Marc H (Wicked Edge Expert Corner)

The WE66 Obsidian is a GREAT option. IMO, it’s the best bang-for-your-buck$$ model that Wicked Offers!

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Welcome to the WE Forum, New to nice knives: All the WE 60 Series kits are sold and shipped with only 200/600 unless another stone or edge kit has been specifically purchased as an add-on.

With any WE model, all of them….for the new-to-WE user experience, expect to see marked improvement to any previous knife sharpening you have done….once…[Read more]

I do every grit the same way. The same routine, start to finish, consistently. That includes beginning at the beginning, with single sided scrubbing strokes…Even when working up to the very fine grits I still re-establish the flatness of each bevel, again and again with each next grit using scrubbing strokes…After verifying and re-adjusting…[Read more]

That’s the dilemma. Where to go back to improve the outcomes? Re-doing the stropping regimen as you look to adjust your stropping setback angle, is a logical plan of action. I would certainly start there.

The problem is, if your outcomes are not improved you don’t know if you didn’t do enough or was it just wrong. There’s no telling the depth of…[Read more]

Great conversation, I hope these three videos cover what I can share with everyone on this observation:

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Be very careful with down and on, edge-leading strokes!  Watch that your fingers are safely positioned on the sharpening stones and not dangling or exposed to the sharpened knife edge.

WE just released a new upgraded version of Low Angle Adapter. I would expect it to ba back in stock soon. W.E. released a lot of new models recently. I suspect they are just backed up trying to meet the new demand.

The WE1## series and the Gen 3 Pro were discontinued. These models were replaced with the WE40, WE60 Series and the Gen 4 Pro.

The…[Read more]

Let me add this to clarify my sharpening routine:

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John. I do each and every grit or stone I use the same. I start with scrubbing strokes individually, each side, then alternatingly to draw a burr evening it out on both sides of the knife across the entire blade length.

I follow that with alternating side down and on edge leading strokes. I use each grit like it’s my last looking to achieve the…[Read more]

Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum and sharpening community, John. I hope this helps.

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Here’s a great old question that was recently presented to me, again. To let you WE users know whether it’s a new or older model, we’re here to help at this facebook group and at this Forum also.

Try to look at the break-in differently. You are figuring or using a counting method that will mechanically get the stones broken in with time and effort. What I suggest is you pay attention to the stone’s feel, of each grit, grit by grit, as you use them. Use the break-in time to familiarize yourself with how the stones feel new as compared to…[Read more]

Welcome to the W.E. Forum, Jim Egerton.

The W.E. loupe is a lighted magnifying glass similar to one used b stamp collectors. I does what it’s supposed to do.

There are better, more powerful magnification, lighted instruments to use. I prefer to work with a digital USB Microscope.  

I use the microscope to inspect every aspect of my sharpening/polishing regimen. (The scope can be u…[Read more]

The precision and accuracy is there. It’s for you to utilize.  I see +/-0.03º with due diligence, effort and attention to details. It’s more work than is needed to achieve a very nicely sharpened knife.  The precision will allow you to go as far as you want to, to explore “how sharp is sharp”

BTW: David N., Those diamond stones improve with br…[Read more]

Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum, David N.

There is also the Wicked Edge Users Facebook Group  and The Wicked Expert Corner Facebook Group. You’ll find a lot of good helpful information and W.E. users with a lot of experience, here

The Dual-Cam vise, included with the Gen 4 Pros and WE66s, clamps and holds very well. Since I sharpen mostly full-size chef’s knives, I do always work with a Stabil-Rizer Clamping System Accessory on all my WEPS setups. This is for added rigidity, and lateral or rotational stability.

The Microangle adjusters allow you to utilize the full…[Read more]