Lansky Deluxe 5-Stone System

The Lansky Knife Sharpening Set is exactly what I was looking for. Quality was as expected and pricing was good. I loved the Pick-Up service, I only waited a couple of minutes after calling to let them know I was there. Walmart (C Street, Anchorage AK) employee was very pleasant.

This is my second sharpening system, the other one was 30 years old and very well worn. I've tried the competitions' system and the sharpening arms were too short for me. I constantly was disengaging the blade. However, there's a problem. Be prepared as anyone that knows your knives, will ask you to sharpen there's.

This product will sharpen just about any blade in your house and give it an edge better than the one the factory put on when you bought your knife. The Lansky kit is, in a word, perfect. The product is made in America and the quality difference between this and foreign-made sharpeners is evident the first time you use it. If you are a knife enthusiest like I am, you can't afford to not have a Lansky kit in your home.

I ordered this new Lansky because I gave my son my "old" one. It is such a simple system that anybody can sharpen a knife razor sharp. It's pretty much fool proof if you follow the instructions.

I am a beginning woodcarver ,long time knife owner and this sharpens better than factory , razor edge every time. perfect , I followed the directions on the box and I get the sweetest ,long lasting edge for carving ever. Work great on all my other knives as well...Highly recommended !!

I have owned this product before. Lansky sharpeners work great, producing a hair shaving edge, even for beginners(like me) by maintaining a consistent knife edge/sharpening stone angle.

works very well on small pocket / kitchen knives. anything more than about 3 inches and it becomes increasingly difficult to get an even edge. another draw back are the rods which bend very easy, get caught in the angle holes when trying to sharpen a rounded edge, and often come loose from the tightener bolts.... the coarse stones seem to loose much of their coarseness after putting edges on knives without edges at all. if you are just sharpening a blade that has already been sharpened before, this is a great system. if you make small knives i suggest zero grinding your bevels before sharpening. will make your life a hundred times easier. practice alot on spare knives first. wrap the edges of the clamp in electrical or painters tape, it is prone to scratching your knife (also very hard to keep straight in the clamp)

Some have complained about having to straighten the guide rods but that is easy using a flat surface. Make sure you do it otherwise you will round off the bevel you are working on. I just wish the clamp had a notch for consistency. When dramatically changing an angle it took quite a bit of work but had to disassemble for safe storage between sessions. Did not quite go back together precisely. Instructions refer to such a notch but mine does not have it.

The stones are very fragile.. Do not drop them (talking from experience here). cannot do most of the kitchen knifes with a single pass, so getting an even sharpness is not that easy.. with practice, you can get a decent sharpness..

i have not recieved it.