I'll take one! How much?

I'm sorry Philip, I thought Johannes was asking for personal opinions. I also don't have any test sensitive enough to tell the diffrence so I have to go by how it "feels"

I don't know if this is typical, but for me the CBN seems to work better. I was using 1,.5 and .25 PCD and while they work great the .75 CBN just gives me a better feeling edge. I don't know how to describe it, It just feels "crisper"?

No, for some reason I was hitting the width adjustment screw. The blade is very thin (1/16) so the threads of the screw stick out about 1/8. I cleared the bottom screw just fine. Probably because it was tighter to grip the thin blade.

I just tried a Forshner legging knife, 7/8 wide 5" long and the best I could get without the extension was 14.8 degrees. Using the same settings with the extension I was able to get 9.6 on one side but couldn't clear the top screw on the other. I had to back it off to 10.3 to clear everything. I have a chinese cleaver at 2 5/8 wide that I am going to try later.

Those dudes are TINY!

Lots of people have had this problem. Some of the solutions were to use a drop of purple (low strength) loctite on the screws or to wrap them with teflon tape. I just make it a part of my routine to check them after 20-30 strokes.

And now it's back. Only about two seconds. Must just be an internet traffic jam.

Yep, same here. About a minute to load.

The wood is "hinoki". That's port oxford cedar to you and me. They also have contest using beam planes.

Mark, I use Draftsight. Pretty much the same as Autocad but free. You can check it out here download.cnet.com/DraftSight/3000-18496_4-75445046.html

Mark M.

What is the grit rating of the red legos?

Thanks Leo, you rock! I probably won't be entering the contests because I don't have a video camera and my communication skills suck. But good luck to all the folks that do enter.

Actually three of my local restaurants use a professional sharpening service and their knives are as sharp as a Wicked Edge knife. (Thats cause the are, By Me!) Now if only I could get enough business to quit my day job.

I sent all my wood to K&G down in Arizona. They did an excellent job.

I would vote for this. In the other forums I feel the need to be informative. And I'm not very good at that.

My take is pretty much the same as Geocyclist. Except that when working on the line your steel was chained around your waist so I do it horizontally. Using almost zero pressure you can feel the rolled edge. When I see people steeling with a big show of flair and the clickity-clack noise I just cringe. If you can hear the blade making contact with the steel you're doing it wrong.

I use a glass smooth steel from my meat packing days on my kitchen knives. On my higher hardness pocket knives (ZDP-198, VG10) strops seem the way to go.

Looks like Clay is on top of this. I just got a message that my order would be delayed because " We have received some customer feedback and we are taking some extra time to make the Upgrade Kit even better."

I would rather wait and get it right than get the wrong stuff right away.

Yep, Been there,done that. I think it gives it character.