J Ackerman

Cool, thanks for the advice! I sharpened a couple more today… when I was closing the clamp with the lever, I recently started hearing a pop from the mechanism when it was about 75% closed. Is that normal? It was almost like it was in a bind and I don’t want to break it.

So, I  have had some time over the last several days to sharpen a few more knives.  I have been able to put a consistent edge that can shave paper on some even poor quality knives.

After doing about 4 or 5 more knives,  I am still getting more “scrubbing” (best way to describe it) on one of the 1000 grit paddles and not the other. I can’t…[Read more]

Thanks all, for the advice! I tried to redo a few knives today with much better results based on the suggestions. One problem I had with the marker method was that the knives I was doing today, I had already reduced the angle on the bevel a good bit with the whetstones. Therefore, I couldn’t really trust what I was seeing since it wasn’t sto…[Read more]

I basically bought the WE to keep my kitchen knives sharp and maybe sharpen some for friends and family. The Wusthof set I have all have 14 dps except the Santoku which is 10 dps. I have two shuns that the specs show 16 (Santoku and boning). And I just recently got a miyabi Santoku that is 9-12 dps.

For the Santoku I was using first it was my…[Read more]

I’ll check it out today.

Looking at the Systems again, I think the F&S pro might be the one I should get, since I am not going to have a designated place for it. Are the systems the same? If I was to ever decide I wanted to mount the F&S pro would that be possible?

Thank you

Sounds good… I’m sure I’ll have more 🙂 I’m planning on ordering this week. Thank you

Good deal, thanks for the info!