LANShark42
Master
I'll apologize in advance for the length of this post. I tend to ramble...
I got into knives a few years ago, thanks to the purchase of a Benchmade Bone Collector and a Spyderco Manix2 I bought used from the classifieds here from either Que or Rhino. I have a pretty wide variety now, mostly Kershaw, mostly cheap(ish). My main concerns are the 2 I mentioned above and my 3 ZT knives, a 0562, a 0566CF and a 0350. I want to be able to sharpen and maintain them (and all of the others, too.)
Upon the recommendation of someone from a FB group (who seemed like he knew what he was talking about) I bought a Spyderco Sharpmaker. I've never really gotten the hang of using it. I'm not sure I have the patience required. I used it on all of my kitchen knives with poor to moderate results. I've been afraid to use it on my pocket knives, especially those with better quality steel.
So as a Christmas present to myself, I bought a Ken Onion Workshop. It will be here in a couple of days. I haven't read a bad review of it yet. I'd like to know the thoughts of anyone who has used one. I'd like to be able to sharpen anything from 14C28N and AUS-8 to Elmax and C35VN. Is that possible with the Workshop? And again, I don't have a lot of patience. LOL
Thanks in advance for your thoughts...
I got into knives a few years ago, thanks to the purchase of a Benchmade Bone Collector and a Spyderco Manix2 I bought used from the classifieds here from either Que or Rhino. I have a pretty wide variety now, mostly Kershaw, mostly cheap(ish). My main concerns are the 2 I mentioned above and my 3 ZT knives, a 0562, a 0566CF and a 0350. I want to be able to sharpen and maintain them (and all of the others, too.)
Upon the recommendation of someone from a FB group (who seemed like he knew what he was talking about) I bought a Spyderco Sharpmaker. I've never really gotten the hang of using it. I'm not sure I have the patience required. I used it on all of my kitchen knives with poor to moderate results. I've been afraid to use it on my pocket knives, especially those with better quality steel.
So as a Christmas present to myself, I bought a Ken Onion Workshop. It will be here in a couple of days. I haven't read a bad review of it yet. I'd like to know the thoughts of anyone who has used one. I'd like to be able to sharpen anything from 14C28N and AUS-8 to Elmax and C35VN. Is that possible with the Workshop? And again, I don't have a lot of patience. LOL
Thanks in advance for your thoughts...