What degree angle should be used to sharpen?
1391271
OK its recommended that you use 10 to 15 degree angle when sharpening these knives. I usually put 2 quarters between the back of the blade and the stone that will give you an idea of the correct angle
1263234
22.5 = 1/2 of a 45 degree angle. This is the correct angle for any sharpening.
2037211
The 40, 50, and 65 degree angle guides on the original Knife & Tool Sharpener refer to the total angle (20, 25 and 32.5 degrees per side). The Ken Onion Edition equivalent would be 30-70 degrees.
881204
Dear SG, I'm not very good either, at sharpening. So I bought one of the relatively inexpensive ceramic rod sharpeners. they have a plastic frame that holds the knife at about twenty degrees, all you have to remember is to pass the blade over the rod aproximately the same number of strokes for each side to keep them even. You can't really mess up to bad, just set the sharpener on a flat surface and run the blade it's full length on the ceramic rod, use aproximately the same presure on each side of blade. Not much pressure is required. You will notice as t he blade is sharpened it will get more and more shinny on the cutting edge. No oil or water is necessary on these types of sharpeners as would be on a traditiional stone.The edge you can get with six or seven passes on each side of blade should be plenty sharpe enough for the average job.Don't let the blade get too dull between sharpening as it lenthens the amount of time necessary to bring up a good cutting edge. Best of luck on it, start off with your cheapest blade even though the chances of doing any harm are small. Gary petersen
1777316
I don't know angles, but it puts a nice working point on sketching pencils. I used it on Prismacolor pencils and I was perfectly satisfied. In fact, I love this little sharpener. I hope this is helpful. Have fun!
808451
No, the sharp edge of the scissors usually is more than 45 degrees (some times near 70 degrees), and this tool has an angle of 15~20 for carbide and 30~35 for ceramic. If you are a very skilled person, you could use the rod. But for me it is not a good solution.
1661022
According to the Amazon product description of the "Wusthof Precision Edge 4 Stage Knife Sharpener": The standard sharpener uses carbide blades set at 28 degrees or 14 degrees per side to sharpener[sic] your standard kitchen knives. Stage 2 of the standard side uses ceramic rods to hone a fine edge on your blade. Simply slide the cover over to Asian knives to sharpen your Asian knives to a 20 degree angle or 10 degrees per side". So if this one is the standard part of the above, the angle is 14 deg according to Amazon. On the booklet that came with it, Wusthof says "Designed to handle all new knives with PEtec edge". Various sources on the web claim that with PEtec marketing Wusthof has reduced their edge angle from the former 19 deg to 14 deg (per side). Other web sources claim (old) German knives are 22 deg per side. I took an aligned macro photograph and measured the ratio of the coarse carbide blade separation vs perpendicular height, and using trigonometry got 18.4 deg per side (est error: +/- 0.4 deg ). Same measurement on the fine ceramic rods got 18.5 deg. It is possible the angle changes slightly when one actually puts a knife in the slots and applies some pressure.
558862
$126 gets you the sharpener and one cutter. In this case, the 5/32 cutter. Timberline sells individual replacement cutters for $20. They estimate 40 sharpenings per cutter. http://www.timberlinesharpener.com/shop/additional-carbide-cutterNote that they also sell for a mere $12 a pair of angle guides. So rather than being locked to 30 degrees, you can also handle 25 degrees and 35 degrees! Nice.If only they would also support "tilt" other than just zero degrees. 10 degree tilt is very popular!Would be nice if Amazon sold these parts as well.
2179209
They are fixed at a 46 degree sharpening angle (23 degrees per side). See the blog @ http://www.edgeexperts.com/2010/12/21/2-step-knife-sharpener-sharpening-big-game-hunting-knives/
170569
The blade is approximately 10 - 15 degrees from the handle's axis. These knives should be able to be sharpened with any standard sharpener, although due to the quality of the steel it is exceedingly unlikely that they would require sharpening before 10 or so years of regular use.
244939
An mouse pad with some give, place the correct type of grit of sand paper on top of the pad depending on how much touch up you need to do. Usually around a 13 degree angle. The mouse pad is there to flex as you run the blade across it. If you only need to sharpen and not re-profile the edge use leather strop that flexes. Should be able to find details online. The sharpening system is pretty cheap when you make it yourself. This knife has pretty easy maintenance.
127827
Thank you for asking the question about the guides. Yes, the sharpener comes with 30 degree angle guides. You can always go to our website at www.timberlinesharpener.com to order the set of accessory guides that provide both 25 and 35 degrees for $12.
1683646
I had no idea what we were referring to until I saw one other answer. There are 2 angles to be had with this sharpener as stated: 118 and 135.
703636
The short answer is yes.A straight razor, scalples, etc. need a very low sharpening angle. The lowest angle guide that comes with the Work Sharp is 20 degrees, but you you can easily hold you blade a lower angle to get the 17 dgrees (or whatever) angle you want for your razor.
268886
Keep a consistent angle and just let the weight of the knife do the work. Don't force it. If you have a Tri-angle sharpmaker, just put this in one of the slots that you would put any other triangle stone.
2179212
Hey Tom,I really couldn't give you an exact angle but looking at mine I would say the angle is likely around 65-70 degree's, there is almost a half inch gap in your blade run so I have found it will sharpen most of all my knives and hatchets.I hope this helped.Curt
591632
The angle is adjustable to three different positions. Lowest angle is for thin knives like a fillet, and the highest angle is for things like cleavers. However, there is nothing to prevent you from sharpening a cleaver to the angle normally used for a fillet knife. I work in the medical device industry where we sharpen surgical needles. I inspected the sharpened edge using a 10x eye loupe, and the results are fantastic. A little bit of micro serrations on the edge creates a very sharp cutting surface. I have sharpened knives for many friends and they were all amazed at the quality and sharpness of their knives.