Lansky Deluxe Sharpening System

My very expensive kitchen knives were once more lethally sharp after using this.It's not a long job to sharpen a knife from very, very blunt to razor edged; maybe ten minutes.Sharpening less blunt knives is much faster of course.The fact that the angle is set correctly pushed me into buying this set. That is apparently a very critical part of knife sharpening and this makes it foolproof.It is tricky to use with smaller knives (fruit knife sbut not impossible at all.

Takes a long time to sharpen kitchen knives and the clamp keeps coming loose bye overall it works well.

Tried this out on two globals which I'd up to now been using the minosharp plus on. While the minosharp did a decent job of putting back on a decent sharpness it doesn't really remake the edge like this does.The kit box, clamp and rods are a bit "rickety". The box snaps the rods on far too hard. The hand screw on the clamp gets in the way of using the rods on the narrowest angle. The rods bend and need to be checked each time you flip the knife.So why 4 stars? The stones are great and for someone like me they have remade an awesome edge on fairly expensive knifes in a short amount of time. I also looked at the cheap versions of the edgepro etc however the stones themselves are the compromise (i.e. not very good, buy the edgepro stones and you're paying edgepro prices...). These are great and you can get fantastic results very quickly. Bit strange getting oil in the kit when you shouldn't use it on these stones though.I've seen guys online being very precise about how these are used but I just used the instructions here, past the course stone only pulled towards the knife. Nothing fussy at all and these knifes can now shave never mind cut paper. I've got a clamp on order, not sure I need it now. That goes for the leather strop too.

Excellent product in every way. No complaints or negative feedback at all... I would buy again.

Not cheap but actually works. I’m really happy I’ve finally got some really sharp knives

I have owned numerous Lansky sharpening sets over the year but clearly the quality has diminished drastically. The unit that holds the knife is not great and seems to stay floppy when the knife is attached. One of the diamond stones started losing its coating. Time to find another product unfortunately!

I've not had sharper knives ever. Was struggling with a constant angle by hand and this is the perfect solution.

I have tried few methods in knife sharpening. Whetstones would be cool but I just don't seem to be able to get good results. I also tried similar cheap version that did work but the quality of the stones and adjustment rod deteriorated after few knives. But these poor quality versions did convince me with the concept of fixed angle.Lansky prooved to be simple to use and I have used it now to sharpen some 15 knives. I liked the fixed angle since it makes it easy to get the job done. These diamond stones cost more than my previous whetstones but they seem to be worth it. I would have given 5 stars but I have used these too short of a time to determine if these diamond stones last long enough to justify the higher price.I would recommend to get the additional mount since it makes the sharpening easier.

Ce set et vraiment super pour afuter les cuteaux.Les deux angles d'alluminium pourais etre un peux plus costeau, mais ca functione bien.Par contre pour faire un bon finish a la lame, il faut completer ce set avec la pierre Saphire (bleu) apres c'est impec!!Mais surtoux PAS utiliser l'huile pour la pierre Saphire!!!!

クランプから刃先までの距離によって角度が変わるので、研ぐ際には刃先をマジックで塗って、何処まで研げるのか確認した方がいいです。その上でどの程度、ナイフをクランプに挟み込むのか決定します。推奨の距離ではセカンドベベルの幅が広くなりすぎます。実際には15度の角度で研げている訳ではなく、何度か不明だが一定の角度で研げているだけです。

If you are looking for a sharpening system and reading these reviews, you have probably been fooling around with stones and gizmos, like me, for years; I own a Chef's Choice model 110, Smith's Tri-Stone, crock sticks, etc. and I have never been able to consistently achieve a sharp knife edge without lots of trial and error. The "secret", of course, is maintaining a consistent, repeatable blade-to-stone angle while sharpening; one slip and all of the previous honing can be ruined. I was looking at the motorized belt sharpeners and surmised that instead of screwing up a knife's edge in hours, with a motorized system I could do it in mere seconds ! I was surprised that I had never come across this Lansky system before now, but once I saw it, it immediately clicked - the simplicity of a system where the knife is held in a clamp and the stones are at the end of a rod which pass through slots thereby allowing the user to repeat the same angle of hone through all of the different grits was what I was looking for.The system itself is not "over engineered", i.e., not fancy, but adequate. The stones are only 1/2 " wide and 4 " long, at first blush this seemed kind of undersized, but once I used them it made sense. Because the stone moves over the blade ( not the usual knife moving over the stone), the narrow stones more easily conform to curved blades.View the Lansky video to learn the correct technique; YouTube is filled with videos on how to do it wrong: sawing action on blade's edge, using oil on the diamond stone.I wouldn't expect to have perfect results on your first attempt, like anything else worth learning there is a learning curve. After a few knives you will start to get the feel of how much pressure to use on the blade ( as the grit becomes finer, you will use less pressure: on the finest stone you will use a very light touch to just dress the edge ).Based on other's reviews I opted to buy a stand ( clamp on model ). I tried to use the knife clamp without the stand and it was awkward; nothing to hold onto. While the stand doesn't hold the clamp rock solid, it provides sturdy enough purchase of the knife and keeps it off the table when you flip it over. I had to put thread locker on the clamp's rod's end stud to keep it in place and then a lock washer to hold it firm to the base to keep it from loosening up - if you buy one you will see what I'm talking about. One last thing, I thought I separately ordered the ultra fine honing stone - yellow holder - but inadvertently ordered the leather stropping hone instead. What a dummy. But, after using the finest diamond hone, I daubed a little red rouge from the Dremel polishing kit, onto to leather strop, and the strop did an excellent job of polishing the edge to a mirror-like finish along with a touch more "keenest" to the blade.All and all I am quite satisfied with the whole Lansky system, and for the first time ever I have an entire knife block full knives that are as sharp as they were new and the means to keep them this way.11/29/14:Like I always say:" Anything worth doing is worth overdoing". I've since purchased the yellow and Sapphire stones to see if I could squeeze out that last little bit of edge. In my opinion there is a small, incremental improvement so I've added these extra steps when I want an especially sharp blade. Also, I purchased a set of extra wires to accommodate these additional stones. And not leaving well enough alone, I switched out the thumbscrew clamps for Phillips head screws. I discovered that one-inch self tapping sheetmetal screws have the same thread pattern as the thumbscrews; I cut the screws to about 3/8" (shaft length ), dressed up the threads, and permanently attached wires to each stone. The main reason I did this was to regain almost 1/2" length of usable sharpening stone surface and to have the stones all set up and ready to go without any assembly. Now, I need to gin up some kind of storage/carrying case for the these things...It never ends.

I read through some of the unfortunate circumstances where others had faulty stones in the plastic moulds - definitely seek a warranty claim via amazon. I can only say positive things, as I've used this system today, and I've spent about 20 minutes sharpening my santoku kitchen knife - which is now exceptionally sharp - tested it on paper and a tomato. Prior to sharpening it wouldn't cut through the paper and was blunt on the tomato. I'm very happy and it was easy to learn how to use by reading the instructions and watching a quick video online.

Excelente calidad: Ya llevo más de dos años con el y compre dos versiones. La Version que más me gusta es la de las barras con aleaciónes de metales (SOLO 4 AFILADORES, PLATA, MORADO, NARANJA Y DORADA) te duraran toda la vida. Con respecto a la versión en donde los afiladores son de piedra, encuentro mayor desgaste y aun es mas lento el proceso.Sin duda en ambos casos si deseas adquirir un LANSKY es importante tener la prensa o la base para sujetarlo, o hacerte de algo que te ayude, es costosa pero si no tienes en donde sujetar todo sera imposible que lo hagas bien y se convierte en un tema desesperante.Adquirí la piedra de cerámica por separado, la verdad no es nada del otro mundo y el acabado espejo en realidad no es indispensable, la he dejado de usar. El mejor producto es el de solo cuatro piedras con aleacion de metal. ( OJO ESTE SISTEMA ES PARA UN AFILADO ARTESANAL Y DE MUY BUENA CALIDAD PERO LLEVARAS ENTRE 15 y 25 MINUTOS PARA UN AFILADO PERFECTO) Si eres desesperado y deseas afilar con tres pasadas, Lansky no es lo que buscas, pero si tienes cuchillería fina y disfrutas de tus cuchillos y de un afilado perfecto, adquiere.Puntos a mejorar o deficiencias:Las pestañas del sujetador del cuchillo o navaja son muy pequeñas, si presionas mucho las piedras contra la hoja del cuchillo puede ser que se salga la hoja y tengas que estarla acomodando.El tornillo requiere de más fuerza para sujetar cuchillos más grandes y pesados para que no se salga (como un cuchillo de supervivencia). Así que comencé a usar unas pisas para apretarlo mejor y con el tiempo la perilla plástica del tornillo del sujetador se ha ido desgastando.Este sistema es eficiente y perfecto para navajas, cuchillos chicos y medianos. No lo recomiendo para cuchillos de campo de tamaño mayor que la hoja supere los 15 centímetros.