Bob Harvey

Gotcha, I am new to the Scissor Attachment – but here’s my opinion.

I think if it simply angled over a bit from vertical, while still holding the “goat hoof shears” upright, then it would work. But it also moves the shears 90 degrees from vertical, so it is a very big change from doing simple knives on Wicked Edge.

I knew that I was getting the…[Read more]

Right – please see the previous page for photos. We have been busy this morning, and it started a new page.

Awesome. That is my next step on the journey.

Wow I never thought of getting a longer bar. People are always giving away junk BBQ’s on Craig’s List, I will have to find one with the rotisserie thing. I could live without the indents.

I already have the longer guide rods and low angle adaptor, so should be able to find combinations that work for all sharpening with the addition of 5/16…[Read more]

Here the scissor attachment is on. Of the 3 positions this is closest I can get to factory angle but can’t clear the sharpie off anything but the apex.
Celestron USB close up. Best I could do with scissor attachment on this particular hoof shear.
WE120 with arm moved outward as far as it can go.

Closer in.

At this point, I think I am going to…[Read more]

While waiting for scissor attachment to arrive, I took the riser block off.

Now it goes to 45 degrees easily, so I have freedom to easily move around that 40 degree range to clear the sharpie and approximate factory angle.

Factory profile on this hoof shear is about 40 degrees. With the WE120 set as far wide as it can go, it barely clears the sharpie off the factory bevel. She has several different manufacturers of these shears, some factory edges are a bit over 40 degrees and I have to reprofile.

Here we are getting a proper angle – just barely.

OK, got the scissor attachment in today – and it is the opposite problem. The angle is too wide, the sharpie gets hit along the apex. Previously it was hitting along the base of the bevel.

I tried the 3 mounting points on the attachment, the one that angles “down” more rather than level is approximating what I need on this odd 40 to 45 degree…[Read more]

I thought they would have a much more blunt angle – but I can’t seem to find any numbers on that from Wicked Edge…

But maybe you are right – I found a scissor site that said 40-45 degrees which is what I need. I will have to pick up that attachment. I think it would clamp the disassembled shears well. Yeah I will give that a try.

I have the WE120 and wonder if there is some way to LOWER the clamp that holds the blade in order to achieve a wider angle.

The WE scale goes out to 35, I can use the angle cube and get it out to 38-40 but that is it. I am sharpening “goat hoof shears” which look just like the small pruners that gardeners use. At my max angle I have to reprofile…[Read more]

Thanks – that all makes sense. I know i will get better. I am following the advice to work on inexpensive knives first, before working on me EDC’s.

Hoping to confirm my understanding that a kitchen steel WILL NOT STRAIGHTEN the edge, but simply starts to remove some metal (as per the science of sharp article). I would love to learn that I could…[Read more]

I’m pretty new – 7 knives with my model 120.

I have suffered through a Lansky and Sharpmaker, gladly spent the money for a WE and some extra stones.

I got that Victorinox 8″ chef knife “serviceable” (not pretty) but getting the flaws out with 200, then 400, 600, 800, 1000. This photo was at 400 grit

I did not take the time to fully remove all…[Read more]

I understand the the Victorinox kitchen knives are made of same steel – and I got a set last month.

Yeah the steel is really soft. Wife used the 8″ chef knife 4 times and it got pretty dull, won’t cut paper…

I looked at it with the Celestron scope (thank you tcmeyer) and see “waves” in the edge where it has deformed, not chipped.

I put the…[Read more]