Re: Wicked Edge knife sharpeners
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I own an Edge Pro, but am seriously thinking about buying one of these. After owning a Edge Pro, which gets everything scary sharper than anything I have ever experienced before and then looking at pictures of the Wicked Edge system, I thought, "Wow. People are paying crap loads of money for a glorified Lansky sharpener."
After perusing the directions further, I am realizing that it is not very Lansky-like. I was concerned about wearing in one particular part of the stones, but that is again my edge-pro thinking. The water stones are known to wear down, so you work hard to even out the wear. The Wicked Sharp are diamond based.
I dunno... looks pretty cool. The reason that I would get a Wicked Sharp is not so much to get my knives any sharper... that is not humanly possible... but to do it quicker. It looks like it might maintain a more consistent angle with the clamp and depth key than I can get with my Edge Pro. Hmmm... </div></div>
I would not recommend the diamond stones for you...they are pretty course and leave a very toothy edge by comparison (not necessarily a bad thing).
The chosera water stones are the way to go for an experienced knife nut such as yourself.
The best part of the Wicked Edge is you do not have to compensate for stone wear as you do when changing grits with the EP. This is the biggest difference I have found between the two and I find it a serious fault of the EP.
keeping the Chosera stones flat is not a big deal...thickness doesn't matter.
I would suggest the 400-3000 grit range...A little more pricy, but will give you a quick trip to blazing sharp and a nice final polish once stropped.
You will find the EP to be quicker and easier and you don't have to fight the possibility of damaging a nice knife on the table of the Edge pro.
If you want insanity sharp Clay has stones all the way up to 30,0000 grit..yes you read that right....And stropping paste to 0.05 microns....God help you!