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HomeKitchen & DiningCutleryKnife SharpenersLansky 438300 Standard Sharpening System |
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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 The easiest way to use stones to sharpen your knives. May 26, 2008
By Joshua G. Feldman
"Technophile"
I've owned the Lansky system for almost 20 years and they perform perfectly and enable me to get fantastically sharp knives every time with a modicum of elbow grease but without any actual skill. Lansky's system is a brilliant arrangement of a knife clamp with sets of holes that ensure consistent grinding angle for the stones that have long steel guides. This solves the problem of how to hold the stone to the knife at a consistent angle. Using stones to sharpen your knives gives you total control and allows you to achieve the finest edge (much finer than using a chef's choice, motorized bench grinder (which can overheat the blade ruining the temper), or any of those ceramic wheel/rod dohickeys). The available angle choices are 17 degrees (for Asian knives), 20 and 25 (for Western knives) and 30 degrees (for hatchets). Lansky offers various different stones (from natural Arkansas stones, to diamond abrasive). This particular set includes 3 synthetic stones - coarse, medium, and fine. The stones are of good quality. The fine is fine enough to get your blades shaving sharp. The coarse one cuts quickly, but will be the first stone to wear out. They also give you a bottle of sharpening oil to help carry away the metal shavings to keep the stones cutting. I don't like using oil so I keep a wet paper towel handy when sharpening and wipe the metal off the stones and blade periodically while sharpening that that works fine for me.
To use the Lansky the process is simple - clamp the blade into the clamp - then scrub the blade against the stone with a consistent angle until you feel a burr (a thin raised seam) along the edge. The burr is your cue to flip the blade over and do the other side. When you get burr on the other side, move onto the next stone. By the time you get to the final fine grade polishing stone and get burr on the last side, then flip and give slight touch with the stone on the other side (to remove the burr but not raise another one) and you'll find your knife is literally shaving sharp (will cut the hairs off your arm).
Is Lansky the perfect sharpening system? For medium and small knives it probably is. Knives over 6"-7" long, however, require you to sharpen 1/2 the knife and then move the clamp and sharpen the other half because the edge angle changes too much if you attempt to sharpen too far from the guide hole. The stones themselves are pretty small (about as wide as your middle finger and as long as your hand) so it can take a long time to do a big knife. I can do a 5" utility knife in about 5-10 minutes, but an 8" Chef's knife can take more than double that - which starts to become a bit of a big project. If you do a lot of big knives you'll probably want to spring for an Edge Pro Apex (same mechanical concept, bigger size for much much more money). If you only periodically sharpen then this can be lived with. You shouldn't sharpen your knives more than once or twice a year (or they wear out too quickly) since sharpening removes metal. You should use a honing steel frequently in between sharpenings to keep your knives sharp.
Lansky's system is the best way for normal regular people (non fanatics) to sharpen their knives. It's pretty easy, fun, satisfying, and extremely effective.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Great product, but takes some getting used to. Nov 02, 2010
By AEJ
I bought this item so that I could put an edge on some old pocket and kitchen knives I have. It took a little practice, but I am getting there. The kit itself works well, but if I were you I'd throw in for a table clamp.
Its pretty good Dec 21, 2011
By Drew Larck
For theprice, you cannot beat it. If you had more money to spend on it, I would go with the diamond hones, but for $20 its great. Its compact enough to take with you anywhere. I am in scouts and I take it on campouts and charge people $2 to sharpen their knives, and I have made my money back in it. puts a nice edge on the blades that holds for quite awhile, even for as brutal as I am on my knives.
haplar Dec 11, 2010
By Ralph E. Nethers
THIS WAS A GREAT GIFT ITEM AND WAS AT A VERY GOOD PRICE THE SHIPPING WAS FAST AND ALSO FREE, THE QUALITY OF THE LANSKY SHARPENERS ARE
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Excellent Product for sharing knives Sep 13, 2008
By Paul Ramirez
I have used this product over the years to sharpen my hunting knives. I was very imprest with the quality of the product and the ease of use. The instructions are also easy to follow. I purchased another Lansky Sharpening System and gave it to my son as a birthday gift.
Paul Ramirez
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