What is a good machine/tool/process to buy in the market today?

Wide range of knives... some quality, some less so.

Pocket, Leatheramn, fixed and kitchen type blades.

Thanks

EdgePro Apex

https://www.edgeproinc.com/

I'll second that!!

1x30 grinder. 800 grit belt, and a leather strop belt. Cheap and sharpen anything you want to with it.

Turn loose some of that cash and just get the Edgepro Apex and be done with it.

Wicked edge for the win

You like-a Dat pricey meatball.

I have had excellent results with a edge pro.
Easy to use, I sharpened using stones for years, has a old hunting knife that I lost the edge on and couldn't get it right with a stone.
Fixed it with a edge pro.

Any of you fellas use KME? That’s where I’m leaning.

If you start with a quality knife I have found using a set of ceramic crock sticks and a pass on a strop after using the knife maintains the edge and it rarely needs anything else.

Edge pro works for me

I have seen these in action, but had no idea you could get all the way to 800, 1000 grit. You can also buy a leather strop belt. Did not realize.

I have done OK with a 3x21 belt sander (Ryobi has a flat topside... flipped over) and the 240 grit... finish with a stone or 600/800 grit sandpaper rounds stuck to heavy plate glass etc.

Built a 25 degree jig for block planes and chisels.

Thanks for that info.


I am terrible on maintenance of a keen edge now-a-days... but I did just what you said years ago when I only had one or two knives... It is sound advice.

Never tried a Edge Pro or Chi-Com knock off... But I can see the value.

Thanks to all for the opinions... I really do appreciate your thoughts and time.

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.