Lansky LKUNV Universal Kit

The easiest way to use stones to sharpen your knives.
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 4 synthetic stones - coarse, medium, and fine;...

Very Happy
I have used a Lansky kit since the late eighties. I bought my brother this same kit. Because of the kit I have a reputation for having sharp knives. During dinner parties I overhear friends warning others before they step in to help to be careful because the knives are really sharp.

On the product. It does work better for small knives. I sharpen my 10 inch chef knife, but it might require two settings for the clamp.

Also, this product puts a perfect angle on the blade. I've been told that the 'old guys' using regular stones actually try to put a rounded taper on the edge. That might last longer, I'm not sure.

It Works Very Well
I have owned the Lansky Universal Sharpening System for close to a year and have used it to keep an assortment of knives in top shape. The Lansky system has been by far the best and most effective system I have used for keeping my assortment of kitchen and sporting knives nice and sharp. This comes after having tried a variety of mechanical and electric sharpeners with indifferent success.

The Lansky Universal Sharpening System comes neatly packaged with all the parts you will need to get a nice sharp edge on flat blade and serrated knives. Included in the kit are a set of coarse, medium and fine hones, a special hone for serrated knives, oil for the hones, knife holder, and a set of guide rods for the hones. The instructions that come with the kit are well written and easy to follow. I had no difficulty putting a razor edge on a well used and quite dull pocket knife.

The knife holder has slots that allow you to position the hone guide rods at various angles...

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