A few of us on here hunt, and everyone knows a knife is a great companion in life both for general tasks and processing game. The ability to cut is very difficult to recreate in nature without a knife. I’ve never had the talent of free hand sharpening so always avoided it, i’ve known a Russian brand for a few years now but was never overly interested in investing in a system. Over the past year with firearms out of the picture for the moment my interest has gone back to knives and sharpening/maintanance so it was time to invest in a decent sharpening system. This ladies and gents is the Tfprof Blitz 360 made in mother Russia and is a bit of a work of art manufacturing wise.
The precision you can acheive with this thing is unmatched to any system out there at the moment, it can adjust in half milimetre increments. I’m still on a bit of a learning curve this week but here are some of my recent results
It’s hard to get the right light with a camera but both are mirror polished edges and razor sharp, i practiced on my old knives first and i did make a few mistakes here and there but i think i’ve ironed them out mostly now.
Cost me just short of $900 in a kit with a few additional stones, tools and digital inclometre ( angle cube ) the stones make up over half the cost of that. I got mine from the Australian distributor called Zanvak online
I got both in my kit, 3 x diamond hones course, medium, fine and 5 traditional water stones, Naniwa 220, chosera 600, chosera 1000, Naniwa 1k and a chosera 3k, i also bought a strop to fit the kit and limit stops to ensure i don’t over travel, you can get the sharpener way cheaper if you have bits already
Cool thanks for the info, looks way better quality than the other systems I’ve looked at. A little on the pricey side but it does look like you get what you pay for. Darn sexy bit of kit…
I bought a few of the Naniwa stones but still have the issue of hand angles. I think you have value there based on the chinbay type jobs of similar design.
Looks like an over-engineered Lansky with three times as much metal. How perfectly Soviet. If you know a butcher, they’ll quickly show you how to hone the blade while you cut. Im not a butcher, but like many I used to be too shallow when angling the blade against a steel. A butcher I worked for corrected me, and then I didnt have to reprofile as much.
Same principal but a lansky can’t sharpen a scandi or convex knife, i looked at the lansky’s early on but they seemed a little imperfect, i can dial this thing within the half millimetre to any angle i want and use any 1x6 stone i want, where as with lansky your limited to their system of stones, yeah i paid for this privilege but i think its worth it when i’m sharpening $400 + knives
not quite ready to offer a sharpening service down the track, my knives are one thing but if someone was sending their knife in id want to get it perfect! Almost there, maybe another knife or two, but every blade shape and steel is different and responds differently to the stones, i think next on my list is 5,000 and 10,000 grit stones
not quite ready to offer a sharpening service down the track, my knives are one thing but if someone was sending their knife in id want to get it perfect! Almost there, maybe another knife or two, but every blade shape and steel is different and responds differently to the stones, i think next on my list is 5,000 and 10,000 grit stones
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