Electric Knife Sharpeners?? (Work Sharp WSKTS Sharpener)

[quadrafire]

My wife just sent me at text wondering if I had purchased a knife from Amazon.

I replied........No just a knife sharpener.

Hope you guys didn't get me in trouble. 

[lokidog]

My Work Sharp arrived today.  I unpackaged it, looked through the instructions for kitchen knives, and familiarized myself with it's operations on how to change belts, guards, etc...  It seems very easy to use, straightforward even if you aren't used to using "power tools".  Then, I took out the utility knife from my knife block.  It's a fairly unused knife, so in terms of use still pretty new and fairly sharp from the manufacturer.  It's also a simple, straight, non-serrated blade.  I did a cut test on a sheet of computer paper, and the cut (more of a nick) was maybe 1/8th of an inch, if that.  I then ran the blade through the sharpener using the "medium" belt, followed by the "fine" belt.  I then did another cut test.


Ho.  Lee.  Sheeeeeeeaaaaaaarrrrrp!!!!!   


Using only the knife's weight, the cut was easily 2 inches, and I believe it would have been deeper if the tip of the knife hadn't fallen away from the paper. 

I'm gonna go ahead and log off Hunt-WA now, as I will be spending the next who-knows-how-long sharpening everything I can get my grubby little Polish mits on.

Unless you have a garage full of knives, you won't be gone long since this thing is so fast....   

One of the little drop point pocket knives I sharpened, when I first got mine, has been used to shave corners off of 1X4s to prep for sanding the corners round, and some other wood trimming slicing activities.  I just loaned it to someone who is trimming a bunch of paper edging today and it's still like a razor.   

[Fishstiq]

My Work Sharp arrived today.  I unpackaged it, looked through the instructions for kitchen knives, and familiarized myself with it's operations on how to change belts, guards, etc...  It seems very easy to use, straightforward even if you aren't used to using "power tools".  Then, I took out the utility knife from my knife block.  It's a fairly unused knife, so in terms of use still pretty new and fairly sharp from the manufacturer.  It's also a simple, straight, non-serrated blade.  I did a cut test on a sheet of computer paper, and the cut (more of a nick) was maybe 1/8th of an inch, if that.  I then ran the blade through the sharpener using the "medium" belt, followed by the "fine" belt.  I then did another cut test.


Ho.  Lee.  Sheeeeeeeaaaaaaarrrrrp!!!!!   


Using only the knife's weight, the cut was easily 2 inches, and I believe it would have been deeper if the tip of the knife hadn't fallen away from the paper. 

I'm gonna go ahead and log off Hunt-WA now, as I will be spending the next who-knows-how-long sharpening everything I can get my grubby little Polish mits on.

Unless you have a garage full of knives, you won't be gone long since this thing is so fast....   

One of the little drop point pocket knives I sharpened, when I first got mine, has been used to shave corners off of 1X4s to prep for sanding the corners round, and some other wood trimming slicing activities.  I just loaned it to someone who is trimming a bunch of paper edging today and it's still like a razor.   

I would have been back to this thread sooner, but I was busy making things sharp.  Sooo...

First of all, I need to warn  April to be careful when she sits down since the couch is really starting to get a good edge.  The refrigerator is honed well enough to whittle down a pinewood derby car, and I'm pretty sure the dogs can't sleep on the bed tonight unless we stock up on gauze pads and medical tape (those furry little *censored*s turned out pretty good!).  My cellphone keeps slicing it's way out of my pockets, and I'm not even going to start getting into what happened in the laundry room!

[lokidog]

My Work Sharp arrived today.  I unpackaged it, looked through the instructions for kitchen knives, and familiarized myself with it's operations on how to change belts, guards, etc...  It seems very easy to use, straightforward even if you aren't used to using "power tools".  Then, I took out the utility knife from my knife block.  It's a fairly unused knife, so in terms of use still pretty new and fairly sharp from the manufacturer.  It's also a simple, straight, non-serrated blade.  I did a cut test on a sheet of computer paper, and the cut (more of a nick) was maybe 1/8th of an inch, if that.  I then ran the blade through the sharpener using the "medium" belt, followed by the "fine" belt.  I then did another cut test.


Ho.  Lee.  Sheeeeeeeaaaaaaarrrrrp!!!!!   


Using only the knife's weight, the cut was easily 2 inches, and I believe it would have been deeper if the tip of the knife hadn't fallen away from the paper. 

I'm gonna go ahead and log off Hunt-WA now, as I will be spending the next who-knows-how-long sharpening everything I can get my grubby little Polish mits on.

Unless you have a garage full of knives, you won't be gone long since this thing is so fast....   

One of the little drop point pocket knives I sharpened, when I first got mine, has been used to shave corners off of 1X4s to prep for sanding the corners round, and some other wood trimming slicing activities.  I just loaned it to someone who is trimming a bunch of paper edging today and it's still like a razor.   

I would have been back to this thread sooner, but I was busy making things sharp.  Sooo...

First of all, I need to warn  April to be careful when she sits down since the couch is really starting to get a good edge.  The refrigerator is honed well enough to whittle down a pinewood derby car, and I'm pretty sure the dogs can't sleep on the bed tonight unless we stock up on gauze pads and medical tape (those furry little *censored*s turned out pretty good!).  My cellphone keeps slicing it's way out of my pockets, and I'm not even going to start getting into what happened in the laundry room!