I have an Asian knife that needs to be sharpened to 15 degrees on each side. Will this sharpener work? Or does it sharpen 30 degrees on each side?
1544076
Hi there! - This thing is fairly cheap built. I would not invest my money in it. I don't think you will like it.
1688957
Yes, but a regular flat sharpening stone will do a better job. This tool is really designed for pocket knives and fixed blade hunting knives where the included angle is 30 and 40 degrees.
1476007
I cannot answer this question, as I do not know. I suggest that you contact the mfgr, if you need to sharpen it. The knife has asian characters written on it, which would lead me to believe that it needs to be angled the same as other asian knives.
1087284
Don't use guide, it will scratch knife's finish. Just use your hand keep 15 degree angle.
1476008
MAC sells a sharpening tool for use on their knives and the website says 15 degrees.
868536
YES! Use the Wusthof Asian-style sharpener. It does an excellent job. It has both a coarse and fine set of ceramic sharpening stones set at the proper angle for this blade. I have had this knife for quite a while and still love it.
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
666483
It really depends on placement of knife and blade width. Using a magic marker on the bevel edge you can adjust it to achieve needed angle. The knives I just recently did for my mom required matching 15 degree bevel and with very little adjust had no issues achieving this. Syderco and a few other knives useing thinner blades due to type metal also require about 15 degrees snd currently have had no issues with sharpening them.
2179211
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/
203513
Japanese knives are ground at a 15 degree angle, European at 22 degrees. Sharpeners for one are NOT compatible with the other style knife, unless you want your knife ground at the wrong angle
195225
If you want to be really technical, the answer is "no". However, if your knife is now dull, you can use the Pronto to simply re-grind your blade to an even 15 degrees on both sides by using the course slot, ( stage one" ), and then using stage two. After you have done this, always steel/sharpen at 15 to 17 degrees, and you'll be fine. Just be careful that, during stage one, that you keep the blade straight up ( 90 degrees from the table top ), so that the double edge becomes a single edge angle on both sides.
2236619
If it is 15 degrees I believe it is still able to work. 30 degrees to 40 degrees makes a knife at it's sharpest. So an answer to the the question, yes it should work
1510694
Yes, you can. But you will have to use the coarse side (cutter on the left) for a longer period of time to re-shape the blade angle from the American angle, which can be between 20-30 degrees, to the 15 degree angle of usual Asian knife. It will take at least 30 to 50 pulls through the shapener to re-angle the knife. You will be taking more metal off the knife when doing this, but unless you're 20 years old and want to keep the knife for a lifetime, that won't matter. The sharpener works very well. I'm using it on my MAC Japanese knifes which cost over $200.00 each.
240276
Hi, I bought the sharpener and have used it on both Global and Wustholf knives to great success, best if you finish with the Wusthof steel afterwards.
1824577
They are set at 22.5°, which is an average. I had to get a SOG sharpener just for my SOG knives due to the different angle they are at. But, it works very well on my few Ka Bar's I have. Great tool.
797014
American and European are the same thing-20 degrees. They are both sharpened in the same slot. Asian has its own slot and the third is for finishing both types of blades
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.