Homesteading is all about having the ability to do things yourself, and not depending on people to sharpen your knives for you. Just in case they're not around someday . . .
I understand that, and agree with your statement. I will point out however that going out and buying a new one instead is not an improvement. The reason to get Cutco knives is the lifetime warranty and lifetime sharpening (assuming you can't do it yourself)
blauschuh It's ok, because this is a one-and-done increase in self-sufficiency. If they maintain this contraption well enough, it will in all likelihood last longer than them, AND their son, and possibly his son too . . . REGARDLESS of what happens to the original supplier. (And, with 9 days shipping time - is what I think I remember him saying - this was not airmailed.)
I have been sharpening knives all my life, I have dozens of stones of all kinds and not to toot my own horn but you'll be shaving after I'm done, that being said...I just bought one of these, totally impressed.
KLRCory I'm very curious about this system. I would love to get some input from you as I have found little else online about it. I appreciate any information about it you can give. I am considering a step away from the kitchen (im a cook) and into the sharpening business. My email is go2gregoryjsmith@gmail.com. thanks again
old-school solid design, professionally built thought, looks really nice. Been using self-made one for carpentry axes, works well, still worth the effort to learn free hand when you have to sharpen in the woods though.
@@jeremylong6229 Maybe not, but I can shave with my axes, all hand sharpened. It isn't hard or tricky to do. A consistent stroke is necessary. And after a lifetime of practice, I have a very consistent stroke :)
You know what's sad about this video? That it reminds us that America no longer makes such great tools and is nothing more than a nation of consumption, rather than the nation of producers that we once were.
This has nothing to do with the cost of the product. I'm highlighting the fact that America no longer makes quality products like we used to. Take craftsman tools, for instance. What was once a very respectable tool line is now chinese junk.
We still produce plenty of things; it's just that what we make has changed. Our textile manufacturing and lower-end consumer goods (hand tools, for example) have mostly moved overseas, but higher-end technology manufacturing has taken its place. Of course, these newer industries often employ less people than once worked in the textile or steel mills. But to suggest the US has fallen behind Russia in manufacturing (in anything but small arms) because of this nifty---and probably unavailable to most American consumers--knife sharpener, is silly.
For an American to produce a set of quality wrenches and recieve a fair living wage, those wrenches would have to be priced much higher than they are when they're made by some Chinese kid who can survive off pennies a day.
30 years ago, you could obtain quality American made hand tools for not much more than 'quality' tools made in China today. Now, even the 'high quality' and expensive tools manufactured in America fail in comparison to mid range, inexpensive tools manufactured 30 years ago. Again, prime example is Craftsman. Many of the craftsman tools my father obtained in the 70s and 80s are still far superior in quality and build than expensive 'American quality' Craftsman tools he bought just last year.
+doloinc I'm totally aware of that. But again, our economy has changed since those days. And in order to still be able to actually afford hand tools, to keep the price reasonable and affordable, it has to be made by someone in a country who has a lower standard of living than ours. Sad, yes, but that's what we as consumers have demanded since the Industrial Revolution, really. But still, I see nothing made in Russian on the shelves where I shop.
Being a russian myself i can assure you that nothing is wrong with the price. It stayed the same. I checked it multiple times already. Please pay attention to that there are 2 different "kits". The K-01 is very simple one and e.g. there are no parts integrated as shown in 3:00 - 4:30 here. Those are in K-02 kit! Further down you can select the parts that you need for yourself so you can specify your buy! I just checked the price for what i would prefer: K-02 basic kit + 1x 2 small holders + 2x diamond stones kit (Venew diamond stones are the BEAST! i tried them multiple times!) + leather on aluminum bar + Dialux abrasive paste kit + 3x screwdriver-keys (for holders). Pay attention that I removed the ground plate (see no reason in it and i have enough materials to make my own stable ground unit) and 1x big holder (those 2 small ones will do most of the job well in my opinion!). That got me to around 315$. can't buy it though because i have no money atm ^^. Feel free to ask if you have problems with translation!
Wranglerstar, One: What happened to the explosive wasp video? Two: Why no more bible study videos? I'm not a Christian per se but I loved them! I know you got a lot of hate, but I think you overall made a positive impact on people!
He basically made a small bomb. I'm not knocking it but it probably didn't go ever to well legally. Welcome to the so called land of the free. I could be wrong tho=)....
I have been thinking that myself about the wasp video. If I was guessing I would say he took it down because it's probably not a good idea to show people how to make explosives... That's my guess anyway.
No, Cody quoted the wrong kit when he stated prices. The K-01 kits he quoted went up $20-25 depending on the set, and the K-02 he received went up ~$40 for the first 2 kits and a ton for the 3rd kit
web.archive.org/web/20160307221958/tsprof.com/ Prices in March. $346 for the one Cody was sent. $268 for the K-01. So unless he lowered the prices just before the video and then raised them back up you were looking at the wrong unit.
this may or may not be a "sponsored" video, but I will say this for sure. I've been watching his videos for some time and I can tell you for certain that his reaction to getting the results he gets with this thing are genuine. He literally does suck at hand sharpening. For him this machine is literally a godsend.
He would have to have to specify in the video if he was getting paid otherwise he'd be violating the terms of service. He does go heavy on the edge pro which quite a few people say is very good so I would look for a second opinion on both.
MKRM27 No. If we were to agree to show something we would definitely say so. However, if we get 100 knives mailed to us (never agreeing to show any of them in any video), like 5 and show 1 in a video is that sponsored? I would say no but we would still feel an obligation to say that we received it for free. Do you think that is fair? MrsW
Why would you care? What's it to you if he receives money, free product, or a kick in the groin for posting any video? If he made a million bucks off the video what difference would it make to anyone? If you're suggesting that his opinion on the quality is based on some kind of reward from the manufacturer I'd say you haven't been around very long...I'd also say look at it and draw your own conclusions.. It's obviously a badass sharpener no matter who's looking at it or whether or not someone makes a video about it.
Russia is not our enemy ....Hillary and Obama are.... much, much more of a threat to our Freedom....They are selling a Gigantic Federal Government just like Putin that regulates every thing from School policies , Taxation, Hiring and Firing policies for every Business, Wages....etc.
Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French the same as your addition to the comment section. If someones opinion is useless to you why would you even consider watching the video, more so reading anything beneath it.
By your logic anyones' opinion given it is a video about a knife sharpening system or a comment in regard to some political issue could be called useless and irrelevant, therefore why bother watching or commenting. My point is, if you find a comment useless, inflammatory and controversial why bother with calling it out? It is like you are taking a moral high ground without bringing anything the discussion.
Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French Sure, you're completely right about the relevance of the some comments to the actual content, but it is not your job to govern what people decide to write, nor tell them what should or should not write. In fact, that is my tenth comment left on this website, whenever I see stuff like it I just skip them and go on. I would even argue that since the box is from russia, the guy who originally posted was writing about russia, therefore it is related to the content in some obscure and distant manner.
The machinist is a true craftsman. I want one now but can't justify the cost. Russia and America are both amazing countries. It is only politics (and corruption) that is the problem.
@@burgerbobbelcher there are moltiple ways to divide continents, sometimes the Americas are refered as a single continent (America) and sometimes as separate continents (South, Central and North america, or just South and North america), but both of those are correct
i had to make a bowl of cereal when i saw the price so i could spit out every bite. i thought it would be 750 at the very least. if i wasnt so broke i would order it right now, but im gonna wait a bit. what a deal tho
***** i have the lansky set with the diamond stones and ceramic and arkansas and the leather strop "stone". if i had to describe the lansky system in one word, it would be finicky. if you put different pressure on the stone, the rod will bend ever so sligbtly which changes the angle enough to make it look wierd and also affect sharpness. if you use more than one rod, it wont work because each rod seems to be at least slightly bent different. if you dont get the rod tightened into the stone at the exact same depth each time, it will ruin the edge. because the rod guide hole is oval, if the rod moves to the other side of the oval it is changing the angle of contact. unless the blade is straight with no curve, the angle is changing as you move along the blade.. actually a straight blade is also changing angles, you would need a semicicrcle blade. however, if you correct for all of these things and work slowly, you can get very good results, altho i have never been able to get mirror finish without a separate step, i can get it shiny so i can read letters clearly in the reflection, but in most light you can see plenty of scratch marks. for me, setting a profile and working to hair popping sharp takes a few hours, which is super slow but i do it while watching tv and its relaxing. still, i would love a better system, or the skill to hand sharpen like a pro
$417 USD ($549 AUD) as of 7/7/17 (This date is perfect for those who Day/Month/Year VS Month/Day/Year) Very expensive for a sharpener, however the engineering in such an item should mean it should last many generations and thousands of restored blades with little maintenance. A dull and/or chipped blade, no matter the original cost of it should never be thrown out if it still has the potential to be resharpened, remain useful and used for many more years. This eventually could save you money, reduce waste and also (hopefully) teaches us that the throw out culture we have become is certainly not the way to go. Hopefully this sharpener also works on other cutting tools and not just knives. This is why I don't mind saving longer to spending more on a quality product that will get plenty of use throughout the years and genuinely last.
Keep in mind that this product ins't designed to home use, it is clearly too expensive and unnecesary productive for a regular person who need to sharpen three or four knifes per year. This machinery is made for commercial use and for those who for some reason have to sharpening a lot of tools on a regular basis. If you sharpen 10 or 20 knifes per day its more than affordable for you.
Steir Qwe- I agree with you concerning this product. I also disagree with this product because sharpening personal knives with a stone or a steel is a skill. Butchers,hunters,chefs and more have used skill to sharpen. This looks great though!
Its to bad the price had to increase so much since this video. I understand supply and demand but 45% increase in a little over a month seems a little crazy. hopefully wranglerstar is getting a cut because they even renamed the kit he has to the "Wranglerstar kit"
You understand supply and demand but you're crying over a 45% increase? Lol Most places like Apple and Best Buy hike up their prices 200% -- what you're crying about is nothing. Smart move, I'm buying it.
No it did not. I will prove it to you. Go to this link. It is the Way Back internet time machine. It allows you to see cached versions of websites. web.archive.org/web/*/tsprof.com For TSprof we have several, but I will go with May 21st since it was MONTHS before you video came out. web.archive.org/web/20160521003651/tsprof.com/ If you scroll down you will see there are kits and these are the prices you quoted. Notice how none of them look like the one you got? Go up a little bit above those green check marks. Click the white rectangle that says "Profile K02". Now scroll down and look at the middle kit. Does it look a bit more familiar? The price of the kit that you received when the video went live was around $346. You made a simple mistake when comparing and pricing the different units. You can even compare the prices now to the prices back then. PLEASE make sure to scroll farther down to the parts selector so you can see how much each individual part varied as some of the kits changed and prices reflect that.
Wranglerstar I was hoping this video was a year or two old, just so the hype would go down. I just found your channel and just found the sharpener of my dreams. But they're backordered and I'm sure I'll just get worse from here. Yikes!
it's still $241 ... The profile K1 basic set is $241. The masterpiece, the 'profile K2 professional kit' is $644. I believe, still a good price for what you get.
Supply and demand... If the quality is really as good as he claims, the Mfg cost can't be cheap, and production is probably done on a small "craft" level, not an industrial mass production scale. Very few products are still machined in mass scale, it would be cheaper to cast or stamp a product once it gets to a certain scale. Machining takes much longer and is much more expensive and can not be scaled up as quickly... Ask the Germans about MG34's vs Mg42's... So if these machines are milled and machined, and he gets a huge boost in demand, he cant just snap his fingers and make 1000 more overnight, so naturally the price will go up.... Before this video, he probably didn't have that much market exposure, probably none over seas...
I have asked him to post his issues on a forum thread frequented by the maker and even provided a direct link and he has failed to do so. I received my K02 and love it. There was a loose nut that caused an early problem but I leveled the bar and tightened it up.
Actually, since ceramic is a lot harder material than steel, the rough part on the bottom of a ceramic coffee cup does sharpen knives well (as in removing steel). You can see this by the black lines of fine steel particles it leaves behind on the coffee cup.
I was a chef for 25 years so I'm pretty good at sharpening knives and yes I have a $25 ceramic sharpener that gives the best results I've ever had. That said most chefs can't sharpen a knife properly. This setup though would be good for tiny knives where you can't get a good sharpening rhythm going
You can also buy ceramic stones or rods specifically for knife sharpening. It's something like a 10,000 grit eqivalent for fine and 20,000+ for extra fine. On average ceramics also wear better than natural, and you occasionally clean them with something like BonAmi and a 3M scouring pad if they load up after a while. Only downside? Don't ever drop it.
Make that three stones and I'll agree - it's all anyone needs. Coarse to remove damage, Medium to get an angle, then Fine to polish it. You can get fanatical about it and run up to 10,000 grit or more, but for an EDC that fine a finish won't last. If I was knocking out high volumes of blades daily, fine ... to maintain a typical home's 10-20 blades - that sort of outlay is excessive indulgence! This video brought to you by the wrangle selling channel
Jesus Christ man, that's such bullshit. Oh yeah, I can sharpen a knife way better than a razor's edge and I don't even have to use a sharpening stone. I just go out front and get any old stone out of my yard, that's how fucking good I am. God, what a dick head, This guy just wanted to show us something kick ass and you're going to bitch about a product that will kick your ass any day, what's wrong with you . Quit hating on everything Debbie Downer, you're bumming us out.
You can get them sharp but the problem is they will not retain their edge for long. Cheap metal. Germans and the Japanese have fine culinary knives on lock down, its hard to find better steel.
Chef D, Lamson & Goodnow, operating as Lamson Sharp on line. Out of Shelburne Falls Massachusetts. One of the oldest cutlerers in the US and up until last year still operating in their original mill buildings in downtown Shelburne Falls hard by the Deerfield river. They started out in 1837. Their best forged is as good or better than any of the German or Japanese I've tried.They also make kitchen tools, print maker's ink knives , window glazers tools and Christmas tree trimming knives. I like pawing through the dusty boxes stacked underneath the display tables in their factory outlet store. G.
"It's like an AK47, overbuild, robust, attention to detail" You got 1 of the 3 right. The receiver was originally made of a solid steel block, damn straight it's robust.
Where do I get one? That thing is heavy and bulky... the way quality equipment used to be made. I like sharp knifes and this thing is the ticket. Great video.
Man, that is indeed the best I've ever seen! I'm a knife guy too. Russian engineering is often incredibly over built and this is no exception. I'm sure it's close to if not more than a grand and probably worth every dime. I'd never afford it, so I'm kind of stuck free handing and just got a Worksharp that's really working well for my needs. The key to everything is to maintain your edges with a strop and hone when needed. But stropping is the best you can do. Loaded leather with diamond abrasive is great. I wish I could get this sharpener though! Damn
$424 dollars is a lot for a common man like me. I do pretty well free hand and if I can't handle it we have a gentleman that does an awesome job for a fiver.
I don't believe him for a moment. This is an advertisement payoff. He is getting good at not looking like he is getting a payoff. But hey, who could blame him? It's a business. For that kind of money, you can do a lot better.
You must be new here, or your memory is sub par. Anyone else watch the reviews of splitting mauls. he rightly tore that piece of garbage into tiny pieces and burned it. Who knows, maybe it was a dream.
time = money. so the less time you spend sharpening the more money you make by using the sharpened knife, scissors ect. Who says you can't sharpen other peoples knifes and so on and charge them a little. Also would be a great tool for blade smiths. Remember not everyone that watches this channel all do the same thing. I remember when Cody did a review on a Bahco hatchet and didn't like it much. I can say that Cody will give his honest thoughts on things he is gifted or things he is sent to try out. I also remember how many people criticized him for his custom made boots.
This pece of machinery is the great example of post communstic thinking: 1. It MUST be build to last 2. Even if it breaks, it NEED to be easy to repair 3. It MUST be easy to use
vs German Capitalist Engineering : 1. It MUST be build so that it breaks, so that we can also make money on fixing it 2. It has to have a good exterior design - so that it sells for looks. Otherwise no-one will buy a product that breaks often 3. It must be easy to use
I had to subscribe just because you are just so damn adorable! (in a geeky, smart way, no offence to the Mrs.) Great product too and really great work presenting the review in this video. I happened upon this video via FB (and people say FB is a waste of time). Anyway, thanks for this and now I look forward to watching more of your videos. :-)
I broke the tip off one of my cutco knives and they replaced the knife for free. Sent back the knife and sent back another knife just for sharpening. Quick turn around time. I have many other knives to use in the mean time.
Now up to $519 USD for the kit used in the video. That's just not an option for a homeowner or sportsman in today's economy. I did see it was $100 less on Amazon though, but still not an option in my book for a home or shop sharpener. Although it looks like a well engineered piece of equipment, its still a manual sharpener.
You're right, it's not rocket science. It's an art. and like most arts, some people have a knack for it, some are able to acquire enough skill to become proficient, and some just can't. The beauty of this tool is that it gives the user the ability to have a very uniform angle to their edge which increases the efficiency and the durability of the blade.
I said the machine was great I wasn't knocking on that. But what I was saying I don't understand how someone can't get a knife to a decent cutting shape.
I have something similar to apex pro, and i say its is very hard if not impossible to sharpen a knife to be razor sharp. The smoothest stone i have is 1000 grit.
Erwin Rommel yeah I agree but I just wanna make sure the complete set included in his video... he mentioned some peices were gifts.. I think that pouch but
That's one of the most amazingly designed and built sharpeners I have ever seen! Thank you Wranglerstar, for sharing it and going through its operation for us. I have got to have one!
I was a machinist/toolmaker for over twenty five years and can fully appreciate the amount of engineering and beautiful precision workmenship that went into that amazing knife sharpening jig. Every detail is thought out making the use of the knife sharpener easy to use and a real pleasure to own. Thank you for making that video , it sure made my day John
I'm right to assume you have no skills or ever done anything with your life, yet alone sharpened a knife? He's detailed for those that want info. Not entertainment.
The price was what W* said 2 weeks ago. Its understandable to get a bit of a hike after this video increased demand. But so much so fast is just greedy and ridiculous (over 50%). Thanks for the great video but if it were me I would remove it. May make your word look bad to people who don't know better (personally fully trust your opinion).
Cody quoted prices for the K01 model, not the K02 that he received. The prices for the base units only went up $20 for the K01 and $40 for the K02. They also switched it so the K02 is the default one shown where it used to be the K01 so this also makes it seem like the price greatly increased if you do not pay attention.
Ancil Baisden I totally agree. I watched this video a couple weeks ago. I went to the web site and searched for the prices, they matched up to what Cody had said in the video. I decided today to pull the trigger and make the purchase, only to find the prices hiked up. That made me turn away from my purchase. I feel that if a product video was placed and well received, give the public a chance to buy the product for what it was said to be at, not hike the price up within a two week period. Lost my sale. Greedy? Not sure why the price increases after the video!
Vince Maxwell Go to the part with the checkmarks and in the upper right corner there are things that say K01 and K02. Click on the K01 and the prices you saw before will only be $20 higher or so. You are now seeing prices for the K02 when you go to the website.
Looks like a great sharpener. I have not had the best luck sharpening by hand. About 15 water stones later, I'm ready for something that requires less brain power.
Check out a channel called Burrfection, that should help you out a lot. He has some great beginner tutorials that should have you getting good results in no time.
What a fine piece of engineering....great video. I don't know if you knew it...but as far as Cutco cutlery goes..they come with a lifetime warranty. They will replace them with a new one if anything goes wrong ever and you can send them back to Cutco and they will sharpen them for free. They are wonderful knifes and are made of surgical steel. The handles are made of ebonite ...what bowling balls are made of, and the rivets are nickle silver. If you have any of their serrated edged slicer knives..they have what they call a double D edge. That edge is the same used on a ophthalmologists scalpel. You can shave the hair right off your arm with them if sharp. This wonderful sharpener from Russia may not sharpen serrated edged knifes. If you wife has any of those send them back to Cutco and I believe they will sharpen them for free. Thanks for the great video.
I don't know what the status of Cutco is now, but my Mother had it in the 60's. I personally sold tons of it in the 70's. It may have changed hands since then but it was Alcoa owned back then. I still have Cutco that is over 50 years old and still great. I didn't mean to take away from this Russian sharpener. It looks fantastic and an going to purchase one. I know ir would do fantastic on my high carbon steel hinting and fishing knifes. It is really a work of art.
Yes you are right. I am not familiar with the brand Vector...as they must have bought the Cutco division from Alcoa some years back. Years ago when I was selling Cutco the whole set was about 150.00 If my memory serves me right. That was back in the late 60's. I know times have changed a lot. Can't imagine what they are now.
I sold a couple years back. Vector is their sales recruiting and marketing arm, and I've heard management horror stories, but in general other than high pressure sales from some of them it wasn't a bad experience and the products are still well made and supported.
James yeah I like how he said "as everything sits here but with just the 1 clamp it's only like $220 and with the 2 it's only $280....it's literally marketed as Wranglerstar Kit for over $400. I'm not complaining about the cost it's just the misdirection is a bit of a bummer.
i think the price would go only higher. Check the same sharpening system from "Kazak", it's way more expensive. The only reason why "Kazak" is much expensive than this, is that it was longer time on the market, and I think it was almost first sharpening system with rotatable mechanism. They call this kind of sharpeners "Kazak like sharpening systems". This price is very affordable price for the quality, there are knives that costs 300-500$, and it's not a custom knives, they are serial or "mid-tech" knives.
FatheredPuma81 or really reliable, sturdy, and always does its job? Stop bashing aks on the American production of imported demilled WASR Romanian bottom of the barrel guns put together ther by untrained Americans with lacking Jigs, sold at fleet farm in volume and couldn't be further from a real AKm. Produced with love in Bulgaria or Russia. Just, ignorant.
I doubt that it would do a good job on wider planer blades since it is based on a fulcrum mechanism it won't give you either a straight blade nor a consistent cutting angle. The reason why is that the arm is the shortest in the middle of its range, which causes the angle to be the steepest, while the arm will be the longest at both ends of its range thus grinding the lowest angle at the ends of the blade. As an engineer that's not a good solution every serious manufacturer would reject that idea... For sharpening knifes it is okay though since very few knifes have a straight blade. Nice machining though.
I see your point, but I think you'll find that the angle will actually be consistent if the planer blade edge is already straight, because everything stays in one plane. The angle of the stone relative to the vertical shaft will change, but relative to the planer blade, it will stay the same.
As you say it will change relative to the shaft that acts as the fulcrum and the blade stays in the same plane but that is exactly what is changing the angle of the stone relative to the face of the blade. If you look at a right angled triangle and take its hypotenuse and the adjacent side this angle would be the bevel angle of the blade. The sum of the angles within a triangle is 180° and you got a right angle with 90°. Given this you have a difference of 90° so if the bevel angle is 30° and the angle on top of the fulcrum changer along the length of the blade to 62° the resulting angle of the stone to the face of the blade and thus the bevel angle will be 28°. This might not seem like much but i have some experience doing precision grinding and sharpening and to change the angle of a blade by 2 ° over its width is not done quickly and necessitates a lot of checking and measuring to make sure you stay straight and true... if the blade is still straight and you use this jig the fact that there isn't too much support along the way makes me wonder whether it wouldn't flex too much to be ground precisely (when you look at the equipment that gets used to sharpen those you will see that the jigs usually support the blade along its entire length or have many intermediate supports to keep it from flexing) If the blade is a carbide blade it would be very dangerous to do it that way because carbide is very unforgiving when it comes to flexing and cutting it with the wrong or dull abrasive. To me there is no way around it this jig is not suitable for sharpening planer blades consistently or well. You could use it for a bodge job in a hurry with a planer blade you wanted to throw away anyway but not with blades you really want to reuse. It should be fine for knifes though as long as you don't use it on those that got dents or knicks in the blades because then a belt sander or a whetstone grinder would be the way to go :) If you've got questions feel free to ask :)
Why? I found a tool that is exceptional for a great price why wouldn't I share it? I didn't receive one penny for endorsing this sharpener. Where is the Sales Man in that?
I spoke with Paul this morning and bought my system. I do not need the pro system so mine does not have the rotating knife clamp. I had him include the diamond stones for reprofiling damaged edges. Paul made it easy.
How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind me asking. It seems he raised the prices by 50 PERCENT or more the biggest one only cost 424 when the video came out.
I got some extras including the double clamp for long knives, the stand, and diamond abrasive stones. Shipping is $85. Total came to $387. It looks to me that you could cut cost by leaving out the extras and cut about $150 off the total. Still beats a Wicked Edge by a mile. I did not get the rotating bearing shown in W's video.
Kate, Not sure to which comment you are responding. My response was to DavDavy's request for pricing info. I think it was a great price and as I said Paul was easy to work with particularly given the time zone he called from. He keeps some late hours.
To all of you people hating on "clickbate", "sell out" and claiming that Cody always says what he gets is the best. 1. Clickbate; who cares? He is showing us these products hands on and he is making a living for his family by doing this. His videos are detailed and thorough. I enjoy every one of them. 2. Sell out? What is your definition of a "sell out"? I see nothing on his channel that locks him into a certain brand or a specific tool. A sell out is someone that promotes something regardless of the actual quality for money. Cody is willing to recognize when something is better then what he's used in the past. 3. When you get something new isn't it the GREATEST ever until something new comes along or until you find something you didn't know about that is better? If I was in his shoes and I found something great I would want to share it with y'all and tell you how great it is. Every new thing becomes the greatest ever.
Yup I have a set of these myself & have never had to sharpen them. The Mrs must do a Lot of cooking / cutting. The cutco scissors are Boss too if anyone wants some expensive, but worth every penny scissors. Abt the guarantee: www.cutco.com/products/the-forever-guarantee.jsp
Nothing wrong with over-engineering. If something is precisely engineered to last just long enough to be profitable, then we wouldn't have any of the high-quality items that last generations. Razors would all go dull within 10 years, cars would break down in 15, houses (in the US, this already happens) need to be replaced every 50. Hell, London's sewage system would be broken down in the 1950's if Joseph Bazalgette hadn't intentionally over-engineered the pipes to handle twice the expected water supply.
This system is Very Impressive!!! Over the years I have bought and still own what I thought were some of the best commercial and professional sharpening systems in the world, including Sheppach, Tormek, Lansky and the electric Nirey machines and many others and expensive stones. Being from an engineering and mechanical background, I love sharping the knives for my restaurants and home and private knife collection. Recently I saw this TS Prof System right here on this site, and after seeing it a few weeks ago I started doing some research. During this time I also came across the Wicked Edge system as well. To my shock and dismay I nearly fell off my chair when I saw the price of the Wicked Edge when compared to this TSProf. How the heck can they possibly justify such a high price for the wicked edge? That's a Wicked price! I laugh when I read people here complaining of the high price of the TSProf. I don't think you understand real quality. The TSProf is an engineering masterpiece for the price they are asking and will last way past your lifetime. From what I can see it's built with almost military precision and is typically robust, just like the people of the country it comes from. I think it's an absolute delight to look at and see in action. I plan to get one soon and see for myself first hand how good this system really is. Possibly mine will be the first in Australia. Thanks Wranglerstar for your great video.
Cutco is a joke All you're paying for is a sharp knife. You can get a sharpener like this and sharpen you're knives every bit as sharp if not more sharp your entire life.
Cutco is great, iva had them for years and only send em out once a year and they cut beautifully. Broke one while being dumb sent me a new one no questions asked. Great company i dont know what you're complaining about
Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing the whole time, as he kept complaining that his Cutco knife hadn't been sharp since after the first year he bought it. That is a $150 knife and he doesn't know he can send it in to get serviced for free.
I was excited. It's a good looking piece of machinery. But, it's almost twice as much as nonchalantly mentioned in the video. Let down, I'll be rethinking all other Wranglerstar endorsements. Verisimilitud-ed.
And I thought I was going overboard with a $50 Harbor Freight 1x30" belt sander and 3,000 grit si-carbide and leather polishing belts that sharpen my Wusthof knives to where I can shave with them.
definitely life-changing... because you went from being a 5th grade english teacher to being a fake "outdoorsman" youtube channel. Be sure to comment, subscribe, and buy all of these objects that people pay me to review... because, you can trust me.... I actually chopped down a tree once
he seems like the type of guy that if you were actually in a survival situation with him and a bear charged at you he'd play dead and let the bear eat you... or else play dead and google search on his phone "what to do when a bear attacks you"
Sidney Shaw Definitely a smart comment, being a stranger, that could very well be a 500 pound fatass sitting on his couch writing a TH-cam comment, but everything I say is the truth, trust me.
I know this is way old, but FYI, CutCo are knives for life. With no receipt at all, you can send any CutCo knife back to them, they will sharpen it to like-new, and send it back to you.
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you could of just sent the cutco knifes back for free to get resharpened for free.
Homesteading is all about having the ability to do things yourself, and not depending on people to sharpen your knives for you. Just in case they're not around someday . . .
I understand that, and agree with your statement. I will point out however that going out and buying a new one instead is not an improvement. The reason to get Cutco knives is the lifetime warranty and lifetime sharpening (assuming you can't do it yourself)
He still can't do the DD edges without a file.
but it's ok to get something air mailed from Russia ....
blauschuh
It's ok, because this is a one-and-done increase in self-sufficiency. If they maintain this contraption well enough, it will in all likelihood last longer than them, AND their son, and possibly his son too . . . REGARDLESS of what happens to the original supplier.
(And, with 9 days shipping time - is what I think I remember him saying - this was not airmailed.)
superb russian engineering
That's what you have Germans for :D
Yeah, my Beetle was piece of crap, rest it's soul.
***** Oh yeah, for sure.
***** hehehehe. that's a great project idea.
Auto industry is still heavily corrupted with huge bureaucracy on top of it. Thus even the greatest of ideas are buried as soon as they apear
I have been sharpening knives all my life, I have dozens of stones of all kinds and not to toot my own horn but you'll be shaving after I'm done, that being said...I just bought one of these, totally impressed.
KLRCory I'm very curious about this system. I would love to get some input from you as I have found little else online about it. I appreciate any information about it you can give. I am considering a step away from the kitchen (im a cook) and into the sharpening business. My email is go2gregoryjsmith@gmail.com. thanks again
old-school solid design, professionally built thought, looks really nice. Been using self-made one for carpentry axes, works well, still worth the effort to learn free hand when you have to sharpen in the woods though.
Curious about the cost cause it looks like the set he had in the vid ia upwards of $550usd?
Same but man can NOT get a knife as sharp as a jig system can get it.
@@jeremylong6229 Maybe not, but I can shave with my axes, all hand sharpened. It isn't hard or tricky to do. A consistent stroke is necessary. And after a lifetime of practice, I have a very consistent stroke :)
You know what's sad about this video?
That it reminds us that America no longer makes such great tools and is nothing more than a nation of consumption, rather than the nation of producers that we once were.
This has nothing to do with the cost of the product.
I'm highlighting the fact that America no longer makes quality products like we used to.
Take craftsman tools, for instance. What was once a very respectable tool line is now chinese junk.
We still produce plenty of things; it's just that what we make has changed. Our textile manufacturing and lower-end consumer goods (hand tools, for example) have mostly moved overseas, but higher-end technology manufacturing has taken its place. Of course, these newer industries often employ less people than once worked in the textile or steel mills. But to suggest the US has fallen behind Russia in manufacturing (in anything but small arms) because of this nifty---and probably unavailable to most American consumers--knife sharpener, is silly.
For an American to produce a set of quality wrenches and recieve a fair living wage, those wrenches would have to be priced much higher than they are when they're made by some Chinese kid who can survive off pennies a day.
30 years ago, you could obtain quality American made hand tools for not much more than 'quality' tools made in China today.
Now, even the 'high quality' and expensive tools manufactured in America fail in comparison to mid range, inexpensive tools manufactured 30 years ago.
Again, prime example is Craftsman. Many of the craftsman tools my father obtained in the 70s and 80s are still far superior in quality and build than expensive 'American quality' Craftsman tools he bought just last year.
+doloinc I'm totally aware of that. But again, our economy has changed since those days. And in order to still be able to actually afford hand tools, to keep the price reasonable and affordable, it has to be made by someone in a country who has a lower standard of living than ours. Sad, yes, but that's what we as consumers have demanded since the Industrial Revolution, really. But still, I see nothing made in Russian on the shelves where I shop.
This is like a cleaner version of an AvE BOLTR video.
hahaha good ol AvE
AvE goes into way more depth
LCN on WranglerstaR talking about AVE!! ITS LIKE A MYTH OR SOMTHING, seeing as i follow all three very closely!!
I have a bad habit of yelling at TH-cam videos that are out of focus now. Focus Ya Fak!
That's not too bad. I've got to where I yell it at random things at this point.
Being a russian myself i can assure you that nothing is wrong with the price. It stayed the same. I checked it multiple times already. Please pay attention to that there are 2 different "kits". The K-01 is very simple one and e.g. there are no parts integrated as shown in 3:00 - 4:30 here. Those are in K-02 kit! Further down you can select the parts that you need for yourself so you can specify your buy! I just checked the price for what i would prefer: K-02 basic kit + 1x 2 small holders + 2x diamond stones kit (Venew diamond stones are the BEAST! i tried them multiple times!) + leather on aluminum bar + Dialux abrasive paste kit + 3x screwdriver-keys (for holders). Pay attention that I removed the ground plate (see no reason in it and i have enough materials to make my own stable ground unit) and 1x big holder (those 2 small ones will do most of the job well in my opinion!). That got me to around 315$. can't buy it though because i have no money atm ^^. Feel free to ask if you have problems with translation!
Thanks bud I'm gonna check in to these. Want to make sure I get everything I need first time.
@@queefersutherland8495 They are $935.09 for this kit now ....
@@SV-Flying-Tigress whoa that is quite an increase from the last price. Thanks for telling me.
6th
Wranglerstar,
One: What happened to the explosive wasp video?
Two: Why no more bible study videos? I'm not a Christian per se but I loved them! I know you got a lot of hate, but I think you overall made a positive impact on people!
He basically made a small bomb. I'm not knocking it but it probably didn't go ever to well legally. Welcome to the so called land of the free. I could be wrong tho=)....
I have been thinking that myself about the wasp video. If I was guessing I would say he took it down because it's probably not a good idea to show people how to make explosives... That's my guess anyway.
Yeah that's what I thought as well. It's a shame because I loved that video!
no youtube probably censored it... i am concerned for wranglerstar to be honest with these new stupid rules they have
+appleman1999
yes more when that's really close to one of the poor man James Bond book explosives
and that book is banned
put up the link to purchase
tsprof.com/?lang=eng
It is in the video description.
Pretty nice website too.
No, Cody quoted the wrong kit when he stated prices. The K-01 kits he quoted went up $20-25 depending on the set, and the K-02 he received went up ~$40 for the first 2 kits and a ton for the 3rd kit
web.archive.org/web/20160307221958/tsprof.com/ Prices in March. $346 for the one Cody was sent. $268 for the K-01. So unless he lowered the prices just before the video and then raised them back up you were looking at the wrong unit.
As a machinist, I am very impressed at the thought and detail that went into making this wonderfully engineered contraption.
The guy just open the box and we hear a loud scream saying: "CHEEKI BREEKI AV DAMKE!!!"
It's "Chiki, briki i v damke". There is no "av" or "iv" in the language of slavsquats.
*hardbass intensifies*
When is that?
Чики брики и в дамки)
Анухин87 Привет от зебры ха.
hmm video saying something is incredible, maybe he is sponsored - check description, yup he is sponsored. click next video.
Sponsored? We received no money. MrsW
this may or may not be a "sponsored" video, but I will say this for sure. I've been watching his videos for some time and I can tell you for certain that his reaction to getting the results he gets with this thing are genuine. He literally does suck at hand sharpening. For him this machine is literally a godsend.
He would have to have to specify in the video if he was getting paid otherwise he'd be violating the terms of service. He does go heavy on the edge pro which quite a few people say is very good so I would look for a second opinion on both.
MKRM27 No. If we were to agree to show something we would definitely say so. However, if we get 100 knives mailed to us (never agreeing to show any of them in any video), like 5 and show 1 in a video is that sponsored? I would say no but we would still feel an obligation to say that we received it for free. Do you think that is fair? MrsW
Why would you care? What's it to you if he receives money, free product, or a kick in the groin for posting any video? If he made a million bucks off the video what difference would it make to anyone? If you're suggesting that his opinion on the quality is based on some kind of reward from the manufacturer I'd say you haven't been around very long...I'd also say look at it and draw your own conclusions.. It's obviously a badass sharpener no matter who's looking at it or whether or not someone makes a video about it.
The AK-47 of knife sharpeners. I love that description.
@@jacobwalls452 I don't think the precision was the quality compared here. It's a sturdy thing that was made to get the job done.
@@jacobwalls452 In fairness though you're right
Not even close, ak47 was a shity gun. Check history, it was quickly replaced with AKM and later with ak74
hairy otter меня тоже
Not sure if you guys know, this sharpener is being produced in Izhevsk as well, the Kalashnikov's city.
I love how russians build things. No frills no bullshit, just function
Russia is not our enemy ....Hillary and Obama are.... much, much more of a threat to our Freedom....They are selling a Gigantic Federal Government just like Putin that regulates every thing from School policies , Taxation, Hiring and Firing policies for every Business, Wages....etc.
I like the part where Hillary who is 68 and in power since late 70's is calling 62 year old Putin a dictator who came into politics in mid 80's
Anyone in the US who wants to go to war with Russia right now is a complete jackass.
Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French the same as your addition to the comment section. If someones opinion is useless to you why would you even consider watching the video, more so reading anything beneath it.
By your logic anyones' opinion given it is a video about a knife sharpening system or a comment in regard to some political issue could be called useless and irrelevant, therefore why bother watching or commenting.
My point is, if you find a comment useless, inflammatory and controversial why bother with calling it out? It is like you are taking a moral high ground without bringing anything the discussion.
Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French Sure, you're completely right about the relevance of the some comments to the actual content, but it is not your job to govern what people decide to write, nor tell them what should or should not write. In fact, that is my tenth comment left on this website, whenever I see stuff like it I just skip them and go on.
I would even argue that since the box is from russia, the guy who originally posted was writing about russia, therefore it is related to the content in some obscure and distant manner.
The machinist is a true craftsman. I want one now but can't justify the cost. Russia and America are both amazing countries. It is only politics (and corruption) that is the problem.
America is a continet
@@ghilliem.g.5824 North America is a continent. USA is a country.
@@burgerbobbelcher there are moltiple ways to divide continents, sometimes the Americas are refered as a single continent (America) and sometimes as separate continents (South, Central and North america, or just South and North america), but both of those are correct
@@rickeycooley9139 i respectfully disagree with you on that one
@@ghilliem.g.5824 Ok genius.. When someone says America , he mean USA not continent!!! Wow you stunned me with your knowledge of Geography😂
you could have packed the content in a 2:30 video... besides this.. awesome sharpening device..
Hey, there is a difference between trying a tool and presenting every feature/settings
This is truly amazing. Too bad it's probably more money than I can spend. If I had one I would just marvel at the engineering of it.
$220?!! That's tempting...
i had to make a bowl of cereal when i saw the price so i could spit out every bite. i thought it would be 750 at the very least. if i wasnt so broke i would order it right now, but im gonna wait a bit. what a deal tho
More like $350. He got the K102 "Standard" which is the upgraded version
*****
i have the lansky set with the diamond stones and ceramic and arkansas and the leather strop "stone". if i had to describe the lansky system in one word, it would be finicky. if you put different pressure on the stone, the rod will bend ever so sligbtly which changes the angle enough to make it look wierd and also affect sharpness. if you use more than one rod, it wont work because each rod seems to be at least slightly bent different. if you dont get the rod tightened into the stone at the exact same depth each time, it will ruin the edge. because the rod guide hole is oval, if the rod moves to the other side of the oval it is changing the angle of contact. unless the blade is straight with no curve, the angle is changing as you move along the blade.. actually a straight blade is also changing angles, you would need a semicicrcle blade. however, if you correct for all of these things and work slowly, you can get very good results, altho i have never been able to get mirror finish without a separate step, i can get it shiny so i can read letters clearly in the reflection, but in most light you can see plenty of scratch marks. for me, setting a profile and working to hair popping sharp takes a few hours, which is super slow but i do it while watching tv and its relaxing. still, i would love a better system, or the skill to hand sharpen like a pro
$417 USD ($549 AUD) as of 7/7/17 (This date is perfect for those who Day/Month/Year VS Month/Day/Year)
Very expensive for a sharpener, however the engineering in such an item should mean it should last many generations and thousands of restored blades with little maintenance.
A dull and/or chipped blade, no matter the original cost of it should never be thrown out if it still has the potential to be resharpened, remain useful and used for many more years. This eventually could save you money, reduce waste and also (hopefully) teaches us that the throw out culture we have become is certainly not the way to go. Hopefully this sharpener also works on other cutting tools and not just knives.
This is why I don't mind saving longer to spending more on a quality product that will get plenty of use throughout the years and genuinely last.
well said
definitely worth it, you'd be able to make your money back pretty easily too
such prices for sanctions
Keep in mind that this product ins't designed to home use, it is clearly too expensive and unnecesary productive for a regular person who need to sharpen three or four knifes per year. This machinery is made for commercial use and for those who for some reason have to sharpening a lot of tools on a regular basis. If you sharpen 10 or 20 knifes per day its more than affordable for you.
Steir Qwe-
I agree with you concerning this product.
I also disagree with this product because sharpening personal knives with a stone or a steel is a skill.
Butchers,hunters,chefs and more have used skill to sharpen.
This looks great though!
Who cares about this content? Let's talk about the real heros, like who posted the 1st, 2nd and 3rd comment. How do we identify these gods among men?
First what? Person to view it?
Lol, I see it on more and more channels now, gets annoying at times.
A rare breed indeed! Nothing of value to ask, say, or add,.. yet they just HAVE to pull that trigger and comment. Sad!
Six hundred tenth!!! WOOOHOOOO Maybe someday I can be in the top five, maybe if I practice real hard...
funny
Its to bad the price had to increase so much since this video. I understand supply and demand but 45% increase in a little over a month seems a little crazy. hopefully wranglerstar is getting a cut because they even renamed the kit he has to the "Wranglerstar kit"
Cody quoted the price for the K01 model, not the K02 unit that he received. The K01 went up $25 while the K02 went up $40.
You understand supply and demand but you're crying over a 45% increase? Lol Most places like Apple and Best Buy hike up their prices 200% -- what you're crying about is nothing. Smart move, I'm buying it.
Neither Apple nor Best Buy sells knife sharpeners, (only electronics last I checked,) so that is an irrelevant comparison.
I imagine that guy can't make them by himself, a bit patience and time does wonders
That sounds like "Market Bear" pricing. Basically you jack the price until the orders stop and then run a sale on it.
id buy something like this made in Russia any day before I bought Chinese JUNK
who wants anything from china anyway
Should just move all the factories to Russia. If it's made there, I'll trust it waay more than anything from China.
it depends on your income. if you're a high wage earner, by all means, buy quality. for low wage earner like me, chinese junk is better than nothing.
and it even looks pretty :) I wouldn't have problem having this permanently on shelf in my kitchen
You must have more space in your kitchen! :) MrsW
Sorry man, please dont get me wrong but 2:08 sounds so damn wrong.
LMAOOO
Wish that it really was only $240. As of today, the price for the "wranglerstar" kit is $388 before shipping
It used to be $240....
No it did not. I will prove it to you.
Go to this link. It is the Way Back internet time machine. It allows you to see cached versions of websites. web.archive.org/web/*/tsprof.com
For TSprof we have several, but I will go with May 21st since it was MONTHS before you video came out. web.archive.org/web/20160521003651/tsprof.com/
If you scroll down you will see there are kits and these are the prices you quoted. Notice how none of them look like the one you got? Go up a little bit above those green check marks. Click the white rectangle that says "Profile K02".
Now scroll down and look at the middle kit. Does it look a bit more familiar? The price of the kit that you received when the video went live was around $346.
You made a simple mistake when comparing and pricing the different units. You can even compare the prices now to the prices back then. PLEASE make sure to scroll farther down to the parts selector so you can see how much each individual part varied as some of the kits changed and prices reflect that.
Wranglerstar I was hoping this video was a year or two old, just so the hype would go down. I just found your channel and just found the sharpener of my dreams. But they're backordered and I'm sure I'll just get worse from here. Yikes!
it's still $241 ... The profile K1 basic set is $241. The masterpiece, the 'profile K2 professional kit' is $644. I believe, still a good price for what you get.
Supply and demand... If the quality is really as good as he claims, the Mfg cost can't be cheap, and production is probably done on a small "craft" level, not an industrial mass production scale. Very few products are still machined in mass scale, it would be cheaper to cast or stamp a product once it gets to a certain scale. Machining takes much longer and is much more expensive and can not be scaled up as quickly... Ask the Germans about MG34's vs Mg42's... So if these machines are milled and machined, and he gets a huge boost in demand, he cant just snap his fingers and make 1000 more overnight, so naturally the price will go up.... Before this video, he probably didn't have that much market exposure, probably none over seas...
*opens box and built in speaker blasts Cheeki Breeki and there is an adidas track suit*
I was going to purchase the big set, but he has now put the price up about 100 usd...
200 usd*
$200 for the complete kit only, and that is because they added different clamps, scissor attachment and the big plastic carrying case.
Riyame I was not happy with what I received. 550.00 for K01. Poor machining, parts didn't fit. I had to fix it
arboristBlairGlenn so you dont recommend buying the product?
I have asked him to post his issues on a forum thread frequented by the maker and even provided a direct link and he has failed to do so. I received my K02 and love it. There was a loose nut that caused an early problem but I leveled the bar and tightened it up.
Not to brag, but to inform; I sharpen our kitchen knife on the bottom of our coffee cups. The rough ceramic on the bottom works great.
+Canadian Metis Man yeah. Cody knows what he's doing and does it well, but I can't afford that stuff. Coffee cups? I have those.
Actually, since ceramic is a lot harder material than steel, the rough part on the bottom of a ceramic coffee cup does sharpen knives well (as in removing steel). You can see this by the black lines of fine steel particles it leaves behind on the coffee cup.
I was a chef for 25 years so I'm pretty good at sharpening knives and yes I have a $25 ceramic sharpener that gives the best results I've ever had. That said most chefs can't sharpen a knife properly.
This setup though would be good for tiny knives where you can't get a good sharpening rhythm going
You can also buy ceramic stones or rods specifically for knife sharpening. It's something like a 10,000 grit eqivalent for fine and 20,000+ for extra fine. On average ceramics also wear better than natural, and you occasionally clean them with something like BonAmi and a 3M scouring pad if they load up after a while. Only downside? Don't ever drop it.
In asia where i live they sharpen the knives on a food preparing pot and hell they are sharp.
Prices have gone way up since this video then. They've priced right out of my comfort zone.
William Hayden agreed, I was all in at $250, $500 as shown is well beyond hobby level for me.
Look up the law of supply & demand
i literally picked up a sharpening stone and any knife and turn it into a razor in about 2 mins.
but to each his own
i sharpen my carry knife that i use everyday about every 2 months.
So one stone can sharpen any blade steel in any condition in a couple minutes? You must be really talented.
Make that three stones and I'll agree - it's all anyone needs. Coarse to remove damage, Medium to get an angle, then Fine to polish it. You can get fanatical about it and run up to 10,000 grit or more, but for an EDC that fine a finish won't last.
If I was knocking out high volumes of blades daily, fine ... to maintain a typical home's 10-20 blades - that sort of outlay is excessive indulgence!
This video brought to you by the wrangle selling channel
i can do it and its easy
Jesus Christ man, that's such bullshit. Oh yeah, I can sharpen a knife way better than a razor's edge and I don't even have to use a sharpening stone. I just go out front and get any old stone out of my yard, that's how fucking good I am. God, what a dick head, This guy just wanted to show us something kick ass and you're going to bitch about a product that will kick your ass any day, what's wrong with you . Quit hating on everything Debbie Downer, you're bumming us out.
Here is a challenger. Go to the dollar store and buy a kitchen knife and try it. I'd like to see the results.
It would probably put a good edge on it.How long the edge would last is another matter.
You can get them sharp but the problem is they will not retain their edge for long. Cheap metal. Germans and the Japanese have fine culinary knives on lock down, its hard to find better steel.
Chef D, Lamson & Goodnow, operating as Lamson Sharp on line. Out of Shelburne Falls Massachusetts. One of the oldest cutlerers in the US and up until last year still operating in their original mill buildings in downtown Shelburne Falls hard by the Deerfield river. They started out in 1837. Their best forged is as good or better than any of the German or Japanese I've tried.They also make kitchen tools, print maker's ink knives , window glazers tools and Christmas tree trimming knives. I like pawing through the dusty boxes stacked underneath the display tables in their factory outlet store. G.
Lamson are made from German steel, and only 4116 Stainless. Not that impressive.
Try Swedish steel.
"It's like an AK47, overbuild, robust, attention to detail"
You got 1 of the 3 right. The receiver was originally made of a solid steel block, damn straight it's robust.
Was trained that Chef knives should be 15 to 17 degrees depending if following American standards or Japanese standards. Go figure ...
depends on the hardness of the knife
+the boss chef
And on the grind, too.
This knife looks like it has a rather steep primary bevel.
That limits the potential angle.
Where do I get one? That thing is heavy and bulky... the way quality equipment used to be made. I like sharp knifes and this thing is the ticket. Great video.
Link is in the video description but he had to turn off ordering because he had so many orders coming in.
The price of this sharpener has almost doubled in the past month or so. Time to continue on with my search for an affordable knife sharpening system.
Art Heen I had this same problem with the old smiths kit that's like this. Right wear the blade profiles up at the tip you get a more shallow angle.
Man, that is indeed the best I've ever seen! I'm a knife guy too. Russian engineering is often incredibly over built and this is no exception. I'm sure it's close to if not more than a grand and probably worth every dime. I'd never afford it, so I'm kind of stuck free handing and just got a Worksharp that's really working well for my needs. The key to everything is to maintain your edges with a strop and hone when needed. But stropping is the best you can do. Loaded leather with diamond abrasive is great. I wish I could get this sharpener though! Damn
Not even close, I'm not sure how much shipping is, but the unit with extra stones is around 350. Hell of a bargain for what you get, really.
+Squat251 Gaming No way! Seriously?
traderjoes
yep, he links to the site to buy them in the description
Oh damn, that's really reasonable for that quality.
I guess I know what you gonna buy next (= Delivery costs not too bad, I would guess about 50$
$424 dollars is a lot for a common man like me. I do pretty well free hand and if I can't handle it we have a gentleman that does an awesome job for a fiver.
I don't believe him for a moment. This is an advertisement payoff. He is getting good at not looking like he is getting a payoff. But hey, who could blame him? It's a business. For that kind of money, you can do a lot better.
Won't be long before the Chinese have it copied like the Edge Pro Apex
what about 216 for the basic on though?
You must be new here, or your memory is sub par. Anyone else watch the reviews of splitting mauls. he rightly tore that piece of garbage into tiny pieces and burned it. Who knows, maybe it was a dream.
time = money. so the less time you spend sharpening the more money you make by using the sharpened knife, scissors ect. Who says you can't sharpen other peoples knifes and so on and charge them a little. Also would be a great tool for blade smiths. Remember not everyone that watches this channel all do the same thing. I remember when Cody did a review on a Bahco hatchet and didn't like it much. I can say that Cody will give his honest thoughts on things he is gifted or things he is sent to try out. I also remember how many people criticized him for his custom made boots.
This pece of machinery is the great example of post communstic thinking:
1. It MUST be build to last
2. Even if it breaks, it NEED to be easy to repair
3. It MUST be easy to use
vs German Capitalist Engineering :
1. It MUST be build so that it breaks, so that we can also make money on fixing it
2. It has to have a good exterior design - so that it sells for looks. Otherwise no-one will buy a product that breaks often
3. It must be easy to use
I had to subscribe just because you are just so damn adorable! (in a geeky, smart way, no offence to the Mrs.) Great product too and really great work presenting the review in this video. I happened upon this video via FB (and people say FB is a waste of time).
Anyway, thanks for this and now I look forward to watching more of your videos. :-)
Thank you Darlene
cutco, has a lifetime warranty to sharpen your knife. just send it in and you get it back sharp as the day you bought it.
And in the meantime, you're without a knife.
I can't denie that.
better than buying a new one
So, buy two. Use them one at a time.
I broke the tip off one of my cutco knives and they replaced the knife for free. Sent back the knife and sent back another knife just for sharpening. Quick turn around time. I have many other knives to use in the mean time.
Now up to $519 USD for the kit used in the video. That's just not an option for a homeowner or sportsman in today's economy.
I did see it was $100 less on Amazon though, but still not an option in my book for a home or shop sharpener.
Although it looks like a well engineered piece of equipment, its still a manual sharpener.
The machine seems great, but I just can't understand how sharpening a knife can be so difficult, I mean it's not rocket science.
You're right, it's not rocket science. It's an art. and like most arts, some people have a knack for it, some are able to acquire enough skill to become proficient, and some just can't. The beauty of this tool is that it gives the user the ability to have a very uniform angle to their edge which increases the efficiency and the durability of the blade.
Alex Konovalik I have sharpened many knives...
I said the machine was great I wasn't knocking on that. But what I was saying I don't understand how someone can't get a knife to a decent cutting shape.
I have something similar to apex pro, and i say its is very hard if not impossible to sharpen a knife to be razor sharp. The smoothest stone i have is 1000 grit.
Alex Konovalik We are not talking about the finest finish but getting a dull blade into a cutting shape.
wow that's impressive. I know what I'm putting on my Christmas list
The thought and care that went into this machine is impressive, simply beautiful.
Please reply but what you have is the complete highest end model on their website for 400USD?
Still quite cheap for such a useful and quality product, if that's the case.
Erwin Rommel yeah I agree but I just wanna make sure the complete set included in his video... he mentioned some peices were gifts.. I think that pouch but
13:45 "affordable"
for $400 i was impressed with the paper cut on the cutco knife
KME sharpener made in the USA cost that too so, is it out price no, KME as more option but still not bad from Russia.
In Soviet Russia, knife sharpens you!
That's one of the most amazingly designed and built sharpeners I have ever seen!
Thank you Wranglerstar, for sharing it and going through its operation for us.
I have got to have one!
The CNC parts alone in the US would cost over USD $1,000.00. $220 is a steal
I was a machinist/toolmaker for over twenty five years and can fully appreciate the amount of engineering and beautiful precision workmenship that went into that amazing knife sharpening jig. Every detail is thought out making the use of the knife sharpener easy to use and a real pleasure to own. Thank you for making that video , it sure made my day
John
Well it's $500 for the basic and $1,200 for the complete kit now.
You talk waaaaaaaaaaaay too much. I had to skip portions of your video and get to the point multiple times.
You use way to many a's
+Wranglerstar lol....how much does this run
+Wranglerstar ....so just watch til the end
I'm right to assume you have no skills or ever done anything with your life, yet alone sharpened a knife? He's detailed for those that want info. Not entertainment.
417,330 Subscribers, of which I'm not one btw, and 249,865 views in 3 days, and you're trying to tell him how it's done?
The price was what W* said 2 weeks ago. Its understandable to get a bit of a hike after this video increased demand. But so much so fast is just greedy and ridiculous (over 50%). Thanks for the great video but if it were me I would remove it. May make your word look bad to people who don't know better (personally fully trust your opinion).
Cody quoted prices for the K01 model, not the K02 that he received. The prices for the base units only went up $20 for the K01 and $40 for the K02. They also switched it so the K02 is the default one shown where it used to be the K01 so this also makes it seem like the price greatly increased if you do not pay attention.
Ancil Baisden
I totally agree. I watched this video a couple weeks ago. I went to the web site and searched for the prices, they matched up to what Cody had said in the video. I decided today to pull the trigger and make the purchase, only to find the prices hiked up. That made me turn away from my purchase. I feel that if a product video was placed and well received, give the public a chance to buy the product for what it was said to be at, not hike the price up within a two week period. Lost my sale. Greedy? Not sure why the price increases after the video!
Vince Maxwell
Go to the part with the checkmarks and in the upper right corner there are things that say K01 and K02. Click on the K01 and the prices you saw before will only be $20 higher or so. You are now seeing prices for the K02 when you go to the website.
Looks like a great sharpener. I have not had the best luck sharpening by hand. About 15 water stones later, I'm ready for something that requires less brain power.
Check out a channel called Burrfection, that should help you out a lot. He has some great beginner tutorials that should have you getting good results in no time.
WOW! That is a work of art!!
What a fine piece of engineering....great video. I don't know if you knew it...but as far as Cutco cutlery goes..they come with a lifetime warranty. They will replace them with a new one if anything goes wrong ever and you can send them back to Cutco and they will sharpen them for free. They are wonderful knifes and are made of surgical steel. The handles are made of ebonite ...what bowling balls are made of, and the rivets are nickle silver. If you have any of their serrated edged slicer knives..they have what they call a double D edge. That edge is the same used on a ophthalmologists scalpel. You can shave the hair right off your arm with them if sharp. This wonderful sharpener from Russia may not sharpen serrated edged knifes. If you wife has any of those send them back to Cutco and I believe they will sharpen them for free. Thanks for the great video.
+Ashe S Cutco is garbage bro. Who cares about the product when it's tied to a scam company like Vector?
I don't know what the status of Cutco is now, but my Mother had it in the 60's. I personally sold tons of it in the 70's. It may have changed hands since then but it was Alcoa owned back then. I still have Cutco that is over 50 years old and still great. I didn't mean to take away from this Russian sharpener. It looks fantastic and an going to purchase one. I know ir would do fantastic on my high carbon steel hinting and fishing knifes. It is really a work of art.
Yes you are right. I am not familiar with the brand Vector...as they must have bought the Cutco division from Alcoa some years back. Years ago when I was selling Cutco the whole set was about 150.00 If my memory serves me right. That was back in the late 60's. I know times have changed a lot. Can't imagine what they are now.
I sold a couple years back. Vector is their sales recruiting and marketing arm, and I've heard management horror stories, but in general other than high pressure sales from some of them it wasn't a bad experience and the products are still well made and supported.
I see that you struggle to put an edge on a knife even with knife sharpener🤦♂️ WTF
When things are free everything is great
Would love to see part two thanks Cody! -Paul
In Soviet Russia, box receives you!
Can't get through the day without a little Wranglerstar in it! Thank you for the inspiration Cody!
Definitely would like a Part 2
Yup...He's got me hooked on getting all my handed-down axes and hatchets in shape.
3 years later and he didnt see your comment😔
Everything he review's the price jumps just check Amazon
Am I the only one wondering how to get one of these?
Yes mr Cody please do a part two on the knife sharpener
Кто от полосатика?
Моя точилка лучше: th-cam.com/video/HBlr8XktVi4/w-d-xo.html
Totally over-engineered for sharpening knifes , but I do love it , it's a work of art.
this is amazing thanks for the vid
ive learned many things from your channel
Not even cutting paper really good lolol
Incredible Russian Engineering!
man ,it's good ,but around 700$ !!
there is now a kit for everything he has for 417
James yeah I like how he said "as everything sits here but with just the 1 clamp it's only like $220 and with the 2 it's only $280....it's literally marketed as Wranglerstar Kit for over $400. I'm not complaining about the cost it's just the misdirection is a bit of a bummer.
new.tsprof.com/ru/store/k02/buy 348 for pro basic and 599 for pro-mega pack.
I’ll buy one when the price is about half what it is now. Looks like an excellent product.
i think the price would go only higher. Check the same sharpening system from "Kazak", it's way more expensive. The only reason why "Kazak" is much expensive than this, is that it was longer time on the market, and I think it was almost first sharpening system with rotatable mechanism. They call this kind of sharpeners "Kazak like sharpening systems". This price is very affordable price for the quality, there are knives that costs 300-500$, and it's not a custom knives, they are serial or "mid-tech" knives.
Damn. I just looked it up for purchase…
$600 now!🤯
work sharp sells something similar for $60
AK47 of knife sharpeners?
So essentially it's super cheap and good enough?
FatheredPuma81 or really reliable, sturdy, and always does its job? Stop bashing aks on the American production of imported demilled WASR Romanian bottom of the barrel guns put together ther by untrained Americans with lacking Jigs, sold at fleet farm in volume and couldn't be further from a real AKm. Produced with love in Bulgaria or Russia. Just, ignorant.
Knife lives matter ✊🔪
yessss
It's gone up in price a lot since this video
as a person that realy likes well made machines, i loved this!
i dont need one, but just beautifull to see such a well made equipment!
NICE
Would it sharpen planer knives?
irons
bsp means knives for electric machine planer/jointers.
I doubt that it would do a good job on wider planer blades since it is based on a fulcrum mechanism it won't give you either a straight blade nor a consistent cutting angle.
The reason why is that the arm is the shortest in the middle of its range, which causes the angle to be the steepest, while the arm will be the longest at both ends of its range thus grinding the lowest angle at the ends of the blade.
As an engineer that's not a good solution every serious manufacturer would reject that idea...
For sharpening knifes it is okay though since very few knifes have a straight blade.
Nice machining though.
I see your point, but I think you'll find that the angle will actually be consistent if the planer blade edge is already straight, because everything stays in one plane. The angle of the stone relative to the vertical shaft will change, but relative to the planer blade, it will stay the same.
As you say it will change relative to the shaft that acts as the fulcrum and the blade stays in the same plane but that is exactly what is changing the angle of the stone relative to the face of the blade.
If you look at a right angled triangle and take its hypotenuse and the adjacent side this angle would be the bevel angle of the blade.
The sum of the angles within a triangle is 180° and you got a right angle with 90°. Given this you have a difference of 90° so if the bevel angle is 30° and the angle on top of the fulcrum changer along the length of the blade to 62° the resulting angle of the stone to the face of the blade and thus the bevel angle will be 28°.
This might not seem like much but i have some experience doing precision grinding and sharpening and to change the angle of a blade by 2 ° over its width is not done quickly and necessitates a lot of checking and measuring to make sure you stay straight and true...
if the blade is still straight and you use this jig the fact that there isn't too much support along the way makes me wonder whether it wouldn't flex too much to be ground precisely (when you look at the equipment that gets used to sharpen those you will see that the jigs usually support the blade along its entire length or have many intermediate supports to keep it from flexing) If the blade is a carbide blade it would be very dangerous to do it that way because carbide is very unforgiving when it comes to flexing and cutting it with the wrong or dull abrasive.
To me there is no way around it this jig is not suitable for sharpening planer blades consistently or well.
You could use it for a bodge job in a hurry with a planer blade you wanted to throw away anyway but not with blades you really want to reuse.
It should be fine for knifes though as long as you don't use it on those that got dents or knicks in the blades because then a belt sander or a whetstone grinder would be the way to go :)
If you've got questions feel free to ask :)
Can you sharpen a straight razor with that
Quite the sales man Mr Wrangler star. I love your videos, but...
Why? I found a tool that is exceptional for a great price why wouldn't I share it? I didn't receive one penny for endorsing this sharpener. Where is the Sales Man in that?
Кто из России, ставь лайк!
That’s why the sharpeners cost 987 dollars on there website
I cant find the website, can you help me out please ?
I spoke with Paul this morning and bought my system. I do not need the pro system so mine does not have the rotating knife clamp. I had him include the diamond stones for reprofiling damaged edges. Paul made it easy.
Thanks for showing us this terrific system.
How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind me asking. It seems he raised the prices by 50 PERCENT or more the biggest one only cost 424 when the video came out.
I got some extras including the double clamp for long knives, the stand, and diamond abrasive stones. Shipping is $85. Total came to $387. It looks to me that you could cut cost by leaving out the extras and cut about $150 off the total. Still beats a Wicked Edge by a mile. I did not get the rotating bearing shown in W's video.
So what. Go find it elsewhere, if you prefer different pricing.
Kate, Not sure to which comment you are responding. My response was to DavDavy's request for pricing info. I think it was a great price and as I said Paul was easy to work with particularly given the time zone he called from. He keeps some late hours.
To all of you people hating on "clickbate", "sell out" and claiming that Cody always says what he gets is the best. 1. Clickbate; who cares? He is showing us these products hands on and he is making a living for his family by doing this. His videos are detailed and thorough. I enjoy every one of them. 2. Sell out? What is your definition of a "sell out"? I see nothing on his channel that locks him into a certain brand or a specific tool. A sell out is someone that promotes something regardless of the actual quality for money. Cody is willing to recognize when something is better then what he's used in the past. 3. When you get something new isn't it the GREATEST ever until something new comes along or until you find something you didn't know about that is better? If I was in his shoes and I found something great I would want to share it with y'all and tell you how great it is. Every new thing becomes the greatest ever.
No link for the product?
"Russian named paul" It's a trap!
You do know you can send cutco knives back to the factory for resharpening for free right? Like forever. You only pay shipping.
Yup I have a set of these myself & have never had to sharpen them. The Mrs must do a Lot of cooking / cutting. The cutco scissors are Boss too if anyone wants some expensive, but worth every penny scissors. Abt the guarantee: www.cutco.com/products/the-forever-guarantee.jsp
lol, u armless or something?
My Russian Bride came in a Green Box.
I can't understand a word she says, but she makes excellent Borscht.
Russian named "Paul"?
Pavlovsky
When russians overengineer something.
Jarno Matikainen I’m Australian I order one last month best thing ever ! Seriously it is really good.
Nothing wrong with over-engineering. If something is precisely engineered to last just long enough to be profitable, then we wouldn't have any of the high-quality items that last generations. Razors would all go dull within 10 years, cars would break down in 15, houses (in the US, this already happens) need to be replaced every 50.
Hell, London's sewage system would be broken down in the 1950's if Joseph Bazalgette hadn't intentionally over-engineered the pipes to handle twice the expected water supply.
I"ll stick to more practical, inexpensive, and functional means.
This system is Very Impressive!!!
Over the years I have bought and still own what I thought were some of the best commercial and professional sharpening systems in the world, including Sheppach, Tormek, Lansky and the electric Nirey machines and many others and expensive stones.
Being from an engineering and mechanical background, I love sharping the knives for my restaurants and home and private knife collection.
Recently I saw this TS Prof System right here on this site, and after seeing it a few weeks ago I started doing some research.
During this time I also came across the Wicked Edge system as well.
To my shock and dismay I nearly fell off my chair when I saw the price of the Wicked Edge when compared to this TSProf.
How the heck can they possibly justify such a high price for the wicked edge? That's a Wicked price!
I laugh when I read people here complaining of the high price of the TSProf. I don't think you understand real quality.
The TSProf is an engineering masterpiece for the price they are asking and will last way past your lifetime.
From what I can see it's built with almost military precision and is typically robust, just like the people of the country it comes from.
I think it's an absolute delight to look at and see in action.
I plan to get one soon and see for myself first hand how good this system really is.
Possibly mine will be the first in Australia.
Thanks Wranglerstar for your great video.
I just want you to know that cutco will sharpen your knife for free if you send it to them.
Rashify part of their sales pitch. Stay sharp or they'll do it for free
Cutco is a joke All you're paying for is a sharp knife. You can get a sharpener like this and sharpen you're knives every bit as sharp if not more sharp your entire life.
Cutco is great, iva had them for years and only send em out once a year and they cut beautifully. Broke one while being dumb sent me a new one no questions asked. Great company i dont know what you're complaining about
Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing the whole time, as he kept complaining that his Cutco knife hadn't been sharp since after the first year he bought it. That is a $150 knife and he doesn't know he can send it in to get serviced for free.
*So many bodies...So little freezer space...Right Comrade?*
A good sharp knife with no fuss, hold on 6 minutes while i set it up....
I was excited. It's a good looking piece of machinery. But, it's almost twice as much as nonchalantly mentioned in the video. Let down, I'll be rethinking all other Wranglerstar endorsements. Verisimilitud-ed.
After this video came out they raised the price,
how much is the university users course given i dont have a gcse.
Hate to say it but if a knife sharpening jig changed your life, you must not have had much of a life to begin with
In UK, you sharpen knife
In Russia, knife sharpens you
And I thought I was going overboard with a $50 Harbor Freight 1x30" belt sander and 3,000 grit si-carbide and leather polishing belts that sharpen my Wusthof knives to where I can shave with them.
i think you went overboard. their $3 sharpening stone is sufficient for my use.
definitely life-changing... because you went from being a 5th grade english teacher to being a fake "outdoorsman" youtube channel. Be sure to comment, subscribe, and buy all of these objects that people pay me to review... because, you can trust me.... I actually chopped down a tree once
he seems like the type of guy that if you were actually in a survival situation with him and a bear charged at you he'd play dead and let the bear eat you... or else play dead and google search on his phone "what to do when a bear attacks you"
Gil Gosseyn hahahahaha
Why the hate dawg
Sidney Shaw He's a homesteader, and doesn't proclaim to be an expert on all matters. He definitely knows what he does.
Sidney Shaw Definitely a smart comment, being a stranger, that could very well be a 500 pound fatass sitting on his couch writing a TH-cam comment, but everything I say is the truth, trust me.
I know this is way old, but FYI, CutCo are knives for life. With no receipt at all, you can send any CutCo knife back to them, they will sharpen it to like-new, and send it back to you.
Did i just hear you say that when your cutco knives get dull you just buy more???
For the record, ПРОФИЛЬ means "Profile".