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I'd consider one for heavy reprofiling, but I avoid anything powered like that for fear of burning the edge, which doesn't take much at all. That plus the potential to really jack up your bevel if you accidentally run the wrong angle and/or to remove way more metal than necessary, and it's just not...

For years I used the Lansky 4-stone diamond kit and even though the finest stone is only 600 grit I always was able to make a pretty sharp edge. I reasently got a shapphire stone for this kit but haven't gotten around to trying it since I got the Tormek T-7. The Tormek is great but it takes time to ...

Cool to see I'm not the only one with a sharpening fetish. You should however be careful removing burrs like that. You might chip the blade. I always hone the burrs off and only use wood like that when there are no, to the naked eye, visible burrs.