I have been using this sharpener for a couple months and it’s very nice. It has limitations with blade length and small blades like you find in a folding knife are sometimes too narrow to get the angle low enough without hitting the jig. But, it makes a fine addition to my sharpening gear and for the money, it’s tough to beat.
I’ve been using this for 3 months and I’m impressed. It’s has less grit options than my Lansky, but the real advantage, even bigger than the simplicity/convenience of it, is the infinite angle adjustment. This means that you only need to re-profile a blade if you really want to. You can always sharpen at the factory angle. That way you are minimising the amount of metal you’re removing. It’s quicker and your knife lays longer. I sharpened a Tops Tac-Raze on it. It has a recurve principle edge and a tanto style tip. It did both to a mirror finish!
Got mine yesterday. Sharpens very well. Needs more stone/diamond options. Clamp works very well. Best bang for the Buck. I have 2 lansky kits, Diamond and stones with several optional stones.
@@GG-ml3vr there are 2 little plastic guides that the main clamp bit slide into. I used the thing once and the motion of the clamp while sharpening caused them to snap and fall out.
loved this sharpener as soons i seen it lads portable for the house and does easey work of sharpening even the oldest to the knewest chefs knifes and all others im glad i got it.and super easy to yous
Not really, only works in one direction and stropping is really easier to do by hand. Do you need a machine to run a few strops whackity whackity whack back and forth for you? I use 5000 grit diamond compound on the flesh side of some 1/8" thick leather glued to a 1 1/2" wide by 10" long strop after a 800 grit diamond hone finish and it will cut whatever you need. If you're going to carve wood or cut leather then is really the only time you'll ever need a mirror polished edge. Look at scalpels and butcher's edges, 600 to 800 grits with a quick strop to get the burr off. Try to skin a deer with a buffed edge, you'll be making cuts you didn't want to. And forget about taking the skin off a fish filet if the knife is too sharp, it keeps slicing through the skin instead of under it. If you want a HRC 63 hard carbon steel blade for wood carving I'll make it wit a mirror polished edge, with the secondary bevel concave because that works best for wood carving according to what they tell me.
I only use work sharp. My first one was the GFS and the the electric knife tool sharpener. Both awesome! Just before this precision came out I was wanting a system like this and thinking of making my own. Im still on the knifes edge (excuse the pun) on whether I should buy this system or build mine. What I would have liked was: More finer grits to achieve a polished edge for my custom knives. Apart from the plates rounded rods in the same grits for cerated blades and curved/special contoured blades. Could be purchased separately. A strop. A larger blade clamp for thicker chopping blades. Extendable rods for longer blades. Maybe a big brother to this system where the knife clamp points upwards and one has stone/plates on either side that are adjustable in degrees. A upward facing clamp would create more stability for larger blades.
You guys missed the most important part so you don't remove too much material. Before I start I use black magic marker on The Cutting Edge and this way you can set your angle to the exact same angle that's the knife was originally cut to. Start off slow and you can see by removing the magic marker color whether you're too high or low
Just about any blade, especially hand grinds, are not the same angle front to back and definitely not side to side. I've seen videos with as much as 4 degrees. My .02 and unprofessional opinion is to sharpen to angle you'd want.
My hope is they come out with a 3 lower grit tri edge like 80, 100, 200 and a three higher 800, 1000, 1200 and then more of honing stopping with 2 natural or alum oxide sides and a strop. The final piece they need a curved rod with round sharpening for recurves. I am planning on getting one as the price is perfect.
@@Bear-nu8xm you can buy 7- 3M self sticking lapping films on Amazon for around $15. They range from 30 microns down to 0.3 microns and can get about 20+- 1/2” strips per sheet. They work really well stuck to the ceramic hone.
@@waltv6385 Yes I've tried this with 3m films on my lanksy ceramic without any good results. I think it's because I didn't buy diamond film maybe. I can get mirror edges with my lanksy however, it's really janky and time consuming.
Why wouldn’t you make the slider/rod/clamp tolerance tighter? Shouldn’t cost more…great tool at the price. Just curious why it wasn’t possible to catch this during prototype phase.
Just waiting on more grit options. 300/600/900, then Ceramics fine/extra fine/strop And a bit worried about the set up with the 945 mini Osborne and the 940 cos they’re both rather narrow/short in height and getting the 17°/18° I like
I find that once I use this sharpener if I use the regular electric workshop with the light purple belt I get better results. I can’t seem to get a burr and I am sure that is operator error.
Nice review. I have a Kabar BK9. The blade is 9.5" long. The blade thickness is .188" = 3/16". Will a 3/16" blade thickness fit into the clamp? Can the WORK SHARP sharpener reach the ends of the BK9 blade? What is the longest blade it can handle? Thanks!
Would that simply mean that I could sharpen from the very tip to about an inch short of the handle? That's be fine. I can had sharpen that last inch out of the clamp.
If you aren't able to see it visually, try coloring in your edge with a Sharpie marker. Then, adjust the angle until a few swipes of the ceramic rod removes all the marker consistently. -DCA
I love mine you just can't get any better for the buck. What they do need are round sharpening stick for those of us who have recurve blades. Well done men you hit this one out of the park. Happy trails
What about how to get the knife perfectly even in the clamp so i get an even bevels on each side of the blade without have to to change the angle of the system when I switch sides of the knife..... (Stil learning)
Cool thing about the jig is that it clamps from both sides simultaneously and kind of forces both sides to be centered. And to switch sides being sharpened you can actually just press a button and flip the entire jig, no re-clamping necessary. So if you center it during the initial clamping it should stay.
About $100 difference w/ a case.. but should I go for a Ken Onion Worksharp, or one of these? I don't mine the difference if the Worksharp is better, cause I'm amateur as f&ck
My buddy on the Canadian Knife and Gear Facebook page bought one and had the grit come off one of the sides in a few uses.... Worksharp customer service. .a new plate is 8 bucks and 25 for shipping! Luckily he bought it at Bass Pro shoo and they gave him an exchange.
For me, this video stopped at 10:28 Without telling me how many passes each side gets or if I can replace ea. side or whole tri-grit (or wtf ever it is) I'm out. Who would commit to a new vehicle purchase with no mpg info nor fuel tank size?
Have you gone from the KO to this? One major issue I have encountered going from KO to this is that the KO trailing edge/leading edge sharpening creates uneven bevels. It becomes obvious when you try to put a flat bevel on the knife after it has been convexed with KO sharpener.
!!!!!!!!!Get lappin film on Amazon, cut to stones size, stick to the ceramic stone, continue to use like ya was sharpenin a knife, and get a mirror polish!!!!!!!! Lappin film comes in multiple abrasion all the way down to .3-.1 micron for that mirror shine 😎😁
Mattoon inch big knife even if it’s heavy it’s heavy real hard Japanese still can’t tell you what it is like y’all know the steel but it’s even handled it and it’s a heavy large definition of
Just another guided sharpening device probably made in China. Fact of the matter is the Russian sharpening devices of the best ones out there for the best price.
@Jeremy Two Our government is lead by Iran, so we should make a big war againts two governments. I hope America make a war againts Iran and let Iraq be free again. I wish I could come to the US one day and be American, ah what a dream.
I BOUGHT THIS THING, HAD TO RETURN IT. It doesn't handle low angle grinds well at all. it hits the clamp when you start trying to use any angle under 20 degrees! absolute garbage, VERY disappointed because I really wanted this to be my new sharpener, but it can't do a paring knife or a Japanese blade. If the distance from the spine to the edge is too short, you are completely out of luck with this tool.
I have been using this sharpener for a couple months and it’s very nice. It has limitations with blade length and small blades like you find in a folding knife are sometimes too narrow to get the angle low enough without hitting the jig. But, it makes a fine addition to my sharpening gear and for the money, it’s tough to beat.
I’ve been using this for 3 months and I’m impressed. It’s has less grit options than my Lansky, but the real advantage, even bigger than the simplicity/convenience of it, is the infinite angle adjustment. This means that you only need to re-profile a blade if you really want to. You can always sharpen at the factory angle. That way you are minimising the amount of metal you’re removing. It’s quicker and your knife lays longer.
I sharpened a Tops Tac-Raze on it. It has a recurve principle edge and a tanto style tip. It did both to a mirror finish!
Worth every penny . Works great on my CPM steels .
It took me awhile to get mine. Love it thus far but definitely want more grits and a stropping surface
Stropping surface, use an old leather belt.
Got mine yesterday.
Sharpens very well.
Needs more stone/diamond options.
Clamp works very well.
Best bang for the Buck.
I have 2 lansky kits, Diamond and stones with several optional stones.
my suggestion for naming this kind of sharpener is "Duck", like: whats that?! "thas a duck sharpener", for its beak
If you want more grits, get some higher grit sand paper and lapping films along with removable double sided scotch tape. It is amazing!
Interesting tool. Would love to try that.
I like my lansky system but setting the rods up everytime is a hassle. I'm going to give this a try plus it's diamond which is a big plus.
Bought one of these a few weeks ago. It is good, but the plastic guides snapped off almost immediately. Aside from that it works pretty well.
Which part snapped?
@@GG-ml3vr there are 2 little plastic guides that the main clamp bit slide into. I used the thing once and the motion of the clamp while sharpening caused them to snap and fall out.
Just curious how you got one a few weeks ago when they aren't released yet?
@@excat they’ve been out for a while. I got mine before Christmas
@@jvf_t4r59 So is this just an announcement of KnifeCenter carrying the product?
loved this sharpener as soons i seen it lads portable for the house and does easey work of sharpening even the oldest to the knewest chefs knifes and all others im glad i got it.and super easy to yous
Great, really effective tool for a reasonable price!
I'm waiting for mine to be delivered. I have the Ken Onion Edition, which is great.
I love mine! I bought mine when they first dropped a few months ago.
That knife sharpener is bad ass I love it!!
Can you sharpen a karambit blade with this sharpener?
Leather strap could be added to this three abrasives, as a fourth side
Not really, only works in one direction and stropping is really easier to do by hand. Do you need a machine to run a few strops whackity whackity whack back and forth for you? I use 5000 grit diamond compound on the flesh side of some 1/8" thick leather glued to a 1 1/2" wide by 10" long strop after a 800 grit diamond hone finish and it will cut whatever you need. If you're going to carve wood or cut leather then is really the only time you'll ever need a mirror polished edge.
Look at scalpels and butcher's edges, 600 to 800 grits with a quick strop to get the burr off. Try to skin a deer with a buffed edge, you'll be making cuts you didn't want to. And forget about taking the skin off a fish filet if the knife is too sharp, it keeps slicing through the skin instead of under it. If you want a HRC 63 hard carbon steel blade for wood carving I'll make it wit a mirror polished edge, with the secondary bevel concave because that works best for wood carving according to what they tell me.
Great product. Which grit do you start with first. I'm a beginner.... thx
I only use work sharp. My first one was the GFS and the the electric knife tool sharpener. Both awesome! Just before this precision came out I was wanting a system like this and thinking of making my own. Im still on the knifes edge (excuse the pun) on whether I should buy this system or build mine. What I would have liked was:
More finer grits to achieve a polished edge for my custom knives.
Apart from the plates rounded rods in the same grits for cerated blades and curved/special contoured blades. Could be purchased separately.
A strop.
A larger blade clamp for thicker chopping blades.
Extendable rods for longer blades.
Maybe a big brother to this system where the knife clamp points upwards and one has stone/plates on either side that are adjustable in degrees. A upward facing clamp would create more stability for larger blades.
Just picked up the mk2 knife and tool sharpener from worksharp its great 👍🏼
You guys missed the most important part so you don't remove too much material. Before I start I use black magic marker on The Cutting Edge and this way you can set your angle to the exact same angle that's the knife was originally cut to. Start off slow and you can see by removing the magic marker color whether you're too high or low
Just about any blade, especially hand grinds, are not the same angle front to back and definitely not side to side. I've seen videos with as much as 4 degrees.
My .02 and unprofessional opinion is to sharpen to angle you'd want.
and also you might not want to hold to the factory angle if you need to deal with a chipped edge😫
My hope is they come out with a 3 lower grit tri edge like 80, 100, 200 and a three higher 800, 1000, 1200 and then more of honing stopping with 2 natural or alum oxide sides and a strop. The final piece they need a curved rod with round sharpening for recurves. I am planning on getting one as the price is perfect.
Yes, I love this system however, needs more stones and ceramics. Lapping films would be great too. I think they will eventually.
@@Bear-nu8xm you can buy 7- 3M self sticking lapping films on Amazon for around $15. They range from 30 microns down to 0.3 microns and can get about 20+- 1/2” strips per sheet. They work really well stuck to the ceramic hone.
@@waltv6385 Yes I've tried this with 3m films on my lanksy ceramic without any good results. I think it's because I didn't buy diamond film maybe. I can get mirror edges with my lanksy however, it's really janky and time consuming.
Why wouldn’t you make the slider/rod/clamp tolerance tighter? Shouldn’t cost more…great tool at the price. Just curious why it wasn’t possible to catch this during prototype phase.
Will it do a scandi..?
Anyone know what knife that the Work Sharp man has? He used it to demonstrate tanto point sharpening. Thanks
Just waiting on more grit options.
300/600/900, then
Ceramics fine/extra fine/strop
And a bit worried about the set up with the 945 mini Osborne and the 940 cos they’re both rather narrow/short in height and getting the 17°/18° I like
I need this system. My Smith's system is too limited for my knife collection.
I find that once I use this sharpener if I use the regular electric workshop with the light purple belt I get better results. I can’t seem to get a burr and I am sure that is operator error.
Looks like they are on preorder when will they be available?
Waiting on our next batch yet again -DCA
But will it do a better job than the Spyderco Sharpmaker system?
Both will do a very nice edge. Haven't tested final edges side by side. -DCA
Nice review. I have a Kabar BK9. The blade is 9.5" long. The blade thickness is .188" = 3/16". Will a 3/16" blade thickness fit into the clamp? Can the WORK SHARP sharpener reach the ends of the BK9 blade? What is the longest blade it can handle? Thanks!
Not sure on the blade thickness, but the length will probably be too long. This unit tops out at about an 8" blade at the max. -DCA
Would that simply mean that I could sharpen from the very tip to about an inch short of the handle? That's be fine. I can had sharpen that last inch out of the clamp.
when sharpening with the lowest angle, will the stone cut into the clamp? Thanks for the answer.
Depends on the width of the blade
Just got one of these, now what's the best way to figure out what angle edge you have on a particular knife?
If you aren't able to see it visually, try coloring in your edge with a Sharpie marker. Then, adjust the angle until a few swipes of the ceramic rod removes all the marker consistently. -DCA
@@knifecenter hey thanks Mr. Knifecenter!
Looks similar to the kme if your having issues with this being new you might find tips from a kme FAQ video. If you can't find info anywhere else
I love mine you just can't get any better for the buck. What they do need are round sharpening stick for those of us who have recurve blades. Well done men you hit this one out of the park. Happy trails
It's only 1/2" wide. It works on my recuve. It isn't a Kukri but is a recurve.
@@bamafaninky861 Yes I know I just don't want to kill the corners on the flat stones . Take care stay safe happy trails
White marking up, what difference is that gonna make???????
What about how to get the knife perfectly even in the clamp so i get an even bevels on each side of the blade without have to to change the angle of the system when I switch sides of the knife..... (Stil learning)
Cool thing about the jig is that it clamps from both sides simultaneously and kind of forces both sides to be centered. And to switch sides being sharpened you can actually just press a button and flip the entire jig, no re-clamping necessary. So if you center it during the initial clamping it should stay.
I'm interested in the but don't think it will do well with heavily curved blades. What do you suggest for a knife like a benchmade Nestucca?
I have 2 COLD STEEL KRIS knives and the Ken Onion belt sander does an excellent job on those curvy blades
Can this sharpen a Morakniv Garberg that has 3.8mm spine?
Yes
game changer love mine
About $100 difference w/ a case.. but should I go for a Ken Onion Worksharp, or one of these? I don't mine the difference if the Worksharp is better, cause I'm amateur as f&ck
I bought one of these things and I'm not very impressed. It takes a long time to get a good edge
I use this and it is great
My buddy on the Canadian Knife and Gear Facebook page bought one and had the grit come off one of the sides in a few uses....
Worksharp customer service. .a new plate is 8 bucks and 25 for shipping!
Luckily he bought it at Bass Pro shoo and they gave him an exchange.
For me, this video stopped at 10:28
Without telling me how many passes each side gets or if I can replace ea. side or whole tri-grit (or wtf ever it is) I'm out.
Who would commit to a new vehicle purchase with no mpg info nor fuel tank size?
TAKE MY MONEY 💰
HAVE THE KEN ONION MODEL LOVE IT 😍
Have you gone from the KO to this?
One major issue I have encountered going from KO to this is that the KO trailing edge/leading edge sharpening creates uneven bevels. It becomes obvious when you try to put a flat bevel on the knife after it has been convexed with KO sharpener.
20:59 is it 2020 / 2021.?🤔🤔🤔🤔
!!!!!!!!!Get lappin film on Amazon, cut to stones size, stick to the ceramic stone, continue to use like ya was sharpenin a knife, and get a mirror polish!!!!!!!! Lappin film comes in multiple abrasion all the way down to .3-.1 micron for that mirror shine 😎😁
Nice!!!!!!
I wish you would have put this review out a week ago. I just bought a different brand. 😑🤦🏽♂️
What did you get?
Mattoon inch big knife even if it’s heavy it’s heavy real hard Japanese still can’t tell you what it is like y’all know the steel but it’s even handled it and it’s a heavy large definition of
I think it's called a hymen joint
Spell correct may have gotten you. It’s Heim joint.
Josh why is your Camera a Potato?
Just another guided sharpening device probably made in China. Fact of the matter is the Russian sharpening devices of the best ones out there for the best price.
Sorry but that clamp isn't suitable for small knives, karambits and dual-edge OTFs.
No apologies necessary.
I'm jealous of you US people
@Jeremy Two
Our government is lead by Iran, so we should make a big war againts two governments. I hope America make a war againts Iran and let Iraq be free again.
I wish I could come to the US one day and be American, ah what a dream.
thats nice n all but thats happening so much whites are been replaced, in every country, there is no white countries no more.@@Enes-wj5xq
I BOUGHT THIS THING, HAD TO RETURN IT. It doesn't handle low angle grinds well at all. it hits the clamp when you start trying to use any angle under 20 degrees! absolute garbage, VERY disappointed because I really wanted this to be my new sharpener, but it can't do a paring knife or a Japanese blade. If the distance from the spine to the edge is too short, you are completely out of luck with this tool.
Looks cheap to me
It is cheap,but it works well enough