Leatherman Sharpening: Keeping Multitool Blades, Saws, and Files Useful
Leatherman sharpening comes down to three numbers and one rule. Plain blade sections get 16 degrees per side, serrated sections get 20 degrees on the beveled side only. The saw and file do not get sharpened at all. Those figures come from Leatherman’s own maintenance guidance. The rest is about your specific tool. A Wave+ […]
Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener: What the Small Tormek Gives Up
The myth: a Tormek is a Tormek, so the small one is the big one at a lower price. The Tormek T-1 kitchen knife sharpener breaks that assumption in the first minute. It grinds a full bevel with a diamond wheel like its bigger siblings. But it takes no jigs and sharpens nothing except knives. […]
TSPROF Sharpener: The K03 and Kadet Explained for People Who Want a Pro Rig
The common myth is that once you decide on a TSPROF sharpener, the hard choice is behind you. It is not, because the real decision is K03 Pro versus Kadet Pro. The spec that settles it is blade length, not price. TSPROF sells four guided clamp systems: K03 Pro, Kadet Pro, Blitz Pro, and Pioneer. […]
Kershaw Knife Sharpener: The Ultra Tek and What Fits Kershaw Steel
Twenty degrees. That is the one sharpening number Kershaw publishes, in the instructions for its own Ultra Tek diamond rod. Every decision about a Kershaw knife sharpener flows from that figure and from the steel in your blade. Kershaw sells exactly one sharpener, the Ultra Tek, a 600 grit diamond rod that hides inside an […]
Hapstone Sharpener: R2, V8, M3, and Which Module Actually Fits You
The box lands on the bench and you slice the tape. Inside sits a steel base, a rotating clamp head, a guide rod with a wooden handle, and a marker. No stones. That is the first thing to understand about a Hapstone sharpener. The Standard kit is a barebone platform. The abrasives are a separate […]
Brod and Taylor Knife Sharpener: How the Spring Loaded Carbide Design Works
Shoppers tend to file the Brod and Taylor knife sharpener as a different animal from a pull through slot. It looks different, it costs more, and the springs move. Under the polished base, though, it is still two tungsten carbide edges scraping steel off your blade. That confusion matters because the marketing and the mechanism […]
Work Sharp E2 Electric Kitchen Knife Sharpener: Two Stage Electric, Honest Verdict
About 100 sharpenings per disc side. That is the figure Work Sharp lists for the P120 ceramic disc inside the Work Sharp E2 electric kitchen knife sharpener, and it frames everything else about this unit. Roughly 200 sharpenings per disc, and a replacement disc costs about $13, so the running cost is close to nothing. […]
How to Use a Lansky Knife Sharpener: Clamp, Angle, and Stroke Step by Step
A Lansky knife sharpener is a clamp that grips the blade spine, with numbered holes that hold a guide rod at a set angle. It is not a pull through slot and not a freehand stone. Learning how to use a Lansky knife sharpener comes down to three decisions: where to clamp, which hole to […]
Farberware Knife Sharpener: What the Bargain Bin Tool Actually Does
The chef’s knife is skating off a tomato skin again. Next to the register at the grocery store sits a black plastic Farberware knife sharpener for ten dollars. It promises two slots, a nonslip base, and a sharp knife in a few pulls. Here is the straight answer. A Farberware sharpener will make a dull, […]
Antique Knife Sharpener: Identifying Old Sharpeners and Whether to Use Them
An antique knife sharpener is almost always one of four things: a crank grinding wheel, a twin wheel rotary, a carborundum hone, or a steel with a patent gadget. Most of what sells under that label dates from the 1920s to the 1960s. That makes it vintage rather than true antique, and the stamp on […]