8:18 Just my opinion, but I’d create a burr along the entire edge before switching to the other side… but I have almost no experience with guided systems as I freehand with diamond plates. 13:16 Oh man, that is painful to watch 🥲. Don’t use pull-through sharpener. Pick up a Worksharp Guided Field Sharpener for ~$30. Thanks for the video.
I have done freehand with kitchen knives and definitely have some practice to do. I feel like i can do a decent job but don’t feel very confident. I have a Worksharp field sharpener as well, but even that is slightly freehand with a bit of a guide. The pull through sharpeners are at least good to start off if you don’t feel comfortable with anything else. More of a better than nothing in my opinion
@LoadoutEDC nah, I think that leads to complacency with a bad edge. A good edge needs the micro teeth that form from your stroking angle, pull-through knife sharpeners rip off all those teeth. A pull through can make a blade cut, it won't make a blade slice.
This was the first ever sharpening system I bought over a decade ago, and it boounced me off sharpening for a long time. First off, it's very hard to get a consistent bevel on knives that dont have a flat spot for the clamp. This is especially true close to the tip or on knives with lots of belly. Any blade bigger than 4-5" is basically impossible to sharpen because of the length of the rods. The other big issue for me is the stones. The set screws come loose pretty easily and can crack the plastic housing. Oil stones are pretty slow and load up really quickly, which gets frustrating after a while. Also, forget about sharpening any particularly hard or super steels. If you're dead set on a guided sharpening system, Work Sharp makes a much better option for like $10 more. It's also a clamp system like the lansky, but it comes with a table base, uses diamond stones instead of oil, and has 5 finer angle adjustment.
Thanks for the comment! I checked out that work sharp sharpener and I can totally see where you’re coming from. Something I should consider. So far with the knives I have tested, this Lansky Sharpener does alright, but I could see it running into issues with different blades and tougher material
8:18 Just my opinion, but I’d create a burr along the entire edge before switching to the other side… but I have almost no experience with guided systems as I freehand with diamond plates.
13:16 Oh man, that is painful to watch 🥲. Don’t use pull-through sharpener. Pick up a Worksharp Guided Field Sharpener for ~$30.
Thanks for the video.
I have done freehand with kitchen knives and definitely have some practice to do. I feel like i can do a decent job but don’t feel very confident. I have a Worksharp field sharpener as well, but even that is slightly freehand with a bit of a guide. The pull through sharpeners are at least good to start off if you don’t feel comfortable with anything else. More of a better than nothing in my opinion
@LoadoutEDC nah, I think that leads to complacency with a bad edge. A good edge needs the micro teeth that form from your stroking angle, pull-through knife sharpeners rip off all those teeth. A pull through can make a blade cut, it won't make a blade slice.
This was the first ever sharpening system I bought over a decade ago, and it boounced me off sharpening for a long time. First off, it's very hard to get a consistent bevel on knives that dont have a flat spot for the clamp. This is especially true close to the tip or on knives with lots of belly. Any blade bigger than 4-5" is basically impossible to sharpen because of the length of the rods.
The other big issue for me is the stones. The set screws come loose pretty easily and can crack the plastic housing. Oil stones are pretty slow and load up really quickly, which gets frustrating after a while. Also, forget about sharpening any particularly hard or super steels.
If you're dead set on a guided sharpening system, Work Sharp makes a much better option for like $10 more. It's also a clamp system like the lansky, but it comes with a table base, uses diamond stones instead of oil, and has 5 finer angle adjustment.
Thanks for the comment! I checked out that work sharp sharpener and I can totally see where you’re coming from. Something I should consider. So far with the knives I have tested, this Lansky Sharpener does alright, but I could see it running into issues with different blades and tougher material