Finally bought a knife sharpener
 

I'm tired of water stones. A long time ago I started working on a holder to keep the stone at a 22 degree angle so I could hold the knife vertically, which seemed like an easier angle to maintain. This is the basis of a lot of manual knife sharpening systems. I never got it done and I got frustrated this morning and just said screw it and ordered this Ken Onion sharpener. It supposed to be the bee's knees. Hope it works out.

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I look forward to your review. I've never seen that one before.

I'm interested to hear how it works too! I have a number of Japanese and German knives that require different sharpening angles. Bought a Lansky sharpener that I just can't seem to get a decent edge from. I'm sure it's all technique (i.e. me) and not the tool...

I already posted the Worksharp and my review in the thread about sharpening knives.

Must... not... look...

I remember your review and looked it up. The one I ordered is the Ken Onion model. I got it instead of the smaller one after reading your review. The KO is heavier, has more power, has a 3/4 inch belt, and adjustable guides that allow it to be used on 15 degree Japanese knives.

wow dude, 3/4" belt is a big freaking belt.

I think it will be better than mine on things like chef's knives. I would advise light pressure (as in "no pressure") on yours. You don't want to remove too much metal.

I don't think I could bring myself to use a power tool on some of my knives...

Yeah it does not touch the Infidel. Too complicated shape (chisel point).

Does it produce V-grinds?
Or only convex grinds?
Nice piece of kit. Bit too expesive for my taste.
I bought some waterstones yesterday. 400, 1000, 3000 and 8000 grit.
I need to learn freehand because there are very few sockets in the woods. :)

Belgium has woods?? :)

How is this better than a bench grinder and various wheels?

Where do you think our bears go to sh it? SmileWavy :D

The fishing forums were all over this a couple of years ago. They are well liked but just a hair spendy.

Okay... couldn't help myself so I looked it up on Amazon... at $129 not that spendy.
Not in my budget but I surprised at you guys... I know many of you spend two or three times that on one knife.

You have BEARS??

I assume only convex. How much did 4 wet stones cost you?

so are there some japanese waterstones for sale? :D

The problem with the Worksharp is that it'll give you a perfect factory sharp blade in one pass. You'll go "huh?", can't be. And then sharpen it some more, which only removes more metal. It is that fast, and that good.

We don't. I was joking. We do have some woods though.

2 combo stones 400/1000 and 3000/8000 cost me about 75 euro on sale.

That's encouraging. It's supposed to be here Tuesday and I'm really looking forward to it. I tried to cut a grapefruit in half with a slicing knife this morning and it was so dull had to punch a hole in it with the tip to get started. Not good.

The Worksharp arrived yesterday and I got a chance to use it today.
I like it.
It doesn't equal the zen experience of rubbing steel on stone, but it puts a great edge on a knife in no time. The instructions were clear and simple and there are several youtube videos showing how to use it. I put a toothy edge on my chef's knife, which gets used to chop vegetables against a cutting board. I went to town on the slicers that don't touch much of anything but meat and put a shaving-sharp edge on them. I have a favorite paring knife that I thought was pretty sharp and wasn't going to sharpen, but after seeing the edge on the slicing knives I went ahead and put a razor edge on it.
The sharpener puts its own convex profile on the knife so you have to hit them all with the coarse belt to get the profile. The first time you sharpen something it can take 5 or 10 minutes.
The biggest drawback is that it doesn't come with any kind of storage container, so I'm going to have to come up with something to keep it in.
Overall I'll give it 4 stars out of 5.

I didn't know they had sockets. ;)