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Pays_in_Bitcoin
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Aug 22, 2016
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Rath
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Aug 22, 2016
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Pays_in_BitcoinLike anything else, I'd say it's a tradeoff. Sure you can buy the stones for much less, but I'm lousy at getting a consistent angle when I sharpen a knife using the mk1 eyeball. As an alternative I am sure I could build a jig to do more or less the same thing, but I would charge at least this much if someone else asked me to build them one.
With this, someone has already spent the time coming up with a good design, prototyping it, refining it, sourcing the materials and marketing it so I am able to find and obtain it with minimal time investment. I'm willing to pay a bit of a premium for the convenience.
If you prefer to spend the extra time/effort/whatever working out your own system or improving your skill so you you can do it by hand, more power to you.
With this, someone has already spent the time coming up with a good design, prototyping it, refining it, sourcing the materials and marketing it so I am able to find and obtain it with minimal time investment. I'm willing to pay a bit of a premium for the convenience.
If you prefer to spend the extra time/effort/whatever working out your own system or improving your skill so you you can do it by hand, more power to you.
canassa
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Aug 22, 2016
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Pays_in_BitcoinHand sharpening is cheaper, more versatile and is a nice skill to learn anyway. But you would also need to spend many hours sharpening knives in order to develop the correct technique and muscle memory in order to get a somewhat decent result. Even if you have a lot experience sharpening knives you will probably never match the results of this machine anyway.
I have some experience with sharpening by hand and I own an Apex (which is much inferior to this product) and I always get superior results with the Apex.
I have some experience with sharpening by hand and I own an Apex (which is much inferior to this product) and I always get superior results with the Apex.
Kaozer
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Aug 22, 2016
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Pays_in_BitcoinI agree with you. I am not very good at sharpening so i use a spyderco sharpmaker and finish the job with a 10000 grit paste on a strop and still get scary sharp blades...
Pays_in_Bitcoin
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Aug 22, 2016
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RathThanks for your reply. A stance, admittedly, my father would take. When your pockets are deep and you're too old to bother yourself anymore. A lazy rich mans dream, we've hit on their target audience eh? ;)
Rath
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Aug 22, 2016
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Pays_in_BitcoinI don't consider myself rich by any means (lazy is arguable; I prefer to think of it as enlightened efficiency), but I can earn much more than the cost of this device in the time it would take me to learn to sharpen well by hand or to build something myself. I definitely find that as I get older I have more appreciation for the amount of work that goes into producing a good product, end to end. But it's not just age that's changed my perspective, it's also experience, because I know how much time and effort I invest in those things which I build myself, and I increasingly consider my time to be valuable.
All that aside, I don't absolutely need something like this, but I like knives; I have a bunch of them; I dislike damaging a knife with poor sharpening as much as I enjoy the aesthetic of a well-maintained blade. Sharpening is also not high on my list of fun activities. This looks like a pretty good solution to me.
All that aside, I don't absolutely need something like this, but I like knives; I have a bunch of them; I dislike damaging a knife with poor sharpening as much as I enjoy the aesthetic of a well-maintained blade. Sharpening is also not high on my list of fun activities. This looks like a pretty good solution to me.
I_love_stuff
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Aug 23, 2016
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Pays_in_BitcoinWhat you are really paying for is a system that requires very little skill and exact reproducible results every time you use it. I think that is worth the price they are asking for it. But your method is better suited for when the zombie apocalypse happens.
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