Marc H

Marc, thank you for your detailed reply.

Here’s my progression.

WE, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, diamond lapping , strop 14mu, 10 mu, 5 mu, 3.5 mu.  8000, and 12,000.  My understanding is that 3.5 micron is about 5900 grit.  Maybe 5900 to 8000 is too big of a jump?

Thank you for sharing your experience.

BTW, it’s almost a parlor tr…[Read more]

Well, I gave this one more shot.  I purchased Shapton’s 8000/12000 grit stone made for my WE system.

The 8000 grit does not move smoothly across the blade.  It feels sticky and kind of jumps across the blade.

That makes me think I need to oil the stones or soak them in water or something like that.

Do you have experience with that stone grit a…[Read more]

Great video Tom. I love the visualization with the big wooden clamps. I’ve been trying to teach what you show in the video for years, but haven’t been very effective at it. You nailed it. Can you elaborate more about the compensation of angle from 1 side to the next to make it even more clear how that’s  decided on and accomplished?

Gillette an other razor companies have demonstrated this well. I’ve had a similar experience w/ a Sabatier knife that I bought as a gift for a chef friend. I got it hair popping sharp but then couldn’t connect with him for a few months. It just sat on a shelf with a cover over the edge. When I next checked the edge, it was no longer popping hairs…[Read more]

This is a legit criticism and shows that I haven’t been listening enough. I’m working to change that. After hearing some more from some users, we did some prototyping, thought we’d come up with a viable fix, got (kindly) corrected by a couple of our beta testing users and are now reworking the fix.

There is a lot of good info here, especially about edge shapes and finishes. I’ll add that we’ve done a fair amount of testing for edge retention at different angles. In general, we’ve found that if you’re cutting materials that are not excessively abrasive, and you’re keeping the edge angle at or above the minimum angle the steel can support, an…[Read more]

All three areas do require a password and they don’t talk to each other, so it is ridiculous and we’re working to change it but haven’t had a lot of success so far. We’ve tried a few developers and they haven’t been able to make it work. We’ll keep trying. The issue is that the website is hosted on Shopify. The forum is on WordPress and our…[Read more]

Kinda goes hand in hand with the pinned “How to Find the Sweet Spot” post.

Hey Jason and welcome to the forum!  It took me a good six months before I developed a skillset that I could call my own with the help of the guys on this forum.  There are some good YouTube videos as well as some bad ones so yeah, take those knives in the bucket and put them to the test, it’s fun!

Richard

Welcome Russ and Robert!

Hi Russ, welcome aboard!

Welcome 000Robert!

I think you’re right. I wonder if it isn’t useful to temporarily use a new pair of 2200/3000 stones in place of the 800/1000 stones until they’re broken in.

There is been a slight design change to the whole cam follower and washer stack and we added two more washers to the newer units.

Great question. I find that the majority of knives I do allow for basic adjustments to find the sweet spot. Every now and then I do find a blade that won’t work with only back and forth adjustments. In those cases, I definitely break out my Advanced Alignment Guide and adjust the tilt of the blade as well. If you are trying to mount a knife and…[Read more]

Is this kit still for sale?

Hello and welcome! You can get the GO without stones, just email us at support@wickededgeusa.com and we can get you set up.

This video is about installing the jaws for thicker blades it should help you do what @tcmeyer describes: https://youtu.be/7dwsSk0FiIo?t=52