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I would be interested in one.  However, my funds at the moment are slightly limited, so I will need a little time to hide save up for the purchase.  Any idea on timeline?

Brett

Allow 6 weeks for shipping from Sweden and we are talking about mid December.

Tormek has indicated we can place a special order for the US400 but supplies are limited. I indicated I thought I could sell 10 here is Continental USA, but I would like a show of hands of those interested before I commit to ordering them. Price is not known but with special order, shipping, etc. I am guessing around $80. Reply if interested.

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Ken, Thanks for the bowling ball bag trick. Now that I see how few of the tools I carried in my Gatemouth were actually used I may convert. 
Curtis, I will check with Klecker knives and see if they caught me on any videos.
My experience at farmer's markets is that I can maintain an under 2 min time all morning, i.e. 120 knives in 4 hours, including scissors and garden tools.

I spent an interesting day last week at the Boy Scout Jamboree at Bechtel Summit Reservation in WV. Scouts have a large property there, and it is capable of hosting 40,000 scouts and their leaders for Jamboree. I was there representing my publisher, Knife World, and we shared a booth with Klecker Knives.

Logistics were amazing. With so many people the only access was by shuttle bus, and the BSA must have chartered every bus in WV. Vendors parked at the new Ruby Welcome Center near Mt. Hope and we were bused 30 minutes to the site. Vendors were arranged along one side of a football size grassy area, concessions were along the other side, and the far end had an amphitheater for events.  Troops were arrayed in a semi-circle around this central area.

I brought a Tormek T-4 and a bag of small tools. I demonstrated sharpening to anyone who would listen, but most boys (and their leaders) just wanted me to sharpen their knife.  Many were brand new scout knives bought from the trading post across the way. I ground primary bevels freehand with the Tormek, knocked off the burr on a Spyderco Sharpmaker to save stropping time, then finished on the leather wheel. One scout timed me at 1:10 for his knife.

Speaking of scout knives, Knife World pulled off a very nice thing. The July issue of Knife Magazine has a 1928 Remington Heroism knife on the cover and a story inside about its history. This is one of the rarest collectible knives out there. KW gave away 3000 copies of the magazine. They even had a copy of the October 1928 Boy's Life on display that covered that years presentations of the knives.

Two final observations on the T-4. The handle is inadequate - sharp edged and off the center of gravity. It is a bitch to carry any distance. And the small size makes it hard to strop anything larger than a pocket knife. T-8 next time for sure.

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I love it!

They will initially be near 0% because they are basically stamped. Sharpening them at 5% will give excellent results. Keep the tips rounded, that is the safety issue that lead to the legendary "Never run with scissors" caution.  The annual Run with Scissors here in Cleveland flaunts that wisdom as well as encouraging a really stupid idea  of running a double marathon in questionable late October weather. http://www.runwithscissors.info/
NB Using % for degrees because there is no easy way to get the degree symbol.

Hi Jan,
The other Italian company I am familiar with is Fazzini. CATRA may also make a hollow grinder.

US source of high end, high speed hollow grinders in TruHone of Orlando FL. A couple of Italian makers make smaller benchtop hollow grinders with ~4" wheels. Even using Tormeks you can beat the $15,000 cost of a TH or $8500 for a benchtop.

Long ago I bought a used benchtop Cozzini but UPS dropped the skid and bent the main shaft. Later a sharpener in Akron bought one new and went into the restaurant knife sharpening (rental) business. The 800 lb gorilla with the TH cut prices until my friend was forced to sell his business. I wanted to buy that machine but the contract with the gorilla required that it be sold out of state. Today it is just a dream of a long past missed opportunity, like that girl I knew in high school.

Sorry I brought this up. I did not want to create a problem for my friends.
The Grizzly price is corrected as of today. I would never recommend it over a Tormek, but I was thinking of running two back-to-back to make a hollow grinder. Tolerances are not too critical, and mounting one on each side of a WorkMate or similar bench would allow spacing adjustment and alignment. Turn one machine so adjacent wheels are both moving up.  Space wheels about 0.020" apart. You may have to tilt the machines toward each other, and you may have to play with the water trays.
Just dreamin'

Sharp-eyed eBay users spotted Tormek T-7s on sale for $186 a few weeks ago. The offer kept self re-listing over the weekend and several dozen were ordered at that price, until the seller opened for business on the following Monday. Orders were cancelled and buyers were given false stories (out of stock) for a couple of days until the truth of the typo came out.

Now something similar is going on at Grizzly. An email to their customers promises their anniversary edition copy of the Tormek for $140, but the link takes you to their website where it on sale for $165. Yes, they copied the anniversary edition right down to the pearl gray paint job. Come Tuesday someone will be doing a lot of explaining to their customers.

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The new drive wheel, TOR-23 at Affinity, R23 on the package, should fit all 10" Tormeks.
Stig?

I have developed my own visual reference points on the Tormek, but they will vary with the users height and the height of the table.

I have not received a price or part number change so it is still $72.95 plus shipping