DanG
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Thanks everyone for your comments. Although I’ve had my Wicked Edge for a month and a half, I’m just getting ready to try stropping. I was in too much of a rush to open the package the day it arrived and accidentally threw out my emulsions, luckily only the small bottles. Their replacements have arrived.
I’m closing in on the 10 knife mark. Technique and stones coming along nicely. I have 2 1/2 regrets about my purchase… should’ve bought the pro pack 3 instead of th WE130. Since I have almost bought everything in the pro pack now after a month. Should’ve bought one sooner! And the 1/2 is I purchased the Shapton Glass Stones separate, although they’re great stones, I should’ve held off on them.
The in laws appreciate the Wicked Edge too! Guess where I got a couple of the knives for breaking in the stones from….
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I think you made a good choice on the additions Dan, if I could offer a suggestion for you’re next purchase, if you choose to, would be strops. My choice would be 4/2 and 1/.5 emulsions. I love the kangaroo leather but the cowhide is a good choice as well. The 5/3.5 and 1/.5 pastes are good as well on cowhide but the emulsions are my favorites and I’ve worked with both quite a bit. Good luck with the new purchase of stones I believe you will be amazed with them. Also the low angle adapter is something that I use quite a bit, especially for low profile blades such as fillet knives and smaller blades.
Thanks for the advice, with my initial purchase, I did get the roo leather strops with 2 micron and 1 micron emulsion, with the thought to follow the 8000 shapton glass.
I hindsight I should have waited on the shapton glass stones but having used them before, I liked the thought of the ‘known’ experience and results with them.
It’s kind of ironic that one of the benefits I liked about this system was the speed (with an 17 month old, time is precious) but the more I read, the more I want to experiment with better and better edges on certain knives I own. Speed might be the wrong word but if every stroke is hitting the apex (once the bevel is set), every stroke made is accomplishing something vs my freehand attempts.
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Thanks for the welcomes. I’ve used it twice now and really like the setup, one of the things I’m looking forward to is the repeatability of sharpening the same blade again. Just had some overtime added on to my shift at work so ordered the low angle adapter, 800/1000 stones, and 1500 stones with 3 micron tape. My nicer blades will get the shapton treatment and others will get the diamonds. More options and more toys are never a bad thing…
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