Razor Sharp edge making system

[StolpSaddles]

Has anyone used this sharpening system

http://www.sharpeningwheels.com/

I am thinking of purchasing it to keep knives / round knife sharp

[gtwister09]

I have had one for over 14 years. They work OK. You have to exercise quite a bit of caution with them but they will give you some sharp knives. Mine is turned backwards so that it rotates away from you.

I know one guy who has a rather large gash in his chin from a round knife getting away from him. He now wears a full facemask as he sharpens with the wheels and also wears a welders jacket when sharpening.

Regards,

Ben

[Randy Cornelius]

Has anyone used this sharpening system

http://www.sharpeningwheels.com/

I am thinking of purchasing it to keep knives / round knife sharp

Yes I have one but would not reccomend them to anyone. The best sharpening system I have is a leather belt that I made for my 4 x 36" table top belt sander. I then put rouge into the belt and use it to strop all my knives. Works so much better that that other system.

RC

[gtwister09]

I likewise don't use the system much. Like I said it is OK but I like using jigs/guides for repeatability....something that is drilled into you when you work in a manufacturing environment where tolerances are extremely tight.

When I bought it at the Fort Worth show (not a couple of years ago but many years earlier than that) , the guy was sharpening everyone's knives including Peter Main's and many others. In fact he didn't have any hair left on his arms from showing people how sharp their knives were after he sharpened their knives. A little trivia.....My son was very young at the time and was awed by him because he looked like Santa with his beard.

Regards,

Ben

[Ian]

I have had one for over 14 years. They work OK. You have to exercise quite a bit of caution with them but they will give you some sharp knives. Mine is turned backwards so that it rotates away from you.

I know one guy who has a rather large gash in his chin from a round knife getting away from him. He now wears a full facemask as he sharpens with the wheels and also wears a welders jacket when sharpening.

Regards,

Ben

I had a similar experience sharpening a splitter blade. It happened so fast, I'm not sure what I did other than maybe I was holding the bade at a bad angle - it caught onto one of the slots in the disk (what are those slots for anyway?)and spun the dern thing so close to my face, I could feel the wind. I still use it for small tools, but the near miss scared me enough that I now take the splitter blade out to be sharpened.

[Randy Cornelius]

I agree, it is very dangerous to use...

[ArtS]

I use one and like it. No close calls yet. I also reversed it so that it rotates away from me and I can hold the blade on top.

Art

[StolpSaddles]

I was going to reverse the bench grinder if I got one. Seems safer and more user friendly

[gtwister09]

The instructions explicitly tell you to reverse the direction when you assemble the system.

Regards,

Ben

[ArtS]

I bought the system from Weaver and bought a grinder from Harbor Freight. I reversed the stand and took the stone wheels off and added these. Works well for me.

Art