Thread: Warthog Knife Sharpener Question

I keep on repeating myself !
Just go buy the best of the lot, it's called an eze-sharp from aussie.
Reasonably priced and fucking awesome!
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The warthog has simply a too narrow strip of diamond coating. The spyderco triangular rods are two to three times as wide .I never could get the thing to sharpen my blades razor sharp like I can get with the spyderco.
Watch this clip at 1min50 seconds and that is what a warthog sharpener is like!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR3aIzfNMXM

Typical. Hardly used mine and sounds like they are going out of business.
Best I get one of the finer stones before there isnt any

Originally Posted by csmiffy

Typical. Hardly used mine and sounds like they are going out of business.
Best I get one of the finer stones before there isnt any

Thanks all. Guess I'll think it over for a couple of days more before I purchase anything.

Yep, I've been sleeping on it for months and every now and then I read the reviews and the negative comments.
Try and sort out fact from fiction.
KH

Ive had lanski two rod system for years.....would be ideal for what you asking in kitchen..pretty much idiot proof and MUCH MUCH betterthan the hold n scrape through systems,even if it does sort of work in similar fashion
also bought the other lanski type but didnt get stand,couldnt work out how stand worked so googled it...went into garage and found bolt of right size n two nust that threaded on correctly...placed head of bolt in vice and hey presto can actually put some pressure on stones and make the suckers work properly...its a ok system to get angles right...been doing it freehand since could walk but do like the idea of getting it correct angle on the more spendy knives.

Well at the moment I'm leaning towards the Spyderco Sharpmaker or Lansky crock-stick style. But a sharpmaker with the diamond hones is over $300. The Spyderco gauntlet is a bit better at $239, and has some advantages and disadvantages compared to the sharpmaker. But looking at the Lansky website it seems I could get a pair each of 9" sticks in diamond, medium ceramic and fine ceramic for $135 landed. Wouldn't be too hard to make a nice wooden base with some holes at precise angles to suit. I'll ponder it a bit more, but the last option seems tempting at the moment.

https://www.blademaster.co.nz/shop/S...y/TB-2D2C.html

If you can get yourself this one, it is working very well and is reasonably priced.

Originally Posted by Friwi

https://www.blademaster.co.nz/shop/S...y/TB-2D2C.html

If you can get yourself this one, it is working very well and is reasonably priced.

Looks pretty good, pity it's out of stock. I think I'd pay a bit more for the longer 9" rods from either Spyderco or Lansky however, to better suit the larger kitchen knives. Ordering just the Lansky 9" rods is still tempting but I have since read a couple of reviews that the quality of the fine ceramic Lansky rods can be poor and 'lumpy'. These are the rods that will get most of the use day-to-day, so maybe I'll bite the bullet and get the Spyderco Gauntlet instead.

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

Looks pretty good, pity it's out of stock. I think I'd pay a bit more for the longer 9" rods from either Spyderco or Lansky however, to better suit the larger kitchen knives. Ordering just the Lansky 9" rods is still tempting but I have since read a couple of reviews that the quality of the fine ceramic Lansky rods can be poor and 'lumpy'. These are the rods that will get most of the use day-to-day, so maybe I'll bite the bullet and get the Spyderco Gauntlet instead.

If you have stones and or a sharpening setup then honestly all you need is a strop with some compound or ceramic hone for regular edge maintenance. A strop is a s fool proof as it gets

With a good edge under regular kitchen use a knife will last for months without needing a resharpen with only a few licks on the strop before use.

Over use of sharpening systems leaves you with a knife that is to thick behind the edge and particularly with the pull through systems a wavy or concave edge profile.

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

Looks pretty good, pity it's out of stock. I think I'd pay a bit more for the longer 9" rods from either Spyderco or Lansky however, to better suit the larger kitchen knives. Ordering just the Lansky 9" rods is still tempting but I have since read a couple of reviews that the quality of the fine ceramic Lansky rods can be poor and 'lumpy'. These are the rods that will get most of the use day-to-day, so maybe I'll bite the bullet and get the Spyderco Gauntlet instead.

If you have stones and or a sharpening setup then honestly all you need is a strop with some compound or ceramic hone for regular edge maintenance. A strop is a s fool proof as it gets

With a good edge under regular kitchen use a knife will last for months without needing a resharpen with only a few licks on the strop before use.

Over use of sharpening systems leaves you with a knife that is to thick behind the edge and particularly with the pull through systems a wavy or concave edge profile.

Originally Posted by Nick-D

If you have stones and or a sharpening setup then honestly all you need is a strop with some compound or ceramic hone for regular edge maintenance. A strop is a s fool proof as it gets

With a good edge under regular kitchen use a knife will last for months without needing a resharpen with only a few licks on the strop before use.

Over use of sharpening systems leaves you with a knife that is to thick behind the edge and particularly with the pull through systems a wavy or concave edge profile.

Good reminder thanks - I really should make up another strop while I'm at it.

I've tried a couple of ways of sharpening but end up back with the Spyderco. I add diamond rods and ultra fine rods. They do what they are meant to. I use 40 degree (20/20?) setting not the 30 degree "back bevel". The knives do get very sharp with this system, and it is obviously fool-proof when I remember to use the brass guard rods.

Well, I've just ordered the Spyderco gauntlet with the CBN and fine ceramic rods. Hopefully it's a good thing.

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

I keep on repeating myself !
Just go buy the best of the lot, it's called an eze-sharp from aussie.
Reasonably priced and fucking awesome!
Next question

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Damn you @andyanimal31! Received my Ezesharp kit today. I look forward to giving it a whirl tomorrow.