Cameron Wilcox
Well-Known Member
I used to post here pretty frequently but fell off of knife making for a while, now I need some semi-related help.
I work in a kitchen and have recently been given the task of taking over for our sharpening company (they are terrible). However since this is going to be regular sharpening for 3 full kitchens, it's not really feasible to do it all by hand. I'm used to working on a belt grinder and having a slightly convex edge would be beneficial here since the knives see some pretty rough use. The issue I'm running into is finding a belt grinder that can go slow enough to be better for sharpening. So far I've come to either just a run of the mill belt grinder and accept that the speed will give less than ideal results, or go all out on a Coote and have to find an appropriate motor and pulley set up.
Are there any better set ups that would be better for strictly sharpening knives?
I appreciate any input.
I work in a kitchen and have recently been given the task of taking over for our sharpening company (they are terrible). However since this is going to be regular sharpening for 3 full kitchens, it's not really feasible to do it all by hand. I'm used to working on a belt grinder and having a slightly convex edge would be beneficial here since the knives see some pretty rough use. The issue I'm running into is finding a belt grinder that can go slow enough to be better for sharpening. So far I've come to either just a run of the mill belt grinder and accept that the speed will give less than ideal results, or go all out on a Coote and have to find an appropriate motor and pulley set up.
Are there any better set ups that would be better for strictly sharpening knives?
I appreciate any input.