As a professional knife sharpener using this system for over twenty years, you have to turn this grinder around for safety reasons. A friend of mine had the knife kick back at him and he severed his femoral artery. Lucky for him the hospital was only one block away or else he would not have survived. The other reason to turn the grinder away from you is that the metal removal from the knife will be less. I do not recommend this system for heavy sharpening for things such as hatchets or axes. This system works great for knives.

2:53 this guy (razor sharp edge making system) lives by my house! I’m in Roseville which borders up to Citrus Heights, I’m gonna call him see if he has a used one so i can practice for my kitchen knives. Thank you so much!!!! This Made grannies day! Thanks for detailed video!

I have the same setup and absolutely love it. It is now my go-to Christmas present when my wife asks what we should get for dad/brother/uncle/etc.

Best no-bullshit video I've seen on the topic.

Something that I am interested in for any knife sharpening video is a real close up view of the blade edge. Its nice to see what kind of edge it puts on.

I saw this at the gun show in Dallas many, many years ago. Thought it was gimmicky. But man that guy made knives so sharp that they could cut through space and time.

Like you, I had diamond stones, guides, lansky system and I could not consistently get good edges. I bought this system and now I can sharpen anything. Well worth the price.

I have been using a 1x30 belt system for my Sharpening business for years. I have added two Tormek T8's and have added tool sharpening to my service. You said it all when you said "if you know how to use it". I have refurbished a lot of knives that were almost destroyed using a paper wheel system.

Good vid. I’ve had this system for a few months and haven’t used it yet. I’ve been hesitant because of a slight wobble. It’s been sitting on my bench grinder since. I’m going to head out to the shop tonight and sharpen everything! Haha. Thanks for the tips and killer vid.

Dunn knife sharpening system was the first that cane out with this that I know of back in thelate 70s Early 80s

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I think you did an excellent job covering everything about the system. Thanks

Great video! Thanks brother! I just recently bought this system and I’m setting it up today. 👍🏻

good job explaining and showing

Thanku this,was all helpful, incredible what the wheels do. God bless

Great system. I sharpen my 2 blade broadheads with these.

Love the video!!! I love the fact you mentioned angles. That is so important for a longer lasting blade. If you want to know how to make a hollow grinder let me know. I’ve built several over the years for work. God bless and be safe. Ron

I have one of those orange HF grinders! Its a 6 inch. It works but it leaves a lot to be desired.

I use that same style setup. I use the side to sharpen my fixed 3 blade VPA broadheads.... very carefully though!

I really like your video amazing job it's very clear the way you explain things

Great tips. Thanks

I like how you explained your method of finding your "20⁰-25⁰" The technique is 👌👍

This is the second video of this system I have viewed. Both installs and demonstrations gave me concern for the safety of use of the grinder and specifically the direction of spin. Having the wheels turn toward the user is extremely dangerous. One needs to turn the grinder around so the wheels turn away from user. You will find that this will vastly improve the handling of your approach ergonomically. Primarily, the wheels will be turning away from the blade edge. Yes, the blades were held facing away by the user in both videos. The point is when the blade is facing toward the direction of the wheel rotation there is a greater propensity for the blade to grab the wheel sending the blade into the user. Using this system with the direction of spin away from the user could prevent a serious accident or fatality. This also gives the user better control in sharpening the edge. Safety First.

Awesome!, Thats what I was looking for!

Great video, thanks for the advice. Just ordered the system, can't wait to get started. John

HH, I have been using these wheels for a long time. When it's time to regrit the wheel, you will have to clean the wheel first and take it down to "new" paper as to remove any old grit and wax. What I do is take an angle grinder and turn the wheel on and turn the grinder on and grind down the wheel until it gets to new paper. With both grinders spinning at the same time on different planes, it allows you to clean, straighten up and true the surface in just a few minutes. Also, when gluing on the new grit, take a piece of paper and lay under the wheel to catch any grit that gets dropped in the gluing process. Then pour the recovered grit back into the container when done. When smearing on the glue, smear on a thin layer with your finger. Don't spend too much time with the glue as after a couple minutes, you will make it worse. Then don't waste any time and sprinkle some grit onto the glue as you rotate the wheel by hand. DO NOT TURN THE WHEEL ON WHEN THE GLUE IS WET. It will sling the wet glue and grit all over the place. When you have finished sprinkling on the grit, the wet glue will want to slowly creep down the wheel and you will end up with the wheel being thicker on bottom and thinner on top. So you will need to rotate the wheel slowly by hand every few minutes until the glue firms up. What I do is take a cordless drill and install a small wheel into the chuck and ziptie the trigger to spin very slow. Then I prop it up against the buffing wheel so it will slowly turn until the glue is set. This way works very well. I also grind the buffing wheel down and give it a new surface. I have a delta variable speed grinder that works great. Those pocket knives with small blades are easy to over grind with a high rpm so with the variable speed, I can slow it down on small thin blades. When sharpening those 2-4 bladed folders, look at the edge angle. The angle is offset due to the blade design so sharpen accordingly. If yo run out of wax, you can use some bowstring wax that comes in a tube. You can find it a local hunting shop. Just make sure it is beeswax. I have sharpened a lot of knives and those wheels and they works great. You can get them as sharp as humanly possible with them in just a few minutes. Sure makes for skinning a deer a lot easier. By the way, I just ordered a bigfoot camera today after watching your videos. I bought a refurb 3g and a solar charger, and steel case. I get bad service here in southeast Missouri so I will have to see how well it works. I seen that they sell an "anti-chew sleeve" as to detour critters from chewing on the antenna. I was wondering if one could use a piece of the outer insulation off of some 10/3 Romex wire. The "Ro" in Romex means rodent proof. Cut a piece about a foot long and slide off the insulation and slide it over the antenna. It should work.

Great video, I’ve got to get one

Ty so much

very nice thanks

The best video about this product

I have been using this system for twenty years now. The grinder has a dedicated place on my Work bench. I can see on your polishing wheel that it needs to be dressed really bad. Once you get the wheels dressed perfectly round you will get that nice black finish over the entire wheel. About once a year I dress just the polishing wheel. Takes a little work to work the polishing wheel filled with the white polishing compound.

I use a 1x30 belt sander followed by a paper wheel from Grizzly on my bench grinder. Works quite similarly! It’s incredible how fast you can get a razor edge. Way quicker than these complicated jigs and fixtures and clamps with rods and six levels of stones. Or whetstones. I can’t believe the time and energy people put in to sharpening. I had an Edge Pro before I knew better. What a PIA production to break that out and use it!

I got one of those many years ago,awesome sharpener

Turn the grinder around so the rotation is away from your body, plus you will be working on the top of the wheel and you will be able to see what your doing. Rex

Very cool

I got my 10" wheels a few days ago and now realize they are slightly out of round so I will need to true them and then re-grit my wheel. Lots of extra work to do but your video helped convince me I can do it. Thanks.

Great video! Can you recommend a source to buy a similar bench grinder like you have in the video? Is that a 6 or 8 inch grinder.

Hi, I was wondering whether you can sharpen a knife by holding the edge of the knife such that the sharpening wheel turns along the blade than across it. Also is there reason the knife maynot get sharpened this way?

I probably don't need to mention that the grinder would be better turned around so the disks spin away from you. Love your enthusiasm for the system.

Wow I love your enthusiasm about this system! I tried whetstone, worksharp, some Chinese system who replicate the lansky, but I was never satisfied! My edge were great, not incredible, but I’m looking for a fast reliable system where I can sharp crap knife and expensive one! Do you think this one will do the job??? Many thanks in advance

I have been thinking about one these the last few days and lord have your video popped up. I see people at trade shows sharpening knives for money using this method. Outside of kitchen knives I carry traditional small pocket knives and I am thinking it would be very quick and easy to sharpen the 3 blades. A little worried about it removing too much metal from the blade. The blades are small to begin with. Have you sharpened traditional small knives before?

Good tip with the 90" angle is water level, will try to remember that...

I am brand new at this. Have viewed several tutorials. What is our opinion of home made MDF wheels?

I’ve had it for a couple years now , it was fantastic until I had to replace the grit ,has never been quite the same since and I followed the instructions to the letter about three times now.it still works but not nowhere as long as the original grit.

in greece we made dyi under 10 euro with wood wheels and believe me its worth it.

@HH. What did you use to paint your golf cart frame

I think I'm going to try the ko work sharp system at only 125$ it's a hand held system that uses belts has all the belts has the different degrees to hold the blade at for different blades and tools from mower blades to axes

This would be a good device for fire marshall bill to demonstrate. Let me show you somthin!

Steady hand ✋

Humans have lateral stroke input, that's just the reality. This transforms that beautiful apex back into a bur, often the first time it comes into contact with the cutting board. How do you determine appropriate apex width/diameter for lateral stability of a culinary utility knife ?

Do you keep butterfly stitches in your boat?😂😂😂

Have you sharpened any chisels or planning blades ? You think it would work ? Thanks.

I turn my bench grinder around so the wheel spins away from me. Working near the top of the wheel offers a much safer way to sharpen your knives, axes, cycles, etc.

I wanted to ask you about truing up the wheels…. So when I turn them by hand, there’s a little side to side wobble, but when I turn on the grinder, they are as true as anything. Is this okay?

How can you tell if there's too much wax on the grit wheel? I think I might have applied too much so is there an easy way to remove it? I got these big smooth looking areas where there is no grit and just wax.

I’m curious. How does this do with a really dull knife? Can it take care of rolled edges?

Is this a MDF wheel ?

Will these wheels work on a 1750 RPM grinder? Slower and less heat

I can’t decide between this and the woksharp Ken onion. Does this work on hard super steels?

Does it effect the temperature of the steel?

I just bought the work sharp ken onion sharpener and I love it lol

Just looked on Amazon, says not available and no idea when it will be back

what is the brand of this grinder

The 1x30 Harbor Freight belt sander with various belts does the same thing.

hey guys you can purchase the paper wheel sharpening system from sharpening supplies for I think 35.00$. I do a lot of knife sharpening and these guys flat out have the best prices and a large selection of sharpening systems to chose from. I use the edge pro pro 4 the sharpening paper wheel and everything in between depending on what i am sharpening. I have no connection with sharpening supplies i get no kick back if you use them, they simply have the best prices and the fastest shipping, the shipping will cost you extra only a couple of bucks. Take care and God bless.

Your introduction is to gabby dud just get to it!

Why so much speed? Slower speed grinder and more torque is usually the best idea? Am I missing something?

Had me at "this is a butter knife"

Anybody tried this for hard steel like in mid 50 Rockwell hardness. Want for broadheads

For perfectly sharpening knives i use Japanese whetstones. I am also a knife maker and try to tell people anytime you use a machine that is causing a knife blade to heat up you are making the steel softer and the knife will not hold an edge as for as long. When we temper our knives after quench we are only tempering at 300° to 400° depending on the steel we are using. Using a waterstones you never generate heat to soften a knife and through different grits is how to make a knife as sharp as possible

You want a sharp knife, use a sand blasting tip , ceramic or a car window .. it will be sharp enough to cut time in half ...

i think my buffer goes very fast what do i do????thank walt ////

"I am not trying to sell you anything here"...proceeds to sell it on his Amazon store.

I have had one for years but be careful with the wheels going down I had it jerk a beach made knife out of my hands and broke it in half lucky it missed me

What's the sharpener?

You should flip the motor around to make it safer.

I wonder how durable a concave grind would be, (round wheel will not grind flat). Sharp enough for fish is different than sharp enough for wood. An edge for wood may not last long if the angle is too thin. With a hollow or concave grind, there is not a lot of support for the edge. May be crazy sharp, but not durable.

I wonder if you can sharpen carving chisels on that

You don't need to use paper discs, make your own out of MDF.

when is hot it mean what is happening

Tormek forever )

There’s no way you can eyeball the angles and get them correct swipe after swipe and there’s a big difference between 20 & 25 degrees.

PTL 😂

“Wheel wobble”, determining an angle to sharpen using your eyes…”the best sharpening system in the world”…yeah, right 🤣

You need to tell people clearly about DIRECTION OF WHEEL ! Not everyone may realize, if you have the blade into the wheel, IT CAN "BITE ,VIOLENTLY FAST !".

I was always told to have the wheels going in the opposite direction to a normal grinder for safety and keep the knife on the top of wheels, so if knife catches on the wheel. It is thrown away from body, not towards the body entering the stomach! It makes me cringe watching this way.. If a grinder has no reverse, just turn it around to work from its back. I connected a second switch in reach, push button red /green forget correct name. My trade was a farrier we need very sharp knives and We re-sharpen files and rasps like this method. but instead of glueing stuff on wheel we use a sort of stiff material and it is charged as they say ,by soacking in a abrssive paste over night whichis like your method lasts a long time

I purchased this system at a Woodworking Show, in the early 1980s. I purchased a newer wheel set about 1993. It was no better than the 1st. I've had the systems mounted on two different speed grinder motors. I used it for TEN YEARS! IT IS NOT the best sharpening system. The learning curve is utterly discouraging for most purchasers. YES, you can make a really sharp knife. Yes you can totally ruin a nice knife too. I for one, moved on. I have MULTIPLE sharpening systems that are WAY MORE REPEATABLE and easily achieve just as sharp results. I still have the kit, which are setting unused in the bottom drawer of my tool box. I've loaned it to several friends, The ALL were discouraged, not that they couldn't get repeatable results! THIS SYSTEM is a bad recommendation for the average home sharpener. IF it's so darn good, why don't culinary professionals have one in every kitchen. Answer: it NOT repeatable for the average user. AND, YES, I trued my wheels to the Nth degree. Made little difference in results. I'm at least 30 years older than you, and have MUCH more experience. So, believe me or not.... YOU SHOULDN'T have to monkey around to get good repeatable results...

2:00 South Park. Wrong answers only:

You can breathe freely with a TORMEK, with this you have to hold your breath…

Thts a butter knife ? Not any more .

The Lansky is cheaper and works much better

Over a 100 dollar for the wheels f that

"my wife" "all her knifes in the kitchen" hahaha man freaking the old generation had it good where it was the "wife's kitchen" todays times man cook and clean and wash dishes... and rotate tasks like a partnership... sorry off topic it was just funny

To be precise this is not sharpening, this is stroping (if my English is correct)! Sharpening imply that you restore the old angle of your edge by grinding a small amount of material. This device, which is perfect by the way, is to take away the blurr from sharpening and polish your edge to erase all the microscopic traces made by the stone particules, giving you a mirror finish and a razo sharp! It sound a little bit smartass, sorry, but I just wanted to give that precision. Of course if you live your knife on this device during too long you will take of materials but you will not be able to have the same result as a stone for the edge angle precision...

This is definitely not the best method to sharpen a knife. Get yourself a Work Sharp Ken Onion sharpener. Quit guessing at the angle! If you must use a grinding wheel (on the cheap end) get a WEN grinding system. Comes with most everything you need. Both systems are less than $150 and will do a better job faster.

so i see you are sucked into the Mahi BS it's Dolphine,

What's up with the logo. I want to buy some merch, but the logo looks like a swastika

LOL!!! Before I spend $80-100+ for this I'd just make my own out of MDF,bees wax,and some alum oxide grit

This video is dangerous because you makes pubblicity about something just professional must use!

Paper wheels is a good way to ruin your knives.