What happened to the knife database I cannot find it. Every link ends up in a dead-end.
Sorry for the confusion; the wiki and knife database are temporarily unavailable. We’re working to bring them back. We are setting up a new home for them, after our move away from the previous forum.
Over a month now has the database been abandoned? Has someone started one elsewhere?
Welcome to the forum, Tim and Climbmnts. I also hope the knife database and the Wiki will be restored soon.
If you have any specific questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to ask. I think Bill (EvilTwin) gave you good general advice.
We’ll get the database back up and running as soon as possible. In the meantime, if you’d like some recommendations for specific knives, please post them here and I’ll get right back to you.
–Clay
I’ve been using my WEPS for about 4-1/2 years and stopped using the database within the first year, when I realized that this was just a list of what other users had logged. There was no data to tell you if the info was the factory’s recommendation or if the data listed made for a superior edge when compared to other angles. I decided that the best path was to use my own judgement.
The database still exists. The issue we’re having is that it was created in our old Joomla! platform and there isn’t an analog in WordPress for that kind of database functionality. We can just publish the current database but it would require the visitor to have yet another username and password, which we’re trying to avoid for everyone’s convenience. So we’re researching what can be done in WordPress and also looking for creative solutions to displaying the data and keeping it interactive. If anyone has ideas, we’re all ears! For now, here is a link to the current database on the testing server: http://162.243.110.196/index.php/current-knives. Some graphics are broken at the moment, but it gives you an idea of what we were originally shooting for.
Clay: If the database is available in a comma-delimited file (*.CSV), we could download and open them in Microsoft Excel.
Actually this backup database works quite well. It says you should log in, but I guess this is only if you want to post. Without logging in the search function works.
That said, in the past everyone was free to enter their own settings, so please don’t get the impression the database lists the “best” settings for every knife (you’ll sometimes find way different settings for the same knife).
If anyone wants a recommendation, just post the knife you want to sharpen, the steel and the purpose and I’m sure the collective knowledge of experienced WEPS users here on the forum will come up with some good advice.
Anyone noticed the knife database is back? It says beta, but it seems to work fine. And, Tom, you can copy-paste it to Excel.
We’re testing it out to see how it functions and then should formalize it pretty soon.