Off Topic Is toohr 3 a good choice in the low price segment?

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hiulam

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I am unsure about which type of knife sharpener to buy that is affordable for beginners.
Please give me your opinions.
 
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I have a workshop. But nothing else to compare it to.

But I like the results I get. And I think it is a bit cheaper.

Otherwise I recently got a strop. Which is just some leather and wood and polishing compound. And that has raised my knife sharpening game.

(I am going to try a temu strop which is about $4. I don't think there is a difference between good ones and bad ones.

But I will find out I guess.
 
hiulam said:
I am unsure about which type of knife sharpener to buy that is affordable for beginners.
Please give me your opinions.
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There is a fair bit of good information about the toohr sharpening set up here in the sharpening forum. You will just have to search for it, but unless you have mechanical skills it may not be for you. It is a good set up from most reports, but comes with some bugs that need to be ironed out and that is where you may need some good mechanical skills. I would be looking at other units that work straight out of the box without any issues. As a beginner look at something simple to hone your skills. Sometimes simpler is better. Then you can look to upgrade as you work out what your needs are.
 
There is a post here on them. https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/toohr-3-knife-sharpener.1886171/

They tend to need a fair bit of work in the start to get them really good. I think Gritomatic still has some of them with the 3d printed upgrades in the post. The chinese site has generic tsprof style clamps that you can order that fit it and work well if you don't want to invest in actual tsprof/hapstone ones.

The main part about these units that is great is the sliding upright unit. They aren't the best quality but can certainly do a good job sharpening. I usually use my Hapstone R2 now since I don't have to futz around with clamp adapters and the like to use the clamps, scissor attachment, table attachment etc.
 
cudgee said:
There is a fair bit of good information about the toohr sharpening set up here in the sharpening forum. You will just have to search for it, but unless you have mechanical skills it may not be for you. It is a good set up from most reports, but comes with some bugs that need to be ironed out and that is where you may need some good mechanical skills. I would be looking at other units that work straight out of the box without any issues. As a beginner look at something simple to hone your skills. Sometimes simpler is better. Then you can look to upgrade as you work out what your needs are.
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Can you recommend me some knife sharpeners that are ready to use out of the box?
 
hiulam said:
Can you recommend me some knife sharpeners that are ready to use out of the box?
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The worksharp has about 2 bits that are connected to the main bit via magnets.

And then just sits there on the desk.

All the stones are on a dial thing and you just go rough, smooth, smooth.

The knife clamps in via another dial.

And you set the angle via a dial.

I found it quite intuitive. And I am the worst for not being able to figure stuff like that out.

 
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sodak said:
How does the base of the Hapstone attach to the counter? I couldn't tell from those pictures.
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It doesn't. The base is designed to be heavy enough not to need to be attached to a counter.
 
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