Lansky Sharpeners Universal Sharpening System

I'm still learning how to use these but I have already created some frighteningly sharp knives with it. Produces a consistent edge to the blade.

A great set. It takes a but of getting used to, but leaves a razor sharp edge.

This is a good piece of kit for the price, and a good sharp edge is quite easily achieved. However, it’s daft that the stand has to be bought separately; the sharpener is unusable without it! The jaws of the clamp are quite difficult to get properly angled to grip the knives, resulting in the knives slipping, which is annoying. I resolved this by gluing a patch of emery cloth to each inside face of the clamp. Good grip restored. Happy customer.

Superb product, transformed blunt knives into chopping machines! Really easy and safe to use. Will be able to maintain knives to excellent sharpness. I would also recommend getting the ultra fine hone to really get a good finish. Also, any well sharpened knife should be stropped after sharpening and before each use.

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There are many other knife sharpeners out there, but you easily get to a place where they just aren't doing the trick. The lansky system is really clever. The clamp system allows you to grip the blade, then using one of the supplied hones, and a hole in the clamp which indicates the angle of the strokes you will use, you can steadily, and actually fairly quickly, take a pretty rubbish blade to a really razer sharp finish. Start with coarse and work your way to fine and you will have some seriously sharp knives in no time. Marked down one star because it's quite expensive ultimately for what you get, and the clamp can be a bit fiddly with smaller blades.

It seemed like a straight forward sharpening system for a person who has never successfully sharpens knifes in the past. So far the result have been excellent. All the knife, including the aerated knife have a good cutting edge on them again. All the knives I have sharpened before have thanked me for getting this.

4/5 convenience 5/5 effectiveness I only docked one star off the convenience factor because I'd like to able to resharpen a blade in the field, but the kit as a whole is a little bulky, and is defintely something you want to sit down and setup... not as quick as a pocket sharpener, though still FAR more effective. if you have a little time to sit down with it, it is actually very easy to use, an almost idiot-proof way to a professional edge. I've tried just about every way to sharpen a knife, and I'll never use anything but this kit again. It's simple, safe for the steel, and incredibly effective. Anything motorized is harsh on steel. Heating up the steel risks changing the tempering, making the edge less durable and ruining the blade. The other small handheld devices out there, with the v-shaped notches... some work OK for a little while. But even the better ones wear out quickly and soon become totally useless. Using a set of stones is by far the best way. Finding the right angle is difficult by hand though, and keeping that angle consistent from one stroke to the next is all but impossible. The simple bracket design built into the Lansky set makes keeping the right angle pretty much idiot-proof. For a badly dulled blade, you may need to step through all stones, from coarse to fine. A better edge may just need a touch up with the fine stone. If I had to name a con for the review, it'd definitely be the serrated stone. It seemed like a great idea to be able to touch up all those half-serrated pocket knives, but the angled shape doesn't match the countour of any serrations I've seen. Trying to use a sharp corner to work a small round notch... think round hole, square peg.

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Muy buen producto, otorga excelente filo. Solo hay que tener cuidado cuando el ángulo del cuchillo es muy robusto, se tiene que dar infinitas pasadas para eliminar y crear un ángulo más agudo, las piedras son pequeñas, recomiendo usarlo solo cuando es un cuchillo ya con algo de filo.

A good guided sharpening system which is very efficient for some pre set angle such as 17, 20, 25 and 30 degrees respectively. But getting to any exact bevel is a complicated task. This instrument needed much improvement particularly in the holder gaps where you can feel the wobble when you operate the stones. More over, it's made in the U.S. but fit and finish hasn't been properly taken care of. The plastic box they provided, doesn't close as it should be. It remains open. I have to attach two para cords to keep it close. That's annoying. It's not a cheap tool as per INR and even in India, small plastic container boxes have a snappy lock ! The metal rods (I think they are made of aluminum) are very soft and you have to align them every time you fix with the stones. Perfect for small pocket edc knives but longer kitchen knives or bigger knives cannot be sharpen using this tool properly. Stones are very thin and would erode out sooner than you have expected. Luckily I don't sharpen my knives very often 😅