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Thank you.
I have been using a HoneRite gold solution as well
I have had zero issue with the WTW Tornado wheels.
Cannot say I am a fan of the Spartan wheels though.

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Kinda what I have been doing.
Sharpco out of Korea states that he has never had a problem. (Actual quote was "no problemo")

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Are you running WTW CBN in water?
Any issues?
I have been using the Tornado in water with no problems.
The Spartans are another story -  the hubs are not wide enough and extra spacer are required so as not to impact the frame or water trough sides.

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I would not worry about the SJ at this point.
Not sure what bevel angle you used.
You might try grading to 220 and run alternating passes, edge leading, at 15 degrees ( per edge)with moderate pressure until you get a burr entirely along one side of the bevel.
Should take about 1.5 seconds per blade inch.
Then try one quick light pressure pass on the opposite side(thin the burr).
If you suspect low quality you might try honing at this point. If that shows improvement, then regrind at 1000.
Some low quality steels do not respond well to grinding at much over 400..
Check your angle.
If you are honing at too high of an angle you might round the edge.

Has anyone tried CBN wheels for high carbon Japanese knife steel (Aogami Super etc)? Thanks

Has anyone tried CBN wheels for high carbon Japanese knife steel (Aogami Super etc)? Thanks

Oops, put this in the wrong section but do not know how to move it to knife sharpening.

Has any one used and CBN wheels on high carbon Japanese knives.
I could not find any directly addressing this.
I have had high success using CBN on mainstream (VG10, D2, 440 SPM etc).
I recently acquired a very nice Masakage Koishi in Aogami Super.
I do not need to work it yet, but will at some point.
I am not physically deft enough to use the traditional water stones (hence Tormek T8).
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Where would one find the community section.
I was unable to do so.
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Thanks for the reply.
Not sure what you mean by a "platform"
I have been having really good results using Wootz's programs and protocols.
Appreciate you reaching out for anything concerning Wootz. I will miss his terse and sometime funny replies z- but always informative.
I agree with you.
I do not sharpen enough "thick spine" knives to justify milling all the jigs - one should do just fine.
I had some outstanding emails in to Wootz and was curious as he usually responded quickly.
I also had an order for one of KGs CBN wheels-which apparently has shipped.
Not sure if they plan on continuing with their production of Tormek friendly CBN wheels (water tolerant).

Yes, the Deba spine was about 5.5 mm.
The non bevel side was concave.
No matter how I tried to clamp it. It would rotatable so the axis of the blade was twisted and not perpendicular to the axis of the SVM45.
I finally used some shims on the concave side (popsicle sticks😁).
Since I was only (theoretically) sharpening one side, it did not matter too much if it was offset a bit.
I debarred the non bevel side with a Japanese stone flat.
Any more news on Wootz?
I tried to find an obit but was not able to do so.

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Still struggling with blade centering in the SVM 45.
Any suggestions other than milling the static bottom of the jig.
I often do more than one group of knives, using the length adjustment so they all have the same projection.
I have 6 SVM 45s.
Should I mill them all and use tape or shims as necessary to center as required?
Had a real problem with  very thick Japanese blade (Deba) with a concave back.
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As an aside, I noticed that you seem to have replaced the tightening knob with a hex screw( correct name?). Any particular reason?