In today’s commercial world, it’s hard to believe any vendor would be helpful let alone truthful about their own product, but you can search it here…Ron atKME is head and shoulder above most.

The best source would be he for any/all questions on KME…what he tells you will be factual and honest…take it to the BANK!

I have both the knife and BH. I found all I needed w ith mounted BH’s and the knife sharpener was to give myself plenty of room at my bench to flip the head with arrow attached.

As for the oil… never saw an issue…it scrapes to one side regardless and I used my finger to slather (that a word?) it back over the whole stone, adding as I went as needed…

He has new broad head jaws for sale for the knife sharpener that I must look into, but having both knife a nd BH, it’s not been an issue for me.

I started out sharpening the STOS on the KME Knife…

Bruce — what do you mean by “new” knife sharpener? Is there a new design? Sounds like I’m overdue checking in with Sharpster. Like Doc, I originally had both knife and broadhead sharpener. But these days I shoot only single-bevels, and found the knife sharpener easier to use for that, and it does knives as well. So I passed the broadhead sharpener along to someone in need. As Doc says, keeping oil on the stones is not an issue, as you don’t need to use enough that it would drop off … I smear on mineral oil with a finger … it’s more an issue with water for the steel “stones,” but who cares? The KME is easily the best sharpener I’ve owned, and I’ve had a great many. The only flaw I’ve found is that the gripping jaws can wobble or move a little under a lot of pressure, which would alter the set sharpening angle … so I just hold onto the head or knife to avoid that. But knowing Ron, I’m sure he’s aware of it and determined to fix it … and probably already has. Ron … gimme a call for re-education! 😀

DP,

Check their website,, last talk I had with him was some couple months back, but he mentioned they now have a BH jaw for t he knife sharpener on their website…

The rubber padding allowed my BH’s to wiggle a bit…and I learned I was using too much down pressure…

That boy Ron knows more tricks than a circus flea!

One reason for that Bruce is Customer Service. Ron likely never gets all the work planned done in a given day because he’ll spend whatever time it takes on the phone to talk/train someone thru the use of their KME!

You just do NOT see that in America today!!

Second, I’ve known people with “issues” using the KME, and I was one of them:—- but as is the case with me and computers, it’s turned out to be “Operator Error in each case.

Mine was hard steel broad head, trying to change the angle, and the older stones just weren’t up to the task in a reasonable effort amount of time. A coarse file might have reset the angle, but I’m about as good with a file as a computer! (Hush Robin, they don’t need to know particulars!):roll:

I also tried to just “quit” and move to another finer grit and until/unless you raise a wire edge with the coarsest, you’re spittin in the wind, pullin on Superman’s cape and messing with Leroy Brown!

Again, a call to Ron and bada-bing! He talked me thru it and no problemo!

You won’t regret your decision…and IF, IF, you have some challenges, go back to the video on their website and study it…if that doesn’t work: CALL! Best danged Customer Service in the WORLD!

Bruce

x3 what they said. I had the pleasure of two lessons with Ron at ETAR learned more about sharpening then I ever knew what I didn’t know. I got his new jaw’s for broad heads– not required to do the job but they do make it easier.

Like Doc said any questions just give Ron a call–he is fun to talk with.

Mike

Ran two dull knives through my KME this afternoon, and in no time they were shaving-sharp again. Freehand sharpening is a wonderful skill to have, but it’s pretty hard to beat the results of the KME, no matter how good of a freehand sharpener you are.