Edwin Lurvey

[Edwin Lurvey]

The diamonds aren’t going to have trouble even at the back of the steak knife where it gets thicker, it is just material you shouldn’t waste time on in my opinion.

[Edwin Lurvey]

Is it because the back of the steak knife gets much more thick towards the handle?

[Edwin Lurvey]

I throw my paper wheels grinder In the trunk too for quick and dirty on cheap kitchen knives.

[Edwin Lurvey]

The water bottle fits in the case. I was drying stones in the pan. I don’t carry it around.

I just couldn’t justify the enormous case for one piece of sharpening equipment. So far all remote sharpening I have done on people’s picnic tables at friends houses etc. A cart would be nice. It is heavy as hell

[Edwin Lurvey]

Closed case..

Open case

Bases out

Everything out

Inventory list:

Wicked edge system
Wicked edge pro pack stones and strops
EdgePro Apex system
EdgePro stones and Choseras
EdgePro glass plates with tapes
Spyderco Sharpmaker system
Spyderco ultra fine triangle stones
DMT XC diamond plate for flattening
DMT coarse, fine, ultra fine credit cards
Knivesplus.com Stropblock
EdgePro round hone
Superaser
Angle cube
Diamond files
Mini microscope
LED loupe
Markers
Goo gone pen
Debugging block
Clamp on eyeglass
Mineral oil bottle
Diamond pastes
Painters tapes

I’ll be buying some Plano cases for wicked edge stones to save more space. What do you guys think?

[Edwin Lurvey]

I just received my Wicked Edge Case, and holy cow. This thing is awesome, and huge. I may do some mods to it though. I was looking at the cardboard box I used to store all of my wicked edge gear in, plus the accompanying tools and accessories, compared to this, and I may end up making this a carry all for multiple systems. Anyone want to share pictures of how they are organizing in their pelican/storm/wicked edge pelican cases?

[Edwin Lurvey]

It’s double beveled. Thanks for the info!

[Edwin Lurvey]

Is anyone carrying their strops inside the hard case? If so, how are u packing them so as not to get your stropping compound all over the inside of the slots? Thanks!

Davidghemail

Hey guys, been away for awhile, but I was checking out the hard case, and this was also my first thought when seeing the case.

[Edwin Lurvey]

When you strop it should be so light you are barely touching the edge. Make sure the strop is always moving away and go slow.use only a small thin film of paste

[Edwin Lurvey]

Any chance these will hit the webstore soon? I spend all day on the phone, and I really hate making calls after work…

[Edwin Lurvey]

Ouch! I have a scar on my forearm a couple inches above my wrist, so people think I am a cutter LOL.

Just like reloading, make sure your kids and signifcant others leave you alone when sharpening. My wife walked in and said hey honey, I turned and a few minutes later I realized my pants were covered in blood. It was a cheapie 420ss Gerber, and it opened me up deep and I didnt even feel it. Hair splitting sharp.

[Edwin Lurvey]

Looks cool. Not sure if and when I would need that low of an angle, but it is nice to have the option.

[Edwin Lurvey]

I also have a good opportunity to get into hair dresser’s scissors. I would love to see an attachment in the near future that can handle them.

[Edwin Lurvey]

I think the magic of the WEPS or any guided system is consistency. Set it up the same way, every time, and use the same technique, same pressure, same method, and you will get crazy sharp tools. You might be a little off on true angle, but without a CNC jig grinder, you will not achieve perfection, and even with CNC equipment, you are still fighting physics, and the fact that nothing is perfect, even perfection.

[Edwin Lurvey]

A couple more points.

1. The height of the blade changes the length of the adjacent side of the triangle (Pythagorean triangle), therefore it changes the angle depending on blade height.

2. The size of the holes that mount the square bar with the angle marks will change the angle some. The holes have to be big enough in clearance to accept the cap screws that go through it to the bottom of the vise jaw. This slop in the hole will change the angle, so I make sure when screwing the angle marked bar into the vise, that I center the rod on the screw hole pattern before I tighten them.

There is really no way to make a guided system 100% perfect. On the WEPS you have a set of variables, and on other systems you have their set of variables. That is why we use the angle cube, turn the guide rods around to the non dimpled side, and measure each side individually. If you see some gross difference like, 3 degrees or something, I would send the unit back for a warranty issue, but Clay has a tolerance he puts his units through in QC before shipment, and I can’t see anyone rejecting a unit because of 1 degree of difference.I remember seeing a picture of Wicked Edge putting a Bar in the vise like a knife would be mounted and checking the angle marks for accuracy. During this process there is probably a limit where Clay would have the units rejected.

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