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[pmillen]

If your blade is longer, could you not reclamp at a different spot to finish the blade?

Yes.  There's a bit of a downside to this in that the user may create a spot on the edge where the two sharpenings don't match well.  That's why, in my question to Work Sharp, I asked, "What is the longest blade that it can sharpen without releasing and re-clamping?"

[pmillen]

Evidently the Work Sharp Precision Adjust Knife Sharpener sold out at all outlets in less than a month.

[W6YJ]

In looking at videos o the Work Sharp and similar products, I was more than slightly surprised to see people moving the sharpening stone up and down over a fixed position on the blade.

To me, that seems like it would make a somewhat uneven edge versus sliding the sharpening stone along the length of the blade.

[pmillen]

In looking at videos o the Work Sharp and similar products, I was more than slightly surprised to see people moving the sharpening stone up and down over a fixed position on the blade.

To me, that seems like it would make a somewhat uneven edge versus sliding the sharpening stone along the length of the blade.

My father, the lifelong butcher, taught me to hold the whetstone in one hand and stroke the knife edge back and forth on it with the other.  I asked the same question, "Won't one portion of the blade be worn down more than the area right next to it?"  His answer, "Only if you rub one area 50 times more than the next."

Evidently, the individual strokes don't remove an appreciable amount of material and they tend to overlap and even out.

[W6YJ]

Hah, that's good to know. I would have never guessed.

Thanks...

[pmillen]

The Work Sharp stones are much narrower that the typical hand-held whetstone, so the overlap can't be as great.  I'd think along your lines and move the stones laterally along the blade edge as I made my sharpening strokes.

[W6YJ]

That would be my method also.

[Jimsbarbecue]

We have a Edge Pro and as mentioned once sharp. They stay that way for a long time. If the one you have is a good knock off it should be grate. The Edge Pro has some good videos on how to use.