Work Sharp Professional Precision Adjust!

[draperfish]

I've probably spent half as much on bench stones, belt sharpeners, diamond stones, ceramic stones, and sharpening systems, over the years as I have on buying knives. I love sharpening my knives as much as I love fidgeting with them. I've gotten pretty good at hand sharpening over the years, but still struggle with maintaining perfect angles. The Edge Pro was the closest I got to having almost perfect edge bevels, but having to manually hold the knives, switching sides, changing stones, and adjusting the angle for each stone based on wear and stone thickness, I just went back to hand sharpening.
I just bought a Work Sharp Professional Precision Adjust, and wow, just wow. The clamping system holds the blade with no movement, and the holder rotates so you don't have to re-fixture the blade for each side. The diamond stones are the the same thickness (not like water stones after use), so once the angle is set, switching plates doesn't require reseting the angle. I am thrilled with the results I'm getting with this thing. Has anyone else used the Professional PA?

The picture is not the best, I couldn't get my phone to focus right, the edge looks better than the picture.

 

[Bill3152]

I never bought a system because of the variables of stone wear to the angle. Glad to hear it worked out.

 

[fishface5]

I'm pretty happy with the regular one - despite a lot of $$ and effort I never got as good an edge freehand as I can with the WSPA

 

[Another Shepherd]

Yes, the Professional Precision Adjust is excellent. It's nice that it comes with both a clamp and a magnetic table, as well as an angle finder. I also use a TSProf Kadet with clamps and a Leading Edge magnetic table, and also a Hapstone with both clamps and a magnetic table.

The PPA is the most convenient to set up and take down, to set the angle, to use the clamp, and to switch between clamp and table. I like that the PPA does not require a hex key for the clamp. The rubber pads in the clamp are especially nice for full flat grinds. The Kadet and Hapstone have double clamps that are better for large blades, like an 8-inch chef's knife, but need masking tape on the blade.

I use the TSProf diamond plates with both the Kadet and the Hapstone. I think the TSProf plates are slightly better that the PPA plates, especially for reprofiling.

 

[upsmech3098]

I just ordered the WSPPA. I have 2 full sets of kitchen knives, my EDC knives, hunting knives and some knives I use for processing chickens. I'm excited to get it it will be here tomorrow.

 

[Hvactech]

Yes I have the precision adjust along with the new professional one and they are worth every penny. Went from not being able to sharpen well to having an awesome edge on everything! Well worth the money.

 

[AntDog]

My son has one of these systems and loves it. He learned on the Sharpmaker, then freehand, but this is his favorite. I know it sure does a good job.