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#1
Knife Sharpening / Re: Dishing on Right Side of B...
Last post by Royale - Today at 07:29:20 PMI used to have that happen to me quite frequently, and I discovered it was me pushing down too hard on the handle as I approached the heel. This made the knife bend slightly downwards, putting a lot more pressure on the section in front of the handle, and the corner of the grindstone, starting a recurve.
Try this experiment. Raise both your elbows up in front of you, and interlock your fingers together. You should have a straight line formed with your forearms and elbows, in front of your body, parallel to the ground.
Raise your right elbow, maintaining that straight line. You should see your forearms in a line, and start pointing towards the ground, towards your left. Rock your right elbow up and down, and this should be the motion for sharpening one side of the knife.
Keep your elbows in line with the blade when sharpening the heel section, and you have a much higher chance of keeping parallel to the grindstone. I try to keep my elbows and blade in a straight line as I go side to side, doing that rocking motion mentioned earlier.
Similar to shooting a rifle, it's a lot simpler and more consistent to reduce the moving parts (variables) on my upper body by holding the rifle the exact same way every time, and adjust with my waist and legs.
Hope that makes sense
Try this experiment. Raise both your elbows up in front of you, and interlock your fingers together. You should have a straight line formed with your forearms and elbows, in front of your body, parallel to the ground.
Raise your right elbow, maintaining that straight line. You should see your forearms in a line, and start pointing towards the ground, towards your left. Rock your right elbow up and down, and this should be the motion for sharpening one side of the knife.
Keep your elbows in line with the blade when sharpening the heel section, and you have a much higher chance of keeping parallel to the grindstone. I try to keep my elbows and blade in a straight line as I go side to side, doing that rocking motion mentioned earlier.
Similar to shooting a rifle, it's a lot simpler and more consistent to reduce the moving parts (variables) on my upper body by holding the rifle the exact same way every time, and adjust with my waist and legs.
Hope that makes sense
#2
General Tormek Questions / Re: Let there be light (for th...
Last post by flyvert - Yesterday at 08:58:11 PMHello
Sorry for the late reply, I'm an infrequent visitor to this forum.
The light has served me well during recent sharpening
To mention a negative: the (IKEA) lamp cannot be raised more than ~8 cm above the grinding stone when positioned above it. Not a problem, rather a restriction of the IKEA lamp itself. I can be e.g. countered by raising the tube some more before drilling the holes into it.
Sorry for the late reply, I'm an infrequent visitor to this forum.
The light has served me well during recent sharpening
To mention a negative: the (IKEA) lamp cannot be raised more than ~8 cm above the grinding stone when positioned above it. Not a problem, rather a restriction of the IKEA lamp itself. I can be e.g. countered by raising the tube some more before drilling the holes into it.
#3
General Tormek Questions / Re: New tormek.com
Last post by RichColvin - Yesterday at 01:26:30 PMI like the new web site.
#4
General Tormek Questions / Re: New tormek.com
Last post by Ken S - Yesterday at 01:41:00 AMHi, Hugo.
Over the years, I have observed several new machines and numerous new or upgraded jigs as well as several upgraded websites. This continuing innovation keeps Tormek fresh. Keep up the good work!
Ken
Over the years, I have observed several new machines and numerous new or upgraded jigs as well as several upgraded websites. This continuing innovation keeps Tormek fresh. Keep up the good work!
Ken
#5
General Tormek Questions / New tormek.com
Last post by Hugo Öhman - November 12, 2026, 11:18:38 AMDear Tormek Community,
We want to inform you that this morning we launched a new tormek.com. It has an updated design and it is a new platform that allows us to long term develop new functions. There are and will be quite a few errors, so please be patient with us. If you want to report an issue, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "new web issue" and it will reach the right people. For USA the domain is tormek.us.
We hope you like the new design and will be able to find everything you need.
As always, stay sharp!
Hugo from Tormek
We want to inform you that this morning we launched a new tormek.com. It has an updated design and it is a new platform that allows us to long term develop new functions. There are and will be quite a few errors, so please be patient with us. If you want to report an issue, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "new web issue" and it will reach the right people. For USA the domain is tormek.us.
We hope you like the new design and will be able to find everything you need.
As always, stay sharp!
Hugo from Tormek
#6
Knife Sharpening / Re: Dishing on Right Side of B...
Last post by John_B - November 11, 2026, 07:52:20 PMI sharpen heel to tip then back to heel.
I have seen people sharpen tip to heel then back to tip and the hesitation before reversing can cause a dip.
I have seen people sharpen tip to heel then back to tip and the hesitation before reversing can cause a dip.
#7
Tormek T-1 and T-2 / Re: New DC-150
Last post by Ken S - November 11, 2026, 09:40:29 AMYes, the DC-150 wheel for the T1 is part of the Tormek lineup. It should be available soon. Support told me that it will ship to the US by ship. I checked the Sharpening Supplies website. It is listed as "out of stock" until it arrives.
Support also said that it is designed for repairs as opposed to routine sharpening, thus expanding the original purpose of the T1.
Ken
Support also said that it is designed for repairs as opposed to routine sharpening, thus expanding the original purpose of the T1.
Ken
#8
Knife Sharpening / Re: Dishing on Right Side of B...
Last post by tgbto - November 10, 2026, 03:05:27 PMJohn, does this mean you sharpen both ways ? Now that you mention it, I've always sharpened heel-to-tip, never the other way around, and never questioned that. I'd have to look at a 101-level video from Tormek to see what they advise...
#9
Knife Sharpening / Re: Dishing on Right Side of B...
Last post by John_B - November 09, 2026, 07:23:46 PMYou may be hesitating as you reach the end where you get dishing extending the contact time. Then you grind some more as you start up and go the other way. One way to minimize this is to grind in one direction then immediately remove blade from wheel and reposition to tip and start again keeping even pressure throughout the process. This is where practice on a sacrificial knife helps.
#10
Knife Sharpening / Re: Dishing on Right Side of B...
Last post by Mark Greene - November 09, 2026, 01:47:00 PMGreat input, thanks. I tried other search terms and couldn't find anything. I'll try "overgrind"