Description
The WE130 is our most versatile sharpener. It offers you the ability to clamp
the widest variety of knife grinds, gives you the widest range of angles and
the ability to adjust the angles independently. These features create a
sharpening system with a highly controlled level of precision for the serious
knife enthusiast. The WE130 Precision Sharpener includes our patented
Generation 3 Cam-Lock Vise. This vise is ideal for accommodating a wide
variety of knife grinds, including fully flat and hollow ground blades. The
Split Jaw Design of the vise allows the jaws to flex so they can firmly grasp
distally tapered blades, like many everyday-carry pocket knives and kitchen
knives. It offers an expansive range of sharpening angles, allowing you to
sharpen a wide assortment of blades, from 13 to 35 degrees per side. Blades
with wider angles such as cleavers, bushcraft knives, and blades with chisel
grinds, are all possible on this sharpener, as well as blades with low angles,
like many Japanese knives and many knives made from modern super steels. The
WE130 also provides independent angle adjustment, allowing you to sharpen
asymmetrical grinds. For avid sharpeners, collectors and knife enthusiasts,
the desire to retain the original design or a custom bevel on your knife is
paramount to your passion for knives. This sharpener offers coarse angle
adjustments in 1 degree increments and micro adjustments of .05 degrees,
giving you the flexibility to match the original bevels of your knives without
the need to modify the knife’s original grind or unnecessarily remove excess
material. The included 10” Guide Rods will allow you to handle knives up to 15
inches in length and the vise has a maximum clamping capacity of 3/16” with an
optional attachment (sold separately) for clamping knives with thicknesses up
to 1/4". The WE130 Sharpener can be easily mounted to a home workstation or it
can be mounted to any of the bases we offer, with the provided hardware.
