06-14-2018, 04:45 PM
These little gadgets must be one of the fastest growing type of edge maintenance tools. There were several different varieties at Blade last year, which really surprised me. I mean after I checked one out, I couldn't believe there were more.
They appear very simple to operate, which is why they are popular. You can probably see that it would be pretty difficult to actually hit the correct angle for the edge of your blade though. It's very natural to draw your blade too deeply, so the wires ride against the shoulder of the primary bevel. Even the guy who demonstrated it for me did exactly that.
These only allow extremely light pressure of the silly little wires against the blade, so I would be pretty surprised if you could actually accomplish anything compared to what you could do with any sort of steel or ceramic rod.
Just the latest fad IMHO.
They appear very simple to operate, which is why they are popular. You can probably see that it would be pretty difficult to actually hit the correct angle for the edge of your blade though. It's very natural to draw your blade too deeply, so the wires ride against the shoulder of the primary bevel. Even the guy who demonstrated it for me did exactly that.
These only allow extremely light pressure of the silly little wires against the blade, so I would be pretty surprised if you could actually accomplish anything compared to what you could do with any sort of steel or ceramic rod.
Just the latest fad IMHO.