Lansky Deluxe 5-Stone Sharpening System
Sharpens your knife to the exact bevel you specify
If you are like me you have a bunch of kitchen knives that have slowly become unusable due to their dull blades. Using honing steel only lasts so long, and is not a replacement for a sharpener.
The Lansky Knife Sharpener gives you a precision knife sharpener that is as simple as it is easy to use, at a reasonable price. I have owned the knife sharpener for a few months now and have used it to sharpen a number of my knives.
The key to the Lansky system is how simple it is to operate. A couple of whet stones may be able to sharpen your knives better, but a beginner like myself who is not confident in being able to maintain a consistent angle will fail or might damage my cutlery. This is where the Lansky Knife Sharpener has a clear advantage. It provides you a guide which will maintain a consistent angle. You have the option to pick an angle at 17, 20, 25, or 30 degrees, depending on the type of work the knife is doing.
To use the Lansky Knife Sharpener you clamp the knife into the holder, attach the sharpening stone to the guide, put the guide through the hole marked with the desired angle, and put the stone to the knife. You then work through the desired grit to sharpen your knives. The Lansky Knife Sharpener is not perfect. Some people think the clamp could be improved. But I prefer the simplicity of the clamp — one less thing to fail with a potential sharp knife in your hand.
There is also an issue with the guides not being 100% straight from the factory, but all you need to do is put the stone flat on a table and slightly bend the guide till it’s straightened.
Again this is a very simple tool. No moving parts, no electricity required, nothing to fail. You can’t compare the Lansky system to one of the cheap pull through knife sharpeners. Those cheap sharpeners will chew up your knives leaving you with big chips in the metal. Trust me, I have ruined my fair share of knives by trying to make them better. Luckily I was able to salvage these broken knives with the Lansky Knife Sharpener. I was able to remove the chips that my previous knife sharpener created with the coarse grit, then put on a sharp edge by moving up to a fine grit.
It’s been said that a sharp knife is a safe knife. I took my old unsafe knives and made them safe, as good as new knives with the use of this cool tool.
12/5/16Lansky Deluxe 5-Stone Sharpening System ($32)
