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helpmetohelpyou

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11. There's a bunch of stuff now on google and youtube of it
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 12:52 AM
Nov 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Sharpening-Wheels-Diameter-Center-Adapter/dp/B000HFQU98

You just put it on your bench grinder . I've been sharpening knives and tools for years
using this method. This is the method every pro knife sharpener uses.

You know that razor sharp edge you have when you first buy a new Benchmade or Buck knife?

This is how they are sharpened in the factory before they are shipped out. The way I found out about this is I
kept wondering how the hell brand new knives come so sharp but when trying to duplicate the factory
edge I never could, until now.

I was working as a cook in a big restaurant and a box truck use to come by every couple of weeks and take all the kitchen
knives out and bring them back in a half hour. I just went out there one day and talked to the guy doing the blades.

This was way before it became more popular due to the internet and just information sharing.
It was actually a trade secret so to speak. The initial set up will be just about $100 bucks more or less
with wheels and a bench grinder from harbor freight .

There's plenty of videos now on youtube of guys using them . If you decide to invest in the set up just be sure
the first couple of knives you sharpen are your cheapest knives until you get used to it.
It's really not a big learning curve at all before you can make a blade as sharp as you want.

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