Thread: Knife sharpener - Scary sharp or Wicked Edge

Looking at a knife sharpening system - anyone used both and can comment?

One never seems to see these knife sharpening systems coming up for sale second hand, that tells me they are either really good value and no one wants to part with them...or they are junk.
Me, well I am one of the old fashioned ones that use a sandstone water wheel and carborundum stone and a quality steel...advice I would give to anyone sharpening knives is to get a jewelers loupe and closely inspect what you are doing.

Geoff from Hawera Rewinds makes the Scary Sharp, give him a call and hear how good they are, he’s a good dude and a keen shotgunner

Originally Posted by Maca49

Geoff from Hawera Rewinds makes the Scary Sharp, give him a call and hear how good they are, he’s a good dude and a keen shotgunner

These sharpeners of which I have the old and new models[the latter is still in its box] have a serious flaw.Their name sums it up.Travelled over to Hawera to see the man before I purchased. Makes no promises he cant keep.You are onto your 5th beast and your mate is still hacking up his first one. My 2C. 90/100 NZ hunters cant sharpen a knife for quids. Quality kit.

FWIW I couldnt sharpen a knife worth a shit with any method, prior to modern systems. I have tried the lanskys and just about every other sharpener out there apart from the scary sharp.Still had poor results.

Bought a wicked edge while I was overseas a year ago. I now easily get the sharpest knives I have handled. Simple, accurate and enjoyable. Especially when working carbon steel blades.
I now get enough people asking for their knives to be tickled up, I could almost start a small business

The only thing I dont like about the wicked edge, I have, is it takes a knack to get long thin blades like filleting knives to the standard I can get shorter blades.
Dont know much about the scary sharp but I have heard they're top notch and may even be a better system when it comes to longer blades.
My wicked edge was pricey but I got excellent results straight away. I have added plenty of strops, paste and stones to my kit over time and I would say it owes me nearly $800 Nz to replace.







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Originally Posted by muzr257

Looking at a knife sharpening system - anyone used both and can comment?

You can buy the clamp, stone holder and stone cheaper separately than in a kit.
Basic kit is $420....separately $250

Having a blade rigidly clamped at bench height and with the edge facing outwards is not a system I could trust myself with.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Having a blade rigidly clamped at bench height and with the edge facing outwards is not a system I could trust myself with.

Amen, when I bought one of the Chinese sharpening kits I mounted it to a bit of decking timber which I can clamp to my bench or remove easily, and I either have it facing away from me or at 90 degrees to where I'm standing, as I'm always wary of feeding my hand to a freshly sharpened knife

Why pay $hundreds...at least at this price one can then decide if it is the system they want to follow...where the below system would not work for me is at the angle I sharpen at the blade clamp would be in the way.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/home-livin...5aec6e7196-001

My brother bought 1 of those cheap chinese systems. Stones are rubbish. Whole cradle frame is floppy and rubbish. Stone holder broke very easily and no protection from cutting yourself.

This is the best and most reasonably priced system in the market I have used.
Really great people to deal with even though they are aussies.
I used this in the early nineties when I was muelsing to sharpen the shears.
I bought one for myself and now got a few mates using them.
Awesome bit of kit

https://ezesharp.com.au/product/ezes...0mm-flip-over/

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

This is the best and most reasonably priced system in the market I have used.
Really great people to deal with even though they are aussies.
I used this in the early nineties when I was muelsing to sharpen the shears.
I bought one for myself and now got a few mates using them.
Awesome bit of kit

https://ezesharp.com.au/product/ezes...0mm-flip-over/

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Theres a good video in there of how it works to.

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Theres a good video in there of how it works to.

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I assume you have to contact them directly as there website will not ship to nz.?

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

This is the best and most reasonably priced system in the market I have used.
Really great people to deal with even though they are aussies.
I used this in the early nineties when I was muelsing to sharpen the shears.
I bought one for myself and now got a few mates using them.
Awesome bit of kit

https://ezesharp.com.au/product/ezes...0mm-flip-over/

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That thing looks the goods!

I sharpen as a side business to making knives and sheaths, I have used and still use some of theses, lansky (don’t use anymore), oil stones (don’t use anymore), diamond rods (emergency use), ceramic rods, scary sharp, spyderco sharpmaker, dc4, tormek, scary sharp, Japanese’s water stones, wicked edge, strops, steels and a 2 x 72 inch belt sander...
Different steels need different methods, the scary sharp is good for non “super steel” tripe knives, try and sharpen sv30 or Elmax on it and you won’t get the results you want, it’s very good for some type of knives and if you are happy with a toothy edge it’s fine. It’s downside is that you need to use it bolted to a bench in a shed, it makes a hell of a mess and sticks to high heaven.
The wicked edge you can sharpen anything, you can do it at the kitchen table, makes almost no mess, and need no extra chemicals to use it, with the right diamond plates yuk can get an edge sharper than anything anywhere. Period. But it’s damn expensive and it’s not fantastic on filleting knives. It works but I usually get out the scary sharp, or the tormek for them.
The tormek is a great piece of kit, but unless you get the Japanese waterstone it’s edge is no better than the scary sharp system, however you can also sharpen chisels, planes, Axes, shears and a hell of a lot more on it.

May not be much help but if you want send me three knives and I will sharpen them, label each one with the method I used and you can see what edge you like...I do charge $5 plus postage for the knives though but they will be sharp afterwards...
Shelley 021727546