Any of you fellas use KME? That’s where I’m leaning.
I got my dad a KME last year for father's day, and I've got a TSProf K03 (similar to the Edgepro, uses the same stones). He loves the KME (he used a lansky for decades before, and its the most comparable system out there I can think of) and can put a great edge on a knife, but I personally prefer the additional flexibility, better stone selection, and ability to set and measure precise angles and do convexed edges with my TSProf.
If you're more interested in a benchtop setup with a heavier/sturdier base than the KME or Edgepro offers, starting at about the same price as edgepro and going up from there, I'd also recommend checking out Hapstone! You can get a magnetic table for the knives similar to the edgepro, as well as a rotating clamp like the TSProf and swap them out depending on what you're doing! They have a pretty nice black friday sale going on now, but I dont know how long it will last.
They're also made in Ukraine as opposed to Russia, so you're helping out some people that need it as well as avoiding paying a huge premium of mainly punitive tariffs that have been imposed on the TSProf products through no direct fault of their own.
