I'm new here on the forum and appreciate all the experienced people commenting. I'm not new to sharpening, but am fairly new to the Tormek system. I bought a T4 about 5 months ago and have been slowly learning the ropes. I found the knife grinder people in Australia and they have been a great help. I'm also into other hobbies that are very information heavy (pistol handloading) and I am very aware of the amount of bad information that is out there. My goal is to avoid all that. I only sharpen knives for myself, kitchen knives and a few friends knives. I do it mostly for the challenge and relaxation and satisfaction.
I'm really thankful I found this forum because I was almost ready to sell my T4 and get a T8 after watching various you tube channels and reading confusing chatter on other sites. I was convinced I had made a huge mistake. I have the Japanese water stone and already had a half speed grinder set up with paper wheels for honing. I was ready to scrap it. Then I read some comments on here that convinced me I probably actually made the right choice. Anyway, I'm excited to join in here and hope to be a help to others and learn from all of you.
I'm really thankful I found this forum because I was almost ready to sell my T4 and get a T8 after watching various you tube channels and reading confusing chatter on other sites. I was convinced I had made a huge mistake. I have the Japanese water stone and already had a half speed grinder set up with paper wheels for honing. I was ready to scrap it. Then I read some comments on here that convinced me I probably actually made the right choice. Anyway, I'm excited to join in here and hope to be a help to others and learn from all of you.