Expidia

Thanks Jende.  Always nice to have vendors chime in to assist the members.  BTW I really like your black and white ceramic hone set.  Great for standing up my rolled edges with a few swipes between sharpening sessions on my WE system.

Welcome to the forum Brandon.  Since you quoted “me” . . . that was not my quote . . . it was Clay (the system owner) quote and his suggested progression that he noted in a past thread.  But of note is he also mentioned several  stone progressions depending on your particular knife and your objective.

I personally really don’t have enough ex…[Read more]

Hi Eric, thats the fun of this hobby as we get to try out many of the WE accessories.  Below is a quote from Clay the owner of the WE system on grit progression and all of us have different goals an objectives to how deep we seek to get into this great hobby.

I had the same question as you a month or two ago after they introduced some of their…[Read more]

My Shun Premier set that I bought off Ebay was probably a return and were dulled by whoever had used them before me.  Even though the seller represented the set as “new in box”!   This type of thing happens on Amazon too.  So for their first sharpening I wanted to see the OEM edge that Shun puts on them.  They have lifetime sharpening from Shu…[Read more]

I’m not a fan of serrated blades and the only one I had (and old Wusthof) I re-purposed into a straight edge utility knife that now slices through “any” bread very easily a lot easier than the serrated one ever did.

Most of the serrations had been sharpened away by my using a top of the line Chefs Choice sharpener because thats what I used before…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum James!

Thanks Organic for that tip.  I’ll try looking through my digital microscope and see if a few swipes of the ceramic is developing a secondary bevel (which I’m sure it does).  I just use it as another tool that stands the dulled edge back up a few more times before I have to re-mount the knife again to put on a fresh edge.  The ceramic is known to…[Read more]

Thanks for your comments Reedheads. And your chart pics too.  I’ve kept a log from day one of my first knife.  Thats the beauty of the WE system is its repeat ability.  I luv that about it.  I’m just trying to save sharpening time when freshening up my edges.  I’m trying to avoid dropping back to the 800’s just to freshen an edge.  The two “Cera…[Read more]

Found this Youtube vid by Clay the owner of the Wicked Edge system that he did 3 years ago.  Funny, the first comment was asking him to do another vid showing how he touches up a knife that was already sharpened on the system . . .

<span class=”style-scope ytd-comment-renderer”>”Spartan Greywolf</span>2 years ago<span id=”author-reputation”…[Read more]

Thats a good idea Organic.  Using the sharpie which I do . . .  but moving the micro adjusters a bit the reach the faint trace of sharpie on the edge of the apex is a great idea.  I always worry I’m removing too much metal when I’m refreshing an edge that I’ve already profiled.  Its frustrating when I can’t seem to apex the edged again to hit tha…[Read more]

I know how you feel.  I was surprised how open my first vice on the Gen 3 Pro was.  I too wondered how WE could produce such a precision instrument yet leave the cam open to diamond geit and metal filings.  I upgraded and bought their newest enclosed version Gen 3 vice off the WE website and sold the older vice to a friend for $150.  If you eve…[Read more]

I’m just guessing here, but since its a kitchen knife I’m guessing by the scratch pattern you stopped at 1,000 grit.  Maybe 1,500. What say you Readheads?

And a nice job too :o)

Oops, my original post got deleted when I went to delete the dupe pic.

Here it is again:  Just wanted to show off  “NotSharpEnuff’s” custom made micro adjusters.  I don’t know if he still makes them in all stainless, but they make zeroing in on the angles for me a dream especially without having to use an allen wrench for each adjustment. I’ve o…[Read more]

Thanks Marc.  So far I’ve only done 2 knives from a new profile.  I did find a little slippage from the large knurled knobs while going through the various grits.  So I continued to use the white plastic screws to hold the adjusters in place as a double safe against slippage.  I just got a new knife in yesterday that I’ll need to reprofile it so I…[Read more]

I also used to use a large kitchen knife to scoop or scrape cutup food to put in a bowl or a plate.  I also figured I might be dulling or rolling the knife edge using the knife as a food scraper.

Now I use the proper tool for scraping that I keep next to my wooden cutting board.  Like 5 bucks on Amazon for a stainless steel scraper  and it al…[Read more]

Welcome Edward.  Not to play the devils advocate here but all of us enjoy this hobby in different ways.  We can quickly spend dollars on accessories and it adds up fast.  A decent angle cube off Amazon for $20-30 bucks is the way to start.  I initially bought the WE 3 Pro unit and upgraded the vice only because I did not like the metal par…[Read more]

Welcome Samuel!  I converted one of my closets into my workshop.  I removed the shelves from my Gen 3 Pro and use it on top of two Crafstman tool boxes which puts it at a comfortable height for the WE arm motions.  Like Organic, I’ve always sharpened standing up.  One of the tool box drawers was a perfect size to hold all the WE accessories.