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Originally Posted by Longstreet
I understand that I can sharpen kitchen knives with the Pro Apex. The knives I have are the Calphalon Katana Series. My brother uses the same knives and when he spoke with a Calphalon rep about sharpening his knives, he was told that becasue of the type of steel used, when sharpening and knife, he was to pull the blade towards him rather than away. Does this makes sense or is it just a sales pitch? Would the Pro Apex still suit my needs? And finally, which Apex kit should I buy? Kit #4 seems to make the most sense as it comes with more items, but are these all necessary? Please respond. Thanks!
jaYson
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I had the Apex. Great for re-profiling an edge. Not as good for knives with smallish blades. I bought it used off a knife forum, then sold it on Ebay for more than I paid. I think, at least with the stones I had for it, it would have trouble with some of the more curved blade shapes, e.g. Emerson Commander (which I don't own but is on my wish list.) The stones seem a little wide to do well with certain contours, but I admit I never had the chance to try it on something like that.
I now have a Spyderco Sharpmaker, which will give you a sharp blade quickly as long as you don't have to really change the profile. (It's set at either 30 or 40 degrees.) I could use a set of coarser stones for it. I've got a MOD CQD Mark II that is taking a long time to take the shoulders off before the 40 degree angle will even hit the edge. I don't know what steel it is, but it's tough. The Edge Pro with the coarse stones would have it re-profiled in a couple of passes.
I can't imagine why the EdgePro wouldn't work with Calphalon kitchen knives.