Well I just finished sharpening my first quality knife on the WEPS. It is a Global G7-R which is a deba single bevel(chisel bevel) type knife much like the yanagiba. It was also made for cutting fish. It works well on fish because the forces that are exerted on the blade by the tissue that is being sliced push the blade away from the bevel side. This is an advantage if you are trying to remove the skin from a fish as it keeps the blade edge riding on the skin or on the bones if you are fileting and keeps you blade from wandering into the meat.

These same pressures are a PITA if you are trying to straight cut vegtables or other tissue. Those pressures make your knife wander away from the bevel side in the cut producing a curved variable thickness slice. At least that is my experience.

And by the way the WEPS put a great bevel on my knife I had screwed up so badly on a Tormec years ago. It was unusable. But this new bevel I cleaned up on some 4K and 8K Norton waterstone so that this is now the sharpest knife in the house...and I am just begining!!

I have used these gauges with chisels for woodworking. They work well if the thickness of the blade at the bevel is considerate. They would not likely do too well with a thin Japanese slicer. Love to hear what you guys find out after fiddling with it for a while. Tom

Just saying hi! Ordered the PP2 in mid feb looking forward to getting it. Plan to use it almost exclusively for my food prep knives. I like a very sharp cooking knive and I use them on a daily basis. I have some Globals, some Shun as well as some older Henkel's and a new high carbon steel Sabitier. Like most of you guys I have been fascinated with sharp knives all of my life.
I have done quite a bit of woodworking with hand tools so I learned a lot about sharpening and steels. Lots left to learn. One breakthrough I had was with constant angle jigs (eg Tormek) they are great for sharpening plane blades..but too aggressive for fine knives. I looked for a similar set up for my knives and found EP and WEPS. I decided on WEPS mostly because I prefer diamond stones to the water stones for the work I have done in the past. I do prefer water stones to the oil stones and I think water stones are for the true connisure. I just like the 'get down to business' of the diamond stones.
I don't have a lot of time to spend on these boards, but I thought it a good idea to say hello in case, when I do get my WEPS, I have questions or run into trouble. Take care..