WICKEDedge WE100 - Correct Positioning

CORRECT
POSITIONING
Correct Positioning of your Knife - Finding the
“Sweet Spot”
The easiest way to nd the “sweet spot” for a
given knife is to mount the knife with the blade
approximately centered in the clamp and then,
again, color in the entire bevel with a Sharpie
marker. Lightly swipe one of the ne stones down
the length of the blade to see where the marker is
removed. If the stone is removing the marker
from the edge along the straight portion of the
blade but then dipping down into the shoulder
toward the tip, you need to reposition the knife
with the tip closer to the clamp. If the opposite
happens – that the stone removes the marker at
the shoulder of the bevel along the straight
portion and then moves to the edge along the
curve, then you need to reposition the knife with
the tip further from the clamp. This technique will
give you a consistent bevel throughout the
length of the blade.
Bevel is colored in
from Shoulder to
Edge with marker.
Marker is removed at
Edge at the Heel and
on the Shoulder at the
Tip - Knife is too far
forward: reposition with
tip closer to clamp.
Marker is removed at
Shoulder at the Heel
and on the Edge at
the Tip - Knife is too far
back: reposition with tip
further from clamp.
Marker is removed
parallel to the Edge
and Shoulder along
the length of the
Blade - Knife is
correctly positioned.
Heel
1.
3 4
1 2
Edge
Belly
Tip
Shoulder
Heel
Edge
Belly
Tip
Shoulder
Heel
Edge
Belly
Tip
Shoulder
Heel
Edge
Belly
Tip
Shoulder
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Fig. 7-1 Fig. 7-2
Fig. 7-3 Fig. 7-4