I have been into Spyderco Benchmade Hinderer and a few other higher end brands of flipper style pocket knives not just because they are fun but nothing beats the edge retention of M390 Magnacut M4 Rex45 HAP40 and ZDP-189 just to name a few good knife steels,I also have some really nice Japanese Chef knives that more then just scary sharp and I have one that get's so sharp my mother who was a cut her whole refuse's to use it.
I used to a sharpen called a TSProf K03 which was a good sharpener but it is so large and you need a lot of different part's for it.
I just picked up a sharpener called a KMFS Vantaedge that doesn't need a bunch of extra crap to just sharpen a knife and I can also sharpen a knife in a bout half the time as well,the Vantaedge also solves a lot of problems that are common with most guided knife sharpening system's.
What the Vantaedge solves is that all guided system's that use clamps always miss part of the edge when going around the curve of a knife that has a big curve or you get an uneven bevel,the reason for that happening is because most guided systems have a mast at the back that is raised and lowered to change the sharpening angle and when the knife goes from the straight section of the blade and around the curve the edge of the knife is getting closer to the sharpener which means the angle is different and because the mast can't move on it's own the angle doesn't change and that's wh the stone gives an uneven bevel or just palin and simply miss's part of the curve in the edge.
The Vantaedge however has the angle locked in at where the mast and guide rods meet and the mast can slide up and down when sharpening which also allows the sharpener to automatically compensate for a perfectly even bevel everytime,plus with the Vnataedge the way it works it also automatically compensates for different stone thickness's as well and on other guided system's you need a digital angle finder and check the angle after each stone change.
That's my Vantedge sharpener with my Spyderco Manix 2 clamped in and waiting to get sharpened.
And look at that perfectly even and razor sharp bevel after zipping threw the steel with my Venev diamond resin sharpening stones.
This is the stock angle selector that has 15 17.5 20 and 22.5 degree's to choose from.
I also got a few upgrade parts such as their Multiangle Head which goes from 10 to 29 degree's and I needed that for knives I sharpen at 10 and 12 degree's.
I also got the Hover Spring up grade because as the stone goes around the curve in the blade the back rod that goes threw the frame of the sharpener dip's down and the spring push's it back up,the rod dip's down it's automatically compensating for the angle change.
If you watch this video at the 4:19 point and watch the back rod you can see it going up and down and thats the sharpener automatically compensating for the angle change.
If you want to go down the knife sharpening ribbit hole just order from these guys and get the sharpener with the multiangle head and hover spring and you'll hooked like I'am if you like sharpening knives so your chefs knife doesn't feel like a butter knife when trying to cut something.
https://www.chicagoknifeworks.com/?s=KMFS&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1
I used to a sharpen called a TSProf K03 which was a good sharpener but it is so large and you need a lot of different part's for it.
I just picked up a sharpener called a KMFS Vantaedge that doesn't need a bunch of extra crap to just sharpen a knife and I can also sharpen a knife in a bout half the time as well,the Vantaedge also solves a lot of problems that are common with most guided knife sharpening system's.
What the Vantaedge solves is that all guided system's that use clamps always miss part of the edge when going around the curve of a knife that has a big curve or you get an uneven bevel,the reason for that happening is because most guided systems have a mast at the back that is raised and lowered to change the sharpening angle and when the knife goes from the straight section of the blade and around the curve the edge of the knife is getting closer to the sharpener which means the angle is different and because the mast can't move on it's own the angle doesn't change and that's wh the stone gives an uneven bevel or just palin and simply miss's part of the curve in the edge.
The Vantaedge however has the angle locked in at where the mast and guide rods meet and the mast can slide up and down when sharpening which also allows the sharpener to automatically compensate for a perfectly even bevel everytime,plus with the Vnataedge the way it works it also automatically compensates for different stone thickness's as well and on other guided system's you need a digital angle finder and check the angle after each stone change.
That's my Vantedge sharpener with my Spyderco Manix 2 clamped in and waiting to get sharpened.
And look at that perfectly even and razor sharp bevel after zipping threw the steel with my Venev diamond resin sharpening stones.
This is the stock angle selector that has 15 17.5 20 and 22.5 degree's to choose from.
I also got a few upgrade parts such as their Multiangle Head which goes from 10 to 29 degree's and I needed that for knives I sharpen at 10 and 12 degree's.
I also got the Hover Spring up grade because as the stone goes around the curve in the blade the back rod that goes threw the frame of the sharpener dip's down and the spring push's it back up,the rod dip's down it's automatically compensating for the angle change.
If you watch this video at the 4:19 point and watch the back rod you can see it going up and down and thats the sharpener automatically compensating for the angle change.
If you want to go down the knife sharpening ribbit hole just order from these guys and get the sharpener with the multiangle head and hover spring and you'll hooked like I'am if you like sharpening knives so your chefs knife doesn't feel like a butter knife when trying to cut something.
https://www.chicagoknifeworks.com/?s=KMFS&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1
