Chazz

First, Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum, Tim. I would do some of both for those Kramer knives.  Let me explain.

I’d use the sharpie to determine your “sweet spot” position for each knife in order to clamp them in the most efficient sharpening position with your WE130.  I like to clamp the knives in the blade’s center in a manner that levels the k…[Read more]

You’re attempting to remove the finest, almost unnoticeable, equipment and mechanical errors.  I think you’re loosing site of the human errors we are contributing that are far greater, IMO.  These human error contributions are something we can reduce with proper care, better technique and more attention to detail.  Remember this is a hand op…[Read more]

Mike , it may work the opposite for you.  Maybe you have more control with your left hand side and right hand side pushes heavy.  Either way, by paying closer attention to your progress all along the way you’ll be able to balance out or better maintain your bevel heights before you get done with the sharpening process.  I never asked this si…[Read more]

Mike, anything you can find at your hardware store that will slide down onto your guide rods but stay in place are stone stops.  I found rubber washers at Home Depot on the plumbing aisle in a faucet repair kit.  Cheap and effective.

Are you right handed? My right dominant side with more coordination, efficiency and strength, yielded taller be…[Read more]

Have you disassembled and removed the square angle bar and put a straight edge across it’s full length to verify that it is bent?  Maybe use a level or carpenter’s square.  Or, are you just assuming the angle cube readings are showing you it’s bent?  Without verifying the square bar for straightness, you are just guessing.  If you determine the…[Read more]

Phillyjudge, one zero, one time, for everything.  This allows you to set all angle settings relative to that one zeroed position. Then all the angles are all relative to the zeroed cube and to each other.  Use the zeroed cube to set both your guide rod angles to profile and sharpen both knife side bevels to that relative angle, with each ot…[Read more]

Roy, the inscribed angle demarcations on the WE GO are just suggested indicators.  If you want true angle settings, use you properly zeroed Angle cube.  Loosen the guide rods locks and slide them in and out to get as close as you can to get to hitting your angles with the cube.

The WE GO is a simple basic equipped sharpener. It is not equipped t…[Read more]

5/3 then 1/0.5 should be good with good pressure and technique.  Realize, mirror finish is a process from the get go.  Each grit has to be used in succession to the optimal results with attention to detail.  Strops will not remove deep scratch remnants from previous grits.

All knives that are ground like a triangle that slope in to the tip from the spine up will cant or lean left in the Standard Vises.  Only a knife ground with parallel/vertical sides above the spine or a parallel vertical patch in the center of the knife’s sides, (like a double edged knife) where its is positioned and clamped in the vise, will not…[Read more]

Richard,  4µ / 2µ is where I’d start.  If you don’t know, it’s recommended that you reset the sharpening angle to 1.5º to 2.0º lower angle, for stropping.

For example if you sharpened at 20º, strop at 18 or 18.5º.  Also stropping is done with more applied pressure then the light sharpening pressure.

Richard, when using the strops it’s always an upward and off direction for your stropping strokes.  I suggest you do not attempt anything but the shortest knives in one long stroke. Especially if the knife shape curves down to the tip. If you try to do this as one long stropping stroke you can easily gouge and slice the leather.  It’s better to…[Read more]

https://wickededgeusa.com/products/replacement-leather-strip

They use hot glue to mount it to the plastic paddles.  The old gouged leathers will peal off easily enough and the glue residue can be scraped off.

Richard it won’t hurt to use the sliced strop.  I suggest to keep using it for now as you acquire the proper technique.  Then after you ge…[Read more]

I guess they finally acquiesced to the demand for this part.  I’m glad to hear this rummels.  Can you describe which 1″ riser they provided?  Also, which model W.E. sharpener did you install the riser block on?

Craig I’d also like to share a helpful suggest often made by my W.E. Forum buddy, Organic, to read the “Knowledge Base”.  There are numerous helpful articles for the beginner to be found there.  

Here’s another good one.

The WE100 uses the Standard Vise.  It is comprised of two triangles.  The left side triangle is fixed and stationary while the right side triangle floats and is connected with a horizontal screw to the left side.  Most knives are shaped like a tall narrow triangle.  When the knife is clamped in the standard vice, with the blade up, the knife sid…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum Craig.  Please share with us which model W. E. Sharpener you are using.

The situation you are describing sounds like the blade lean seen with the “Standard Vises”.

Richard, a 10º per side, bevel angel is very, very thin, even for the finest most expensive knives, forged from the finest, best steels. In my experience it is used very seldom.  The bevel recommendations made by many manufacturers don’t correspond with the real, actual bevel angle the knives were ground with, at the factory.  As airscapes sa…[Read more]

Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum Robert.  I hope you are recovering well. If you wish to “come aboard”, lose the shoes…we just swabbed the decks!

Chuck, sorry for your confusion.  Thank you for trying to post your question properly by subject matter.  If you want to post your questions in the appropriate Forum Category a good place for you to start is:

Forum > Main Forum > Techniques and Sharpening Strategies > Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies > scroll down to the bottom of the p…[Read more]

Tony, altering your paddles as you suggest is one method.  I don’t like that it limits the effectiveness of a safety feature.

The other method is to add a sharpening notch or sharpening choil to those knives that require it.  Then your stones will work just as they were designed.

Here are several YouTube Videos on the subject you may want to v…[Read more]