NotSharpEnuff

Timm,

If you take a close up of the writing my wife might be able to decipher.  When we enlarge the pic, it blurs out.

The first 3 characters appear to be Katakana and we can’t make out the following Kanji characters.

Ed K.

I’m settled enough that I found all of my parts and pieces to make kits.  I have 5 sets of ball joints cut and ready to add the threaded rod.  The Gen3 uses a 2.5″ rod and the WE130 uses a 2″ rod.

If there is interest PM me and I’ll make the kit for you.  I just ordered 20 stone stops and 12 strop covers from Airscapes and I have the pr…[Read more]

Andrei,

See the posts in the thread below.  Still visible on the “Recent” posts 03/25/21.

MarcH has a lot of experience with expensive Japanese knives.

Cooking

Ed K.

Chefy, send me a message with your email and I’ll send you all the information.

Ed K.

Steven,

I have both models – and I prefer the 130 for small pocket knives.

With the stock Gen3 you won’t utilize the top 3/4″-1″ of your diamond stones on small blades.

In my case, I printed a riser block and raised the vise 1.25″.  The LAA works fine, I just don’t like messing with the allen tool to tighten the screws.  FYI, I also have 12″ r…[Read more]

I also use the  DXL360S  , besides the precision it is re-chargeable via USB.  I don’t have to worry about changing batteries.

Ed K.

BTW, I have a 3/4″ riser block installed below my Gen 3 Pro vise.    I recently was doing  a batch of knives and noticed that in every case, my angle settings were off by 3 degrees, relative to what I would have expected.  The riser was installed to use more of the length of the stone faces when I do narrower knives.  When sharpening short, narrow…[Read more]

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Rodger,

Got the Laser Knife Edge Reader (LKER) a few hours ago.  It comes with a spare set of batteries and a test blade.  The laser is not centered or aligned when it arrives.  You have to manually adjust three screws to center the beam.  Not a very tight stable setup in my opinion.  If you only use it a home and not take it on the road it prob…[Read more]

Kenneth,

Yes, 3 sets of any stones/strops/ceramics/water stones will fit.

Ed K.

Thanks Rodger!

I just ordered one.  I have the CATRA Hobbigoni and I use it all the time – before and after sharpening.  One drawback to this model is that it doesn’t accommodate larger (spine->bevel) knives.  This new one looks like it has more depth to handle larger kitchen knives.  I’ll also compare the accuracy between them and post again.

Ed K.

I found these links interesting.

Ranking the Steel Ranking Articles (knifesteelnerds.com)

How to Pick the Best Steel for Every Knife

Read the article here (knifesteelnerds.com)

Ed K.

John,

I’ve done one sword about 3 years ago.  It was not a “real” sword, but a replica or something from a flea market.  I did it on a dare, from one of my golf friends.  He travels around a lot of bad neighborhoods and keeps the sword in his work truck.  He would lose in a gun fight but get maximum points for crazy.

It took me almost 40 hou…[Read more]

@Lay, I’ve sent a text to find out what model he bought.  I do remember him saying that he ordered it with “custom” scales.  I’ll know more later.  I’m also not a fan of the flipper style or EDC’s with liner locks.

@Modernflame, that sharpener is what I call the “Big Rig.”  Totally the idea and implementation of forum member MarcH.  I don’t reme…[Read more]

Friends ZT – last pic!

Friends ZT part II

When I took the 122219 pic, I realized I forgot to tape the pivot area.

I got the vacuum out and taped it up before I started the 200 grit stone.

EugenePapers,

What model do you have?  Can you add some pictures of your setup?

Ed K.

it is a MarcH invention.  Works great on longer flexible knives as well since it provides two clamping points.

For EDC knives, I use my Gen3 pro.  Super quick to setup and adjust.

Ed K.