I currently own a WE120 and decided to upgrade to the WE66. I’m a big fan of the new clamp, especially for FFG blades. The micro-adjust is perfect. The problem is that I’m now seeing a few new issues that I did not expect.
I clamped a paring knife and just scraped the edge of the clamp. Just a regular Henckels 4" paring knife at a 20° angle. Since the clamp sits lower than my WE120, it doesn't seem like I can do any reasonable angle with very small knives or even steak knives. It doesn't make sense to me to buy the low angle adapter instead of just keeping my WE120 for small knives.
Since the WE66 clamp is a little shorter than the WE120, I can't clamp a dagger sized blade like the Busse FMV8. It's about 1.5" in width and the clamp has nothing to grab onto since the middle of the blade is too high. With the WE120, I was able to go all the way down to the first screw and clamp it.
Any ideas from the more experienced WE users here? Worst case scenario is that I just keep the WE120 and use it for things the WE66 doesn't seem to do.
Thanks. So the best option is to get an aftermarket riser for the WE66? I don’t think Wicked Edge sells them any longer and I don’t know if the ones that do exist will work with the WE6.
Hopefully, the last question. I did a search on the Facebook group and I didn’t see an install video for the WE66. The one for the WE130 looks like the entire vise is self contained. Is it as simple as removing the current vise and installing the riser block between the base and the vise? I didn’t take it apart yet, but it looks like the stack under the arm rests on the base? Just want to make sure things don’t go flying everywhere when I take it apart.
