Cameron

Thanks for the continued help!

Couple more quick questions. How do I determine what the best angle for my knife is, and is there a good “failsafe” angle to sharpen at? I tried to sharpen a small CRK Inkosi at 15dps but kept hitting the clamp edges and was unable to strop it. I’m assuming I need the low angle adapter to do it at this angle, or…[Read more]

I’m extremely happy to report that I finally achieved the sharpness I was going for! I very much took my time this round, measuring the angle in-between every grit, checking the edge with a loop before moving on, and applying more pressure with the strop. Edge is far from mirrored, but it will push cut through paper without problem.

The only…[Read more]

Marc, I really appreciate the reply. I’ve owned the system for a few months now but sadly haven’t had much of a chance to put it to use as I’ve been busy with a few other things. I’ve done about 10-15 knives now, and the last few definitely turned out better than the first few. I’ve been able to get the knives very sharp by practical standards…[Read more]

Thanks for the feedback. It’s just the diamond emulsion (4 and 2 um), not the spray. I elected to go with the emulsions as everything I read says they stay on the strop better. I’m going to try again with them in the next few days using a 1.5 degree offset and more pressure to see if that helps. My progression right now is also from the 1000 gri…[Read more]

Took the advice here to apply the diamond emulsion the night before using. Applied a few drops to each strop and rubbed them together to spread. Going to allow them a day to dry and attempt using them tomorrow. Curious any feedback if I applied the proper amount or spread it sufficiently.

Thank you to all for the replies, and I apologize for not responding sooner, I haven’t had a chance to get my hands on some additional knives for sharpening until now (picked up a 5 knife set at Walmart for $8).

I was able to practice on some more knives and feel pretty good with the diamond stones. Set the angle by the digital cube, create a…[Read more]

What is the rational of altering the stop angle relative to the sharpening angle? It seems like increasing it would cause a “micro-strop” while decreasing would cause you to be sharpening behind the edge, and not the edge itself.

Thank you both again for the help.

On the Wicked Edge site, it indicates that there are features new to the 2017 model of the WE130. Is there a version before the current 2017 one, and if so, how can I tell them apart?

Really appreciate the reply!

Could you explain a bit more the differences between the clamp in the WE120 vs WE130? I understand that the WE130 uses a lever instead of a set of screws found on the WE120, but what are the other advantages aside from just ease of use?