Knife Sharpening Stone Kit - 400/1000 3000/8000 Grit Japanese Whetstone Sharpener Set with Non-Slip Rubber Base Angle Guide Flattening Stone and Leather Strop

Excellent. Better than a steel to sharpen any day, and can sharpen other items...that need sharpening anyway.

Good product at a very reasonable price. The angle guide I felt was a bit flimsy and only suited bigger knives and moved around a bit - but maybe that was just me. Will take me a while to get used to the angle but certainly improved the knives sharpness considerably.

Follow the instructions and it works very well for knives, I also tried to sharpen some chisels, whilst it worked but not as well and it did effect the 'flatness' of the stone. One big niggle is when you put it into the rubber holder as instructed, it becomes too big to fit the bamboo base it comes with they say to use. I personally put a microfiber cloth down and place the rubber older and stone on that and it doesn't move on the worktop. Very stable and great for knives but I am now looking for something else for my chisels.

Using the better pull through sharpeners or a steel keeps knives in a decent condition but every so often they do need to go back to a basic sharpening to restore that surgical edge. My father used to use an oil stone for plane blades and chisels, and I still have it, although it is a bit messy for knives. Oilstones are much harder and slower working but do give a fine, polished edge. This kit uses the much cleaner whetstones using water as the lubricant. It comes with a guide for chisels and the like, which I don’t need as I practice woodturning so have jigs and a grindstone which does the job, although grindstones are not as convenient to use for knives. The kit includes a guide to set the angle right for knives and two whetstones with a different grit rating on each face to give 400 (coarse), 1,000, 3,000 and 8,000 (very fine) grit compound stones. This gives you the range of sharpening and polishing stones to cover a wide range of blade types from scissors and shears to fine boning knives. With whetstones softer than oilstones they do wear out of true faster so a harder flattening stone is included to restore a perfectly level surface. The stones are placed in a bamboo frame with a non-slip base to give a fair degree of stability in use. Also included is a leather strop, another thing my father had and used back in the days when razor blades were resharpened. The strop comes with polishing compound. Polishing is not absolutely necessary but does give a professional looking finish to the job. The kit also includes a pair of cut resistant gloves which might be a safety feature but make holding knives for sharpening a bit cumbersome, so it is easier to work without them. I have not had the kit long enough to talk about durability, but it seems well made and does a fine job of sharpening and polishing. I went through our entire kitchen knife collection, some reasonably sharp, some less so, and brought each knife back to frightening sharpness, able to cut through a sheet of A4 and thinly slice tomatoes without effort. It does take longer than sharpening with a steel or pull though knife sharpener, quite a few minutes to get a fine edge, but it is far superior to other methods of sharpening and only needs doing every so often, depending upon usage, using a steel before each use in between sharpening sessions to keep the edge in decent condition. That being said, it is quite therapeutic, a slow-paced process with a satisfying result. My knives were not in a terrible condition, just not as sharp as they were when they were bought, the sort of bluntness that comes over time shown by, for example, force needed to penetrate tomato skins for slicing, or cuts needing more force to be clean. This kit has brought them back to light touch razor sharpness. There are other, similar kits around, which probably will manage the same results, but this was the one I bought based on price and contents and I am happy with product and the results.

yes nice for the average sharpener, good set especially for price.

What a great bit of kit works very nicely

Great kit and works as good as some of my more expensive stones. Very happy

Seems decent so far. Just have to make sure you are using it properly, soaking in water and topping up when using the sharpening stone for longer periods.

Ağzı kırık bile olsa bıçaklarınızı tekrar jilet gibi keskin hale getirmek için bu taşlar ve iyi bir masat yeterlidir. Biraz pratik yaptıktan sonra her defasında daha kısa sürede, daha iyi kesici ağızlar ortaya çıkartabilirsiniz. Kullanma kılavuzunda yazdığı gibi, YouTube'tan izleyip pratik yaparak harika işler çıkartabilirsiniz. Taşlar gayet yeterli ve güzel. Bileme kılavuzunu bileme sırasında devamlı olarak kullanmak pek pratik değil. Kılavuz ile açıyı anlayıp o açıyı koruyarak bilemeye devam etmek daha pratik bir yöntem. Bambu taban ve silikon kalıplar sayesinde taşlar oldukça sağlam bir şekilde tezgaha sabitleniyor. Profesyonel mutfaktaki tüm satırlar ve bıçakları (aşağı yukarı 30 kadar bıçak. Zwilling, Global gibi sert bıçaklar ile 2 kemik satırı, 2 soğan satırı, geri kalanlar Pirge, Sürbisa gibi nispeten yumuşak bıçaklar ) biledikten sonra taşlardaki tüketim aşağı yukarı 3-5mm oldu. Düzeltme taşıyla düzeltilebilir ancak şu an için problem teşkil etmiyor. Daha önce kullandığım pahalı taşlara nispeten bu üründen çok memnun kaldım. Elmas masat ve/veya güzel bir honlama masatınız da varsa bıçak bileyici arkadaşınıza çay içmeye uğrarsanız :)

Gutes Preisleistung

Once you learn how to sharpen properly and get used to keeping the angle consistent (check youtube) this kit is awesome. Great for the price too. My knives were destroyed by honing rods, pull-through sharpeners and a worn out stone. I spent the time to practice sharpening (getting a burr on both sides of the blade is key) and brought them back to life by completely rebuilding the edge with these stones. They are scary sharp now. Sharpening them now takes less than 5 min. No oil required, just soak the stone for 10 to 15 min and keep rinsing it while using it to clear debris. The strop is sort of useless but at this price the stones, holder, angle tool, and stone leveler is a great deal in my opinion. Once you use the angle tool a few times you will no longer need it, but it's very useful in the beginning. I've only really used the 400/1000 stone and find it's plenty fine for my needs. I've also used it to restore the blade of a hand pruning tool. Will purchase a decent strop on a wood base and kit is complete.

Super

This kit is great. Everything you need to sharpen knifes, even serrated. I’d suggest watching a couple of videos to see how to sharpen knives with this kit. The only thing that was missing in the instructions was what the little black piece with the screw was. I took a picture with google lens and it brought up what is was in no time- a knife straightener. Not sure what folks are doing with their knives but, I’ve never bent one. Had no problem with stability when sharpening. We have an electric sharpener with 2 slots that I bought years ago. It’s did a decent enough job but, after using this, the knives are much more sharp.