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Hi All.

I Have a Spyderco PM2 knive that I would like to sharpen properly.

The challenge I face is that the blade tapers from tang to tip as well as from spine to edge.

How would you go about clamping this blade? does the spring force in the clamp compensate for this uneven symmetry or what would you suggest?

Has someone done a blade like this before that can give some suggestions?

I Have bought the PDF version of WOOTZ on knife grinders and have read it through probably twice from cover to cover which gave me whole new understanding of sharpening with the tormek that got me all fired up, but now the dilemma.

From what can be understood you wont be able to probably remove the burr at the root and have a clean apex if you don't have the frontal mount with the XB 100 to control the angle at which you de burr edge trailing. On the site it says that they are waiting from spares for tormek and they don't have stock.

So my question is do I even attempt to use the SJ 250 and still hone edge leading to be able to get it to true razor edge I crave or do I wait for the spares to come in and order it and wait 4 weeks for it to go through customs and get lost through the mail and found and and and?

Hi There.

Just a quick question that i haven't seen asked anywhere,

When using the coarse or fine diamond wheels and then moving to the SJ 250 Japanese water stone, do i need to empty the water tray?

Would the anti Corrosive concentrate adversely affect the SJ 250 or the SG 250 that i already have if i use the same water or must i empty the tray and use clean water for the normal stones?

Hi All

I have done a search and could not find any thread on this unless I missed it. My Contact wheel where the motor shaft contacts the rubber is making a lot of squeaky noise while working the machine. it starts of quiet but as I start sharpening it gets louder the more I work with it or put load on the grinding wheel. I tried cleaning it thinking it might have some residue on it butno luck. its probably not that bad for a quick sharpening but after a while it gets very irritating. Anyone else had this issue or maybe have some advise?