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You may be able to reinsert it if you have the appropriate sized helicoil tool.  I don’t know if they are just fitted into place or if a glue is used.  I have no personal experience with the system.

There’s still plenty of usable area on that strop, (like 2/3 of it).  That being said the only way to have peace of mind that the strop is not the cause of your problems is to replace it.

The balsa is the stiffest, least compressible stropping medium.  It’s usually recommended for edge maintenance with the the higher grit strop pastes.  The fi…[Read more]

welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum almost Rahman.  I believe, based on your description, the spring is the helicoil thread insert,that became dislodged.

I believe you’ll need to cal Wicked Edge Customer Service for a replacement.  I don’t believe they will repair it.  I suggest you read the manual or watch YouTube videos on clamping knives with th…[Read more]

The (cow) leather was glued directly to the plastic platens on all of them I have replaced, and on all other W.E. (cow) leather strops I own.  On the balsa wood strops, the balsa was mounted directly to the plastic.  The nano-cloth strops appear to have a backing plate.  I have no experience with the Kangaroo strops.

Thanks for that information keith.  Based on my personal experience and product knowledge, I suggest that most of the “play/wiggle” you noted between the stones and guide rods has been reduced in newer models with larger diameter guide rods and improved manufacturing techniques and the plastics used in the newer style W.E. platens.  There has b…[Read more]

Keith, which model do you use and how old is it?

The leather is attached with a hot glue adhesive.  The leather pulls off fairly easily then the residual glue scrapes clean easily too.  I glued my new leather on with 3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive from Home Depot.  It’s a spray on contact cement.  Then I clamped the leather flat for a few hours.

I don’t know how difficult the leather will be to rem…[Read more]

I’d limit the layers.  When I was first getting started with W.E. I tried a lot of cominations. Thicker, layered and more compressible materials, including multiple layers of blue painters tape did shift or slide on the layers, (despite the adhesive).  One layer seemed more stable and effective then any other method.

It is an advantage using t…[Read more]

Another advantage to sticking with the cow leather strops is the leather is durable, inexpensive and easy to source then replace when it becomes damaged beyond usefulness.

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Tony, I think you need to not take the chance with any knife, that any sort of damage, however slight, would really harm the knives appearance.  I generally use a small rectangular patch of real leather chamois, dry, between my knives and the vise jaws. (All my vises are Gen 3 vises).  It serves two purposes.  It allows for a more secure cl…[Read more]

I think sticking to a size referencing or size numbered nomenclature makes more sense to most experienced users then adopting a new arbitrary though ordered nomenclature like a,b,c or 1,2,3.  At least the old nomenclature though not perfect gives the user an idea or sense of size comparison as it fits into, or compares with, our past user experiences.

I forgot to tell you, you will have to subtract the readings from 90º when using the bottom magnet. I like the Wixey because it locks in readings quickly and I got consistent repetitive readings.  It lacks the resolution of some more expensive models.  But the wixey’s precision was enough for my purposes.

I always zeroed it base down and used it with the magnet attaching it to the stone.  I think you’re overthinking it.  These are relative angles we’re setting, relative to the zeroed horizontal position.  As long as every angle you set using the cube is done with the same method and cube /stone placement relative to the clamped knife, it’ll give yo…[Read more]

These are water soluble suspensions. Some bottles you have to really shake, shake, shake…I’m sure that if the company filling the bottles didn’t shake it well, to start, you could have a more watery bottle full.

The higher the grit, the larger/heavier the diamond, the more prone it is to settle out…the more you’ll need to shake it up.

I have not experienced the diamond stones becoming magnetized.   I have used 5 different brand digital angle devices.  The one I’m using now has the strongest magnet.  I do see some metal fuzz on the  digital cube, sometimes, that I wipe away.

Welcome Joe,  check out the Wicked Edge Shopper’s and Buyer’s Guide .

It may help you decide which model you’d like to use.  We’re happy to answer your questions.

Joe, welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum and sharpening community.

Haffner,  we have had a similar discussion on this forum, in the past, for mounting Wicked Edge stones on Wicked Edge paddles so they could be removable/interchangeable.   There’s been ideas thrown around but nothing anyone has ever done and shared about, yet.

I agree with Pinkfloyd.  I forgot convexing edges was on your wish list.  The Gen 3 Pro is the only model Wicked Edge that allows you to simply convex knive edges.  It will take attention to detail and convex edges are a tedious, laborious, process, but it’s not hard to do with the Gen 3 Pro.

tcmeyer has a Youtube video showing how he does this.