Tormek T8 tips and tricks 

Jimmy Seymour thank you !

Why ? Depending on the curve of the knife , rotating it may keep it at the same distance , hence same angle . I have had a Tormek for 12 years and either way works . Imo the skill of the operator has more to do than rotating vs lifting .

Rodger Myers Because if you rotate the blade as he does in the video, you create a totally different edge angle on the tip of the blade. The black knob of the holder should always be kept parallel to the tool rest.

@@jesperwall839 Yep. Thumbs up for that response. For all things Tormek, I highly recommend that anyone just starting out or with questions or is open & willing to learning more about the Tormek or similar wet stone wheel sharpening , watch the excellent sharpening channel here on RU-vid called "Knife Grinders". It's a German fellow as far as I can tell who lives & works in Australia & is a highly regarded, successful, knowledgeable & technical professional knife sharpener. You might think you know something until you watch & learn from this man. He has literally written a book on knife sharpening & developed many products in conjunction with Tormek for ultimate, high level sharpening. "Sharpco" is another good resource channel on RU-vid for Tormek sharpening. He appears to have learned, been in touch & purchased the software as well as other accessories developed from Knife Grinders. These fellows are in a whole different league than any other person uploading Tormek videos.

André Mota thank you !

Dave Martinez I have not used it yet but I do hear great things about it! Leaves a great mirror edge and you are right no need to hone or strop after.

The Japanese Waterstone does a phenomenal job I love it

The Japanese stone (SJ250) came out of round and needed ~2mm to be taken off with the truing tool. It’s also very soft-surprisingly so. The downside of the softness is that it can catch the knife while sharpening (with or without the knife jig), gouging the stone and putting a nick in the blade. Personally a good whetstone, such as a Shapton, produces a better result more quickly.Naturally, your mileage may vary.

buzzy f thabk you! And for longer blade you will have to angle it more on the hone, if you remove the wheel the shaft that runs through the machine will actually come out. So you want to leave the stone wheel installed and just go more at a angle on the honing wheel, i suppose if you want to remove the wheel you can put a spacer like stacked washers to hold it all together!

Makes sense, thanks

Because its a microtech and I own several so trust me I know from the same mistake they are alot like a high end car dealership you have to send it back for sharpening and any maintenance or it will void the warranty just thought you might want to know for future customers who take there knifes to you but great review other that lol

Shelley Raskin for a full or heavy recurve you would need to round one of the corners of the stone, I prefer to do full or heavy recurved on my edge pro professional model with 1/2 inch stones!

Reissner Pabón Castro con este tipo de afilador? puedes meter algo de hasta 2cm yo he afilado fallkniven pro s1 y a1 y sin problemas yo tengo un t4, si tu pregunta es por el ángulo de afilado todos los tormek llegan con un adicional de plástico para que tengas el mismo ángulo siempre

CFFG. Foon hello im based out of buffalo NY I sharpen knives from all over the world! Was there something I can help you with?