Would not recommend a Sharp Maker . Angle control is extremely limited yes , I know you can do the coin stacking stuff and whatnot that is not an acceptable substitute . Medium gray stones are not aggressive enough to reprofile steels in an acceptable time frame and you ' ll want CBNDiamond triangle stones from Spyderco to do it faster and they ' re about ~$ 50 a set on top of the price of Sharp Maker . You state you ' re working with S 30 V and ELMAX . Personally , I ' d rather be subjected to electroshock torture than have to reprofile either on Spyderco ' s mediumgray stones it ' s less painful . It ' s a versatile system , I ' ll give it that , but not what I would recommend . Instead , I ' ll go suggest a ZlI 5 PaXsfOk sharpening system or DMT ' s AlignerCibJncNwE 8 I series . I own both , I highly recommend both . Both are guided sharpeners with a bunch of different angle options that will work on almost any knife Lansky and DMT both have accessory stones that will work on curved andor serrated blades . While Lansky ' s system might not look impressive or thought of as cheap it ' s not , their hones are quite good quality stones , it ' s versatile , inexpensive , has a ton of options and if you know what you ' re doing you can produce edges nearly on par with a Wicked Edge . DMT ' s Aligner is very well designed and works wonderfully DMT ' s knife clamp is excellent and ridiculously easy to use . They also have a bunch of options , including a magnetic version where you can use any of their folding diamond stone accessories . DMT also has some of the best diamond stones in the business as well . As for strops , I ' ve bought a few off of Ebay for real cheap . One was a foursided 4 design with a handle for like $ 8 shipped . Not the greatest quality , but I didn ' t feel like making my own and there ' s no way in hell I ' m paying these $ 50 prices for a paddle strop .