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#21

General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Rossy66 - March 23, 2026, 12:19:57 PM

I hope this doesn't come off as arrogant or disrespectful but I am very surprised at a lot of the replies to this question. I have spoken to a few of my engineer friends and they have the same opinion, a machine that has jigs and is designed and sold as a "precision" sharpening system relies on "feel" for what I have read and watched as possibly the most important sharpening steps in the process. The KS-123 is sold as "KS-123 Knife Angle Setter, Set the exact sharpening angle for any type of knife" that's from Tomek's web site and the micro adjust on the US for precision and all the machines, this from the T8 page, "Exact repeatability– sharpen your tools with unbeatable precision"

So with all of this "precision" why leave the honing, which is probably the most important part of sharpening, to be done by hand? surely you would want this as controlled as possible, especially since you can negate all the work done in the sharpening stage by a very basic mistake by rolling over the edge and having to start all over again. As a certified Professional Plant Based Chef who now is trying to start a sharpening business, I sharpened my Japanese knives on stones and although I felt like I did a pretty good job at sharpening them, the finish and edge consistency I get from my T8 is nothing short of spectacular and my knives keep a sharp edge way longer than when I free hand.

As I said in the beginning, my goal is not to offend or disrespect anyone and maybe I shouldn't have asked the same question multiple times as I have gotten some great information from this forum but, I feel a controlled honing system would out perform a freehand one, the guy's at Tormek even say so in their videos.

I hope this post is taken in the spirit of education on my part and as mentioned in my previous posts, a 250mm honing wheel would negate the need to remove the grinding wheel when using the KS-123 to set the same angle when honing using the US, this may only work with the diamond wheels as the do not change in diameter, not sure how that would work on the stone wheels as they get smaller. Thanks.

#22

Knife Sharpening / Re: Free disposable blade prot...

Last post by Rossy66 - March 23, 2026, 11:42:22 AM

I am interested but don't know how to PM you.

#23

General Tormek Questions / Re: Hollow ground messes up sw...

Last post by rolsen - March 23, 2026, 09:52:07 AM

You cannot match the grind, because the diameters of the wheel are different. Just put a secondary bevel on the chisel with the japanese stone, that's what I do.

#24

General Tormek Questions / Hollow ground messes up switch...

Last post by Kemrot - March 23, 2026, 04:24:28 AM

I recently bought the Japanese waterstone for my T4. I tried it on a chisel after using the SG-200 stone and can't get the entire sharpened surface to shine. My SG-200 is older and a lesser diameter than the new Japanese stone and I'm guessing the difference in the radius between the two stones is allowing each stone to touch a different part of my chisel.

Right now I'm resigned to maybe only being able to use the Japanese waterstone on the tip of my chisel.

I also have a nice chisel sharpening kit that I can use with my various other abrasives, but that gives my the typical flat grind that also does not get fully polished with the Japanese waterstone.

Any ideas on how to match up the grinding on the two different stones? Thanks!

#25

Knife Sharpening / ****CLAIMED**** Free disposabl...

Last post by smcinco - March 21, 2026, 07:11:50 PM

Hoping this is ok to post in the forums, if not mod(s) pls delete:

*x-posted*

These came with a T-8 I purchased.  I shelved them thinking maybe I could use but I'd rather let them go to use for one of the sharpeners here if anyone can use.  They have stickers on them, can just put a new sticker over them.

PM me and we can figure out how to get them to you...

#26

General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Herman Trivilino - March 21, 2026, 02:41:46 AM

it gets frustrating to sharpen a knife with a great edge and then mess it up on the honing side.

What do you mean by "mess it up"? What's happening that makes you think it's messed up?

It really is quite easy, with a bit of practice, to hone free hand. I suggest you try it on something that has a wide beveled edge, such as a wood chisel. Be aware that if you hone at too small of an angle the edge won't make contact with the wheel so you can't mess anything up. As you gradually increase the angle you can feel and hear it when you've got the entire length of the bevel in contact with the surface of the wheel. Go too far and you not only start to round over the edge, you can hear and feel that difference. I suggest you practice with some cheap chisels and knives.

#27

Knife Sharpening / Re: 3D printed pre USB setup

Last post by tgbto - March 18, 2026, 08:22:09 AM

Just so I understand the whole picture, how will you be setting up grinding angle beforehand ?

#28

Knife Sharpening / Re: some subtle information ab...

Last post by Ken S - March 18, 2026, 04:30:40 AM

Good point. I had forgotten about my 2024 post. The video can stand on its own merits.

Ken

#29

General Tormek Questions / Re: expanded TT-50 thoughts

Last post by Herman Trivilino - March 17, 2026, 09:45:30 PM

I don't feel the wheel is "sharpening ready" right after it has been trued (because of too-high cutting-efficiency ) so I usually add a quick pass with a diamond plate to break down the ridges. Going **very** slowly when truing, both in terms of lowering the USB and in terms of moving the diamond tip left and right, creates shallower grooves. So the stone is closer to "sharpening-ready" afterwards.

I agree, if by "sharpening ready" you mean ready to sharpen something like a good knife or a chisel that need a tune up. However, if I have a dull mower blade handy (and I always do because for many years now I always have two blades, one installed and one dull and near the bench waiting to be sharpened) a freshly-trued grindstone is very effective at removing a lot of steel fast, which is what's needed for a dull mower blade.

Of course, the same is true of an old dull wood chisel that perhaps you loaned to a neighbor who seemed to think it's an all-purpose tool that can be used to bend nails out of the way during demo, or opening paint cans!

After sharpening such a tool, and applying the stone grader, the grindstone is now ready for sharpening more refined tools and good knives.

#30

Knife Sharpening / Re: 3D printed pre USB setup

Last post by Nik3 - March 17, 2026, 09:05:20 PM

How do you envision these being used?

Hi.

1. The round part will attach to the USB.
2. And then lowered so the flat "bottom" is against the fvb.
3. Tighten the USB tightening nubs, 4. Then lowering the micro adjustment nuts on the USB.

When wanting the to remove the burr with 2° deg higher.
Undo the USB tightening nubs.
Lift up the USB and slide the "washer" under the micro adjustment nuts and press down and tighten USB tightening nubs.

USB = universal support bar
Fvb = frontal Vertical base