Gatco Sharpener

[Illinigolf40]

Hello

My dad gave me a Gatco knife sharperner that he had sitting around for several years. I believe it is the "Gatco Ultimate Diamond Knife Sharpening System".

I am having a tough time finding much info, so hoping someone can help me out.

Does anyone know that grit each of the stones approximately are?

In the kit: coarse diamond home, medium diamond hone, fine diamond hone, and ultra fine finishing hone.

Assuming I just want to do a little touch up and polishing, which ones should I use?

I was hoping to find a leather stropping one, but not seeing a Gatco anywhere. I assume a Lansky or other similar brand would work fine? What is the difference between the leather stropping and the "ultra fine finishing hone" that I have?

Thank you!

 

[kreisler]

i saw this video on youtube a while ago:

and then lost interest in the product. That's all i can comment, sorry.

 

[SVTFreak]

I was given one. Some of his points are true but easily remedied. The top screw you don’t need to get it tight. When you tighten the bottom it pinches tighter. Neither the lansky or gatco need the top bolt that tight.

My biggest problem is smaller blades the stones hit the aluminum on the real shallow angles but that happened with my old lansky sometimes. I’ve ground mine down a touch.

The stones suck. I have the diamond ones. They do quite welll

Is it the best thing out there? Nope. Can I get a knife extremely sharp with one? Oh yeah. Very. Had quite good compliments from people who bought knives I’ve used it on.

Fwiw, I use 19 deg then touch up on sharpmaker.

 

[Illinigolf40]

I was given one. Some of his points are true but easily remedied. The top screw you don’t need to get it tight. When you tighten the bottom it pinches tighter. Neither the lansky or gatco need the top bolt that tight.

My biggest problem is smaller blades the stones hit the aluminum on the real shallow angles but that happened with my old lansky sometimes. I’ve ground mine down a touch.

The stones suck. I have the diamond ones. They do quite welll

Is it the best thing out there? Nope. Can I get a knife extremely sharp with one? Oh yeah. Very. Had quite good compliments from people who bought knives I’ve used it on.

Fwiw, I use 19 deg then touch up on sharpmaker.

Thanks for the feedback. Mine indicate that they are the diamond hones. Which do you frequently use? I'm just doing light touch up work.

 

[SVTFreak]

I use diamond only.

I only use mine to reprofile. So I use them all. If I was just touching up occasionally, I’d do it more often and use the finest one only. You can remove a lot of metal fast with the course. Only should need the course and medium to reprofile or to remove nicks etc. I only ever use it first sharpening of a new knife.

 

[Mo2]

I would recommend a bench strop or two with compound. Strops on guided systems have a tendency to round the tip.