So, I’ve been using my Wicked Edge PPI for awhile now and I’m very happy with the results I can get with it. One issue I seem to have though are uneven bevels. This has happened on almost every knife I’ve sharpened, and it gets quite annoying at times to inspect an edge after sharpening and find that one bevel is quite larger than the other. I re-profiled my ZT 0551 to 17.5 degrees per side and say you have it clamped in the WE, the right bevel is larger than the left. This happens with my other knives, and it varies with being on the right or left bevel. I did a search of the WE Forum and read that this could be happening because most knives from the factory arrive with the edge offset. So, using my 0551 as an example, and with the right bevel being larger, the edge was offset towards the right?
How are you measuring angles? I’m guessing with an angle gauge, but thought I’d check. Assuming that the angles are the same on both sides, and that the knife is correctly clamped (and there’s no issue with the clamp), then it’s probably the knife is off. But if it’s happening on “almost every knife”, I’d check the equipment also… in particular, make sure your clamp isn’t bent at the tip.
One other thing I’d like to mention, and this has happened on a few knives, and It’s usually towards the heel of the blade, but It’s like the angle all of a sudden dipped down a degree and the bevel ends up looking even all the way down the bevel until it gets to where the bevel dipped down and It’s like a wave.
Do you mean something like this?….
That’s often caused by the edge “flaring out” where it connects at the heel, which will slightly change how the stone contacts. It’s hard to see in the picture, but after this happened, I cut a little “sharpening choil” in the blade with a dremel.
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I’m using the angle gauge. I just checked the clamp and everything looks perfectly flat.
That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Sometimes it’ll look like it does in the picture, or it’ll be one little spot.
