knife.  If the knife isn’t positioned correctly no matter how you adjust the angle you’ll never make full bevel contact. Where the knife is best positioned f…[Read more]

Steve, applying a marker to your knife edge, (I like red because it’s easy to see), will allow you to see exactly where your stones are impacting your knife’s edge and removing steel, as it removes the markings.  This will allow you to better adjust your sharpening angle to match your bevels for effectiveness.

I have found sometimes trying to wrap the spine with a soft medium, in essence creating a shim, is easier said then done.  The shim mediums shift and compress under clamping pressure.  The shim is not even from side to side since we’re trying to offset the leftward lean.  At least using the correction factor although it’s wonky and a “fudge fa…[Read more]

Here’s the link to the W.E. users sharpening settings submitted for their knives: https://wickededgeusa.com/pages/knife-sharpening-settings-submitted-by-customers

Click the search, (magnifying glass far right-top and enter “Manix 2” for those submitted listings.  It appears that most of the listing were made with the original standard alignment t…[Read more]

Steve, you can use your kangaroo strop, free hand, to maintain the edge between sharpening.  My favorite and most used W. E. Strop pair is the 4µ/2µ Diamond Emulsion on leather.

Steve I like using the lightest grit you can get by with, like airscapes wrote.  Using the fine grit stones at about 20º per side may apply a micro bevel that should help the durability and longevity of the edge while retaining the sharpness.

You may get by with just stropping the edge, and not going with stones.  That can do wonders to ma…[Read more]

Maybe send this for a gift

They shouldn’t tear up the knives too bad using it for touch ups.  If used properly and sparingly.

Here is the link I posted above: https://knife.wickededgeusa.com/forums/forum/wicked-edge-go/

I will try to work with Wicked Edge to get it moved to where it can be easily accessed.

Maybe send the knives back to your cousins with a pre-addressed, (to you), prepaid return envelope.  Then they have no excuse.

Wicked Edge GO Forum 

Welcome Steve Petty.  There is a Wicked Edge GO Forum.  Click “Forums” in the top black band.  You did a nice job making that base.  We’re here to help.

Dane, Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum.  Look under Forums, Main Forums, Technique and Sharpening Strategies, Reed Knives.  Everything I see there is not recent although it may be helpful for the technique.  Also try JendeIndustries.com.  They sell both the reed knives and Wicked Edge Sharpeners to sharpen the reed knives.

That video and many many others, just as informative, are easily and readily accessible with a simple search on YouTube.