Clay,

Thank you for the reply. If the holes were smaller maybe that would help. Anyway I am looking forward to recieving my WE and sharpening knives. I'll start with kitchen knives because they are ones I don't collect, then move on from there.

BobNash and cbwx, thank you too for your advise. One of my small pocket knives is in d2, a queen small stockman (handle length 3.25) the small spade blade is only 3/8 inch tall and d2 is kinda hard, but by time I get to it I'll have sharpened a few knives and believe it won't be too bad.

I look forward to reading this forum and chatting more with experienced WE sharpeners in the future. There seems to be a ton of information to read, so that's great.

Is there a way to modify the vise so small traditional pocket knives can us the set pin. Maybe if the holes for the set pins were smaller there could be more of them closer to the top of the vise. After all the set pins themselve don't really need to be larger in diameter because it's not like they support a lot of weight.

This way very narrow traditional pen knives, small stockmens, etc can be sharpened without having to draw a line on the inside of the vise with a silver sharpy. I heard this technique from someone, eventhough it makes sense a set pin would be nicer.

I just bought the pp2, but this was a aspect I didn't like about it. Hopefully when I get it I'll be happy anyway.

Anyway just thought I'd ask Clay.

Looking forward to an outstanding knife sharpener.