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Marc H replied to the topic New 130 user with questions in the forum Welcome Mat 3 years, 11 months ago
Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum, Jon. I’ll try to help you with addressing each issue.
The indexing on the square bar are intended only to be an indicator of your gross angle settings. Theses indicators were originally calibrated, I believe using a knife with it’s edge horizontally clamped 5/8″ above the vise’s jaws line. Any difference in ho…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Taking me too long to find a burr in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 3 years, 11 months ago
Mark, 12.7º, or 10º is a very acute bevel angle and very uncommon for any knife. That’s so narrow I’ve only heard of a bevel angle like that just once. It was from a regular longtime forum member with a very special Japanese kitchen knife. I rarely have seen anything lower than 14º on the finest, hardest steel, high-end, Japanese Chef’s knives…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic WE 130 for sale in the forum Want to Sell 3 years, 12 months ago
Sent you a private message.
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Marc H replied to the topic New Knife Collector (Just Started Last Week) in the forum Welcome Mat 4 years ago
Last “Black Friday Sale”, last year, was for the WEGO Deluxe and the WE100 models. It was a 15%-20% savings.
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Marc H replied to the topic Talk me into a 130 in the forum Welcome Mat 4 years ago
Welcome to the W.E. Forum Mike. The quality and the precision of the WE systems are what you’d expect to see, as an engineer, for a mechanical tooling device of this price point.
You are correct the WE120 will sharpen a knife just as well as the WE130 will, once you learn how to use it. The micro-angle guide rod adjusters are exactly the same o…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Welcome Mat 4 years ago
Welcome Wayne
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Marc H replied to the topic Bevel widening at the tip. How to prevent? in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years ago
Jacob, I’m not discounting the aesthetic aspect of knife sharpening. You need to decide the purpose of your knife sharpening. I sharpen my knives to use them. That doesn’t mean it’s ok if they look like crap. But the evenness of the appearance of the bevel heights from side to side and all down the edge length is not as important to me as th…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic HELP in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years ago
airscapes is correct in the suggesting you should always inspect for stone-vise contact first when you experience that issue. That should become a part of your sharpening regimen with any knife you’re working on.
14 degree angle settings are really at the lower range limit that you can sharpen a knife with the W.E. unless it is a large or a…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic New Knife Collector (Just Started Last Week) in the forum Welcome Mat 4 years ago
I should add…the W.E. systems are great knife sharpeners. Even with adapters, accessories and sometimes, even modifications to the setup, the W.E. shouldn’t be expected to be able to sharpen every knife. There are too many different knives in the marketplace. Many knives are quite unconventional in design. Some of them just can’t be clamp…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic HELP in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years ago
Welcome to the Wicked Edfe forum, Mark. After 10 knives I’d expect you have a basic understanding of what it takes to sharpen a knife. Also your sharpening stones should be reasonably well broken in.
You wrote you could not get a bevel….I’m guessing your meaning you can’t form and feel a burr. You probably just haven’t removed enough st…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic New Knife Collector (Just Started Last Week) in the forum Welcome Mat 4 years ago
Welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum, -Kiku-,
Your assumption and conjecture is flawed. Yes the Gen 3 Pro is more expensive. The higher price point is not an indication that it is the better model. It’s like comparing an automatic transmission model car with the standard transmission model. The automatic transmission car like the automatic angl…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Spyderco Para 2 in the forum Knife Photos 4 years ago
Generally the knife is positioned so it rests on the depth key pins or maybe just one pin. But this is not a requirement. The only requirement is to clamp the knife securely so it can be sharpened.
Sometimes I have to clamp a knife so it’s just held by the tips of the jaw to avoid the stones impacting the vise or maybe an undesirable part of…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Spyderco Para 2 in the forum Knife Photos 4 years ago
When I use the AAG to get my reference points I look at it from the left side.
This left side view allows me to align the AAG’s position relative to the vise for my referencing position….horizontal to the jaws and vertical to the front of the vise.
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Marc H replied to the topic Spyderco Para 2 in the forum Knife Photos 4 years ago
An alignment guide is used as a position referencing tool. So it’s used in a repeatable orientation. To insure the guides orientation is the same each and every time I use it, I align a horizontal gridline so it is parallel to the horizontal top of the vise jaws. I also align a vertical gridline so that too, is parallel to the vertical edge of…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Bevel widening at the tip. How to prevent? in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years, 1 month ago
Jacob, I’m glad you recognize that the appearance of uneven height bevels are sheerly aesthetic. Sharpness is our primary goal, (I hope).
Generally the taller bevels you experienced are due to those knives having thicker steel profiles at the tips. This is an intentional manufacturing characteristic to help lessen the chance of snapping off a…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Hello everyone! New to WE! in the forum Welcome Mat 4 years, 1 month ago
Welcome to the W.E. forum Patrick R.
Here’s a helpful link for sharpening accessories offered by W.E. forum members
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Marc H replied to the topic Conversion from Original to Advanced Alignment in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years, 1 month ago
The bottom photo is my original Alignment guide. It’s from about 6 years ago. It’s made of thin steel. I laid the original steel strip guide on top of the newer lexan AAG so the pin holes of the steel guide are placed superimposed over the pin holes on the new Advanced Alignment Guide. The top photo I simply slid the new plastic basic Aligment g…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic Conversion from Original to Advanced Alignment in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years, 1 month ago
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Marc H replied to the topic manix 2 Advanced Alignment Guide Pro 3 in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years, 1 month ago
cmyhero, I feel your the exasperation I’m reading here. But you have not really shared anything more then you’re having a problem getting the burr the same from side to side.
Maybe if you share more specific information or posted some photos of the knife and the bevels it may help us to help you.
I’m not one to blame a knife or a piece of…[Read more]
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Marc H replied to the topic manix 2 Advanced Alignment Guide Pro 3 in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 4 years, 1 month ago
Are you saying the bevel on one side is taller than the other side? Or the bevel angle is different from one side to the next?
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