Lansky Knife Sharpener

Bearcat 74

Bearcat 74

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I have been reading about knife sharpening and I am curious about the lansky. I have been using a diamond stone and can get most of my knives shaving sharp with the small diamond stone. How easy is it to use the lansky, most have good reviews but some have a hard time using it. The store here in town has a lansky set and a tri-hone, course, medium, fine set of stones and I am torn on which one to get. The lansky looks simple and appears to be a great idea, but I have never used one. I searched the board and saw some threads, but I figured I would ask again.




Thanks!
 
It is the best knife sharpening system I hve ever used. I am pretty good with jsut some Arkansas stones. With the Lansky, I am actually worried about cutting my self.

There are a few tricks to getting them right.

1.make sure the rods are flat and even with the stones. Some tweaking will be required.

2. Once set in the jig, dont take it out till you have achieved the results you are looking for.

3. If you take it out, you will have to start all over because you will not get it back in the right position.

With a little practice, you will get your knife sharper than it has ever been.
 
Do you guys move the clamp on long knives like a fillet knife? I move mine as I work down the blade, but I'm not so sure it is best. What do you do to go from tip to hilt on the long ones?
 
The Lansky's are great i have had 2 kits, I would recommend getting a nice leather polishing strip though as well to help take the fine burs off your blade and to get the most out of the profesional kits
 
I've had a lansky set for 20+ years and they are the greatest system I have ever used. A blind man can get a knife sharp enough to shave with. I worked for years on the kill floor and the only easier way to get a knife sharp is to have someone else sharpen it for you. When I sharpen my fillet knives I clamp the blade closer to the tip so the blade doesn't flex so much.I switched to the diamond stones years ago as the stone ones will wear in the center and then they don't hold the angle to blade the diamond does not do this and they last a long time. I just got a new coarse stone the old one lasted 15 years.I had one of the triangle set ups and I gave it away. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
I too have one of the Lansky's and love it. It's great for the at home sharpening job and really is an "idiot-proof" sharpening system. I have most of the stones and the serrated sharpener too, which works decent. I've had better luck with the DMT Diamond sharpeners on the serrated models, but the Lansky is tops on the straight blades.
 
I bought one a few years ago and decided to cheap out and get the "regular stones". I recently picked up a couple "diamond stones" and am very impressed with them. I'll be replacing all of my regular stones with diamond from here on. I can't get them "shaving sharp" with the Lansky, but I'm hoping if I pick up the Diamond ultra fine I will be able too. Either that or I'll pick up the Spyderco system to finish them off after doing 90% with the Lansky. I can't stand a dull knife and would gladly sharpen them weekly if I could get them to the "shaving sharp point" but I just can't seem too. Typically after the hunting season is over, I'll send the majority of my knifes off to their original makers to be resharpened. The Lansky gets me through the hunting season without a 6 week wait to get my knife back.

Mahamari
 
I prefer the Gatco hone system to the Lansky. The Gatco has wider hones of better quality, and, a better clamping system IMHO. Works great for establishing the bevel and profiling the blade. The Spyderco Sharpmaker is the easiest and fastest way to get a knife hair poppin' sharp. To use the Sharpmaker though, the edge bevels must be the same angle. That's not generally a problem as the Sharpmaker uses the two most common angles. That is where a system like the Gatco or Lansky comes in handy, to profile the bevel and take the thick shoulders off the edge.
 
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