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Is it really so important that the angle is very precise? I think it is important to get the same angle from grinding to grinding to avoid unnecessary material waist. For the use of the knife it makes no difference if the angle is 14, 15 or 16 degrees.

Do you always sharpen in one direction from the heel to the tip or do you sharpen back and forth? Sharpening in two directions would over-grind the middle part of the knife.

There is a post by "tomerus" on October 10, 2017 with very helpful comments. It's worth reading, even though it's not specific to T1.

Regards,
Drilon

I purchased one felt wheel in December 2022 and one in March 2023. Price was US$ 75 plus US$ 25 air shipping plus import duties. The wheels arrived two or three weeks after prepayment.

Only use solutions of diamonds in alcohol as water based solutions will change the properties of the felt.

I like these wheels and I get good results!

Regards,
Drilon

THe felt wheel Vadim (RIP) used was produced by the chinese company Ningbo Purui Polishing Company.

https://www.puruipolishing.com/product/10-inch-rock-hard-felt-wheel/

Regards,
Drilon

A super solution. Will try it the next days!

Drilon

Again.

In YouTube " Demonstrating Tormek's Centering Knife Jigs KJ-45 & KJ-140 | Part 16 " at 5:50 min. the reason for unequal bevels is explained very good.

Drilon

Hello Merlin,
for a start I would watch in YouTube "Common Tormek mistakes in knife sharpening" by Knife Grinders Australia and the "Tormek Live Sharpening Classes".

Have fun!
Drilon

There is a description in the forum explaining the problem with the SVM jigs:
https://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=2962.0

My SVM-45 jigs have an offset of 1,25 mm, ideal for knives of 2,5 mm thickness at the clamping area.

Tanti saluti dalla Germania
Drilon

The buffer Vadim (RIP) uses in his YouTube video "Our new setup for Commercial Sharpening - 22 knives per hour" is a Bernardo DS200S with 2850 rpm.

https://schleifjunkies.de/produkt-kategorie/raeder/
offers a rough and a smooth leather wheel.

Regards,
Drilon

Have you searched the forum for previous discussions on microscopes.  There has been a fair bit of discussion.  Also, on the BESS Exchange.

I've tried quite a variety, up to one USB unit costing $1200.  The best, most versatile, most informative and cheapest has been the Kingmas 60X hand microscope.  Do a search on "Kingmas" to read posts on this question from many forum users. I have three or four of these around my shop and use it for any number of task.  It is also the only magnifier for getting out extremely tiny slivers.

Rick

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I also use a tiny microscope like yours to check the edge. Perfect for this job!

Thanks Drilon. Just a query, what angle on the felt wheel?

17,5 degrees for the Victorinox knives.

Of course 90 gcm^-3

With the following protocol I get 2-digit BESS readings with my Victorinox (Swibo) knives:

Setting the edge 15 degrees/side on CBN 1000.
Honing on Tormek leather wheel loaded with 5 µm diamond paste at 15 degrees/side.
Three passes each side on the rock hard felt (density 0,65 g/cm³
    wheel loaded with monocrystallin 1 µm diamonds.
Final pass on chromium oxide bonded with linseed oil varnish on the leather wheel.

Typical readings 60 to 80 BESS.

When I started this protocol I used a felt wheel with 90 gcm^-1. Never reached <120 BESS.

With the paper wheels I got results with very high variation in BESS values.

All these steps I learned from Vadim (RIP).

Best regards,
Drilon