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www.homedepot.com/p/WEN-10-in-2-Direction-Water-Cooled-Wet-Dry-Sharpening-System-BG4270T/317924745

This is at Home Depot and it’s a pretty good price

Lighten your pressure as you approach the tip . It might be helpful to stop before the tip and get closer to it as you go along. Also, stop and flip over the knife to check how close you are to the tip. That helps you get a feel for the tip

Sorry, I don’t know if the WEN stone fits a Tormek. It’s a lot cheaper but definitely needs to be trued to be comparable. The truer is $100 but still cheaper to buy the WEN stone and tormec truer if the WEN stone fits.

Thank you.

No. It comes with a chisel jig. You have to order the knife jig separately. www.amazon.com/WEN-42704B-4-Piece-Sharpening-Accessory/dp/B087D58LNQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3J7A4EB62M7WH&keywords=wen+knife+jig&qid=1686825944&sprefix=wen+knife+jig%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

Two ways to get the right angle. Use the angle guide…..I have a video for using it. Or try to match the original which is usually the best option. To do that mark the edge on both sides with a sharpie ( dark red blue or green). Guys the angle as you set the jig ang rotate the stone by hand. Then check the edge to see where the sharpie is worn off. If it’s coming off on the edge only then you are to high so lower the angle. If the marker is being removed from the bevel side of the edge… you are too low so adjust up. You know the angle is matched when the marker is being removed from the middle of or the entire area between the edge and the bevel.

True. Sanding belts are faster. Thank you for watching.

I’m using the small knife jig by Tormek. It attaches to a regular knife jig.

When I sharpen and make knives, I do the same thing as you, but when, sharpening on a round stone, it’s not flat using a jig it will make a difference, and your edge will look uneven

In full disclosure, when I first got the Wen, I rotated my knives and the main difference is that the tip and areas out past the belly get Sharpened at a much lower angle.

Sorry to blow up your question with comments, but I was thinking about it and if you don’t use a guide and you keep the knife in the exact cross section across the stone on that line, the angle will stay the same as you rotate as long as the place, the knife is touching, is on that same Cross section as it rotates

Thanks Mom!

This is a site I find to be well priced.. www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Tormek-Small-Knife-Jig-P470.aspx Thank you for watching and commenting Bill.

If you have the equipment, time, and skills to make the jigs…. Do it. It might be a fun project. If $49 for 2 different knife jigs, a scissor jig, and an axe jig seems worth it….go that route. I like the wen jigs although the Tormek jigs are able the sharpen at a steeper angle right out the box. You can modify the Wen jigs by changing one bolt and grinding one side a little to make it more low profile. Regarding resharpening the ice shaving blades…tha Wen is capable of making them very sharp again and better than new….use the sharply method to match the angle. Thank you for watching. Feel free to contact me again if you have any more questions.

You find the correct angle in the beginning using a sharpie and the angle guide. One you set your angle, make sure the knobs are tight holding the bar in place. It’s pretty easy to keep the correct angle if set up right from the start and you lift the handle while maintaining contact between the bar and jig to follow the belly (curve) of the knife. You will get the feel after sharpening a knife or two and rewatching a video to grasp the concept. The more belly in the knife, the higher you’ll lift. Oh,…when you lift the butt of the knife, it should lift towards the ceiling not the guide bar. Lifting toward the guide bar will change the angle significantly

I did the same thing when I first tried it. Just pull the guide off the bar spin it around 180° and put it back on the opposite direction knobs up and you’ll be right in the Sweet Spot.

I use an upside down lid to a storage container. Do to the shape of the lid..I also put two strips of wood under the lid to support the feet of the machine. If I had nothing else I would build a base from plywood and epoxy coat it to waterproof. Also I use microfiber cloths to remove the water that collects.

The yellow lids from the yellow/black containers at Lowes/Costco/Home Depot have a large lip and work well. Wish I had it on my first attempt. My uneven garage floor was an unplanned gotcha.

Do you have a knife jig? It doesn’t come with the unit. It is necessary to have the best cleanest edge. Spend 50 and get the best one from Tormek or spend 50 and get a decent knife jig that can be modified to be almost as good but also comes with a scissor Jig (works perfectly) a flexible knife jig and an axe sharpening jig. If you are going to sharpen pocket knives (narrow or small ones). The tormec small knife jig is awesome. It works with a knife jig. Check out my 40 second video “don’t sharpen that knife until you watch”

@@PlayingwithKnives911 yes I purchased the wen jig kit along with the sharpener.

You Can sharpen a knife on the Wen Without a jig but you need to use a laser or a wire pointing in a spot on the stone so you have a reference to hold your angle across a specific line as you move your knife across the stone. Otherwise, if you go forward or backward, the angle will change.

Whether using a jig or not, I always mark the edge with a sharpie, so I can make one pass and see if the ink is being removed, where I want the metal to be removed in other words in the middle of the bevel not on the shoulder, or only on the edge

If you want to try it without a knife jig, I recommend you use a knife that you don’t really care about to learn on

40 is for axes. 25 and 20 are for knives. Kitchen knives are usually 20 to 12 degrees depending on the use and type of steel. Thank you for your question. Are you interested in getting into sharpening?

I I’ve used it twice in the last two years. The first time was to get my stone true. About 1.5 years later I used it to make my stone edges sharper after because I rounded them off too much sharpening a recurve. You have to go slow and shallow at the edges especially as you exit the stone. Let me know if you need more explanation. Thanks for your inquiry.

Thank you for the compliment. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Tormek SVM-00 Small Knife Holder for Use with SVM-45 Knife Jig / For Sharpening Small Blades. I bought mine on Amazon.

Kurt Ison, thanks for watching.

For western style chefs knives I use 18 to 20 degrees. It’s softer steel so a lower angle will risk of edge damage or loss of edge longevity. I did a video of how to use the Wen angle guide to get close to the angle you want. With all that said …you can color the edge bevel with marker and position and change your angle until it is erasing the marker, ie. removing metal, where you want. If you want the new angle lower than the original, erase marker from the top or shoulder of the edge bevel. If you need a more robust edge, a higher angle, than remove marker closer to the edge itself. Let me know if that doesn’t make sense.

@@PlayingwithKnives911 gracias amigo

Thank you. The Wen leaves a sharp edge. But I really enjoy using water stones. It’s therapeutic.

No sir. If you have high hardness high quality steel, you could go 12 to 15 degrees if you are careful with your knife. But for normal quality German style victornox category chefs knives, 18 to 22 is the range you want. Thank you for commenting and watching. I forgot to mention on the video that the WEN ANGLEguide is calibrated for a 10 inch stone and becomes less accurate less the smaller the stone gets.

I went ahead and got the angle master from tormek.

Thanks Kayley

Thanks Eric.

Thank you watching and taking the time to comment. I do have the wool covered in furnace cement. It came with the hells forge. I’m still playing around with air fuel mixture. As of now I leave the air wide open and the propane med high until the forge heats up…5 min. Then I limit the oxygen to lessen the oxidation and lower the propane because I’m cheap…thanks again for commenting.

@@PlayingwithKnives911 Good to know, just wanted to check. My forge also has a small chamber, i like your idea of limiting after its hot, thanks for that!

The wheel is coming towards the edge of the knife. Edge leading. This leaves less of a burr at the end

@@PlayingwithKnives911 do you deburr after the stone work ?

@@Cleymant yes. With scissors I keep the edges pulled away from each other as I close them. Then squeeze them together as I open them. The remainder of the burr falls off in use. It’s important to keep the edges from touching the first time you close the scissors after sharpening.

It can be argued that edge trailing leaves a sharper edge but it’s considered by some to be less durable. Also the edge leading direction is faster and leaves less of a burr. If you use the corner to sharpen the inside part of a recurve blade, only use edge trailing so you don’t gouge

Thanks Mr Davies. Kenneth strikes again. That was my alternative title

I think it can sharpen knives up to just over 24 cm. For $ 100 on Amazon, you can buy an extra long an wide rest that allows you to sharpen longer blades like machetes and wider knives like cleavers. It is not compatible with a wen. Honestly though I wouldn’t sharpen a machete with it.

Thank you.

I’m just a guy waiting time in his garage having fun. You watch Ginger Billy. He scares me….funny too

I intend to make that video. Thank you for the idea.

Have you purchased a knife jig yet? All it comes with is a chisel jig.

@@PlayingwithKnives911 yes I got the wen and the whole kit with different jigs for knifes big and small and 🪓

Thank you. That’s a great video idea