Thread: Honing Machine?

Originally Posted by Alucard73

Sharpening aids come and go if they were as good as they say everyone would use them ask anyone who uses knives to make a living and most will tell you a good stone is the best way to sharpen guess you could say the same with the old barbers shaving people day after day as for a twenty degree angle on each bevel you end up with a fourty degree edge which may be good for an axe but not much else and for the cost you can buy some great full sized stones that will last a lifetime

I'm an apprentice butcher ie use knives for a living.
we own three stores in our city and we have a bench mounted system at each shop and one of the butchers has one at home so I think the comment is a little unjustified,
a stone may be more convienient for use in store for quick touch ups but a proper system such as an edge pro, blade sharpener or the wicked edge not a little hand held item is in valueble. as for edge angle, if I put a cut throat 18deg angle on my boning knife it'll be sharper than my colleges' blades however by the end of the day the fine edge will be destroyed, were a 40-45deg edge will cut well and be easily maintained by steeling lasting about a week.

to the op, I own a Wicked edge and have had a go on an old razor.
1, you really can't go fast on a razor
2, you need a non smiling razor or it doesn't work well
3, wedges? forget it
4, too easy to press too hard
its heaps slower than going by hand and you might as well put the money into bench stones if you want it for honing razors.
on the up side it really is GREAT for knives!