Anyone know the exact preset sharpening angles on the "V" sharpeners? I'm looking for a bevel sharper than 25 degrees on each side.
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According to the manufacturer instructions, it is 45 degrees. You may need to use sharpening stone or another, more sophisticated sharpener, for example, Lansky MEDGE1. It is also being sold on Amazon.com at the following link:
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This is like any other sharpener. It is not hard to find the best angle. You must find it by yourself because not all knives are made the same way.
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Yes, you can choose between 118 and 135 degrees. Many of the videos you can find on youtube and the video that comes with the sharpener show you how to do this. you may want to take a look at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wWzW8BjtiM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6bC5imB31A
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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
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I cannot answer "why," as I didn't engineer the product, however the unit does up to 30 degrees per side. This will get you to 60 degrees inclusive which is about as high as I can think of going for any blade. It could be that the older unit listed it's angles as inclusive so, for example, if you were in the 40 degree guide, you were really sharpening to 20 degrees per side. Hope that helps.
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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.
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Yes, the sharpening angles are adjustable. This is a cheap copy of the Edge Pro sharpener. Look that up and you will know how this works. I did buy the Edge Pro stones in addition to those that came with this and I think the Edge Pro stones are better (but raise the price).
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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
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Manufacture claims "they never need sharpening" but they provide a sharpening rod. I would stand the rod on end with the tip on the counter. Then gently draw the knife blade down the rod at about a 20 degree angle for each side of the blade. See how that works for you. I am by no means an expert on this.
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I do not own any Shun knives, and only one Heckels. I do have several Victorinox knives, one of which is their 8" chef's knife which has a 15°± Asian edge grind rather than the 20° European/American edge. This sharpener has two primary wheels, one for 20° and one for 15°. The final honing wheel is designed to put an amazingly sharp edge on either edge angle. Note that the honing wheel is ceramic rather than diamond dust as on some previous models. I had an earlier Chef's Choice with the diamond honing wheel. It was sufficient, but the edge didn't come close the sharpness the ceramic wheel on the 1520 is capable of producing. It's close to razor sharp. I love my 1520; I give it a five-star recommendation. I do not own any Shun knives, and only one Heckels. I do have several Victorinox knives, one of which is their 8" chef's knife which has a 15°± Asian edge grind rather than the 20° European/American edge. This sharpener has two primary wheels, one for 20° and one for 15°. The final honing wheel is designed to put an amazingly sharp edge on either edge angle. Note that the honing wheel is ceramic rather than diamond dust as on some previous models. I had an earlier Chef's Choice with the diamond honing wheel. It was sufficient, but the edge didn't come close the sharpness the ceramic... » Read More I do not own any Shun knives, and only one Heckels. I do have several Victorinox knives, one of which is their 8" chef's knife which has a 15°± Asian edge grind rather than the 20° European/American edge. This sharpener has two primary wheels, one for 20° and one for 15°. The final honing wheel is designed to put an amazingly sharp edge on either edge angle. Note that the honing wheel is ceramic rather than diamond dust as on some previous models. I had an earlier Chef's Choice with the diamond honing wheel. It was sufficient, but the edge didn't come close the sharpness the ceramic wheel on the 1520 is capable of producing. It's close to razor sharp. I love my 1520; I give it a five-star recommendation. « Show Less
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When I used my Lansky sharpening system on this knife I found the edge to be unevenly ground. One side of the blade was roughly 30 degrees and the other 25 degrees.I chose not to re-cut the edges and sharpened it at those angles. The blade took a very nice edge and has held its sharpness with moderate use.
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According to the manufacturer, my favorite Victorinox Chef knives have a 15° edge (sharpen in slot 1), and their boning knives 20° (sharpen in slot 2). It's good I asked, or I would do it wrong!
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The ones I got were sharp. Actually used last 1/2 of season without having to sharpen. They appear to hold the edge pretty good.
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The guide is variable. There are no set angles. You end up adjusting the guide to the angle of the blade you are sharpening. I wish it had set angles, but once you get used to the setup, it works very well. Not really something you setup and use for the first time perfectly. Takes some fiddling and learning.
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If it's 15 then typically you would use the 30 degrees. For 18-20, I would use the 40 degree slots. Knives are usually specified by their angle on one side and Spyderco lists it for the combination of both sides.
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I have a Boker ceramic knife. I did use the Duosharp to sharpen mine and it will definitely sharpen the knife. Is it the recommended way? Don't know. My instructions tell me to send the knife back to Boker to be sharpened. Brian
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Amazon has a sharpener with adjustable angle for a bit over 20 dollars. That is appropriate, if you know what angle you want.