Matthew
Ontario

May 12, 2015

Pros: Effectiveness, Ease of Use

Cons: Durability

Does the Job

Perfect for a quick touch up or while on the go. Small, light, easy to use and for the price you can’t go wrong.

Juan M
San Juan, Pr, Pr

Nov 20, 2021

Pros: Effectiveness, Ease of Use

Cons: Durability

Excellent Shapner

Simple to use, without pretensions. Gives my Mora a new life. To when you are on the move. In expendive.

Jon
Tucson, AZ

Dec 27, 2013

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Quick and Easy

I've used the sharpener on kitchen knives and hunting knives. It does a great job of putting an edge on a blade quickly. Just a few strokes and you're good to cut. Easy to use and sturdy.

Tom A
knox. tn

May 07, 2013

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

smith pocket sharpner

I found. Out I was using it wrong when all fails read directions. I used to.press to hard and blade would jump along leaving rough edge. Use little or extreme light pressure on carbide blade side get beautiful smooth edge I just 4-5 strokes of blade. Sweeeeeet. little tool. Love it. TOM A.

Richard M.
Steubenville, Oh

Nov 02, 2014

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

own dozens

These are simply the easiest and most inexpensive way to put an edge on. Haven't had the patience yet to see if it'll create a razor edge. But after a dozen pulls thru each side it created an edge that had cut everything if asked it too. I've even had great luck sharpening my machete with it. You'll find one in my home upstairs downstairs in the kitchen as a matter of fact just about everywhere you look

Ted
Fontana, WI

Aug 02, 2013

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Great Sharpener-Good Price

I have used this sharpener for at least 8 years, the only reason why I buy another is that my family always takes mine home with them.

Dave A (Dancing Bear)
Alabama

Nov 28, 2013

Pros: Effectiveness, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Buy it...

Excellent little sharpener. You need one! Put one everywhere you have a knife. Works great - easy to use. The best combo, IMO.

Trevor D.
Moscow, ID

Feb 29, 2012

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Excellent sharpener

For such an inexpensive little sharpener, it brings most of my knives to shaving-sharp within minutes. Sure, it might not be designed so you can sharpen right up to the butt of the blade on some knives, but for the absolute most part, it does a great job. Easy to use, sharpens quickly, and inexpensive = good combination! I don't think you'll regret it especially for such a great price.

Bill C
Charlotte, NC

Aug 24, 2014

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Best Edge For The Buck!

Small and cheap as it is, this device puts an excellent on all but the thickest blades. A very thick combat knife will not fit into the grooves, but other than that, this sharpener works great!

David
Mid Alantic

Feb 24, 2017

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Handy for your kitchen or tacklebox .

This is one of the best little sharpeners I have used . Works best at maintaining edges that just need minimal re-work like your filet knife or your assortment of kitchen knives . This is not a good choice for bringing a really dull knife back to the day it was new . A good touch up and maintain an edge sharpener .Small , so it does not get in the way .

Lewis K
Florence, Ms.

Aug 13, 2019

Pros: Effectiveness, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Excellent tool

This is a excellent tool!! It will sharpen a Puma knife that I thought I would have to use on a bench grinder. I like everything about it and would at two times the price. Not least that Smiths is a USA co. Lewis King Florence ms.

Cowboy Mike
Panama City Beach, FL

Mar 14, 2013

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

This works great and nice and portable!

This is a nice and handy sharpener that works GREAT! Happy trails, Mike

Adrienn M
Hungary

Apr 14, 2015

Pros: Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Knife shapener for "takeaway"

This knife sharpener is perfect if you go for hiking, mountaineering or live in a camp for a while. It is small and light enough to put it into your racksack and take it with yourself. It is easy to use, your knife will be sharp in a couple of minutes. Due to its structure a small part of the blade cannot be sharpen but you cannot expect more when you live in the nature.

Steve Schultz
Abingdon, MD

Jul 13, 2011

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Works well

This thing does what it is supposed to do, and at far less cost than some other models. Also, I really like that NO skill is required to use it, unlike a sharpening steel or whetstone. I use it on hunting knives, fillet knives, "junk" knives that we use in the garden or while fishing, and on all of our various kitchen knifes. When you're butchering a deer and your knife gets dull every few minutes, this model is hard to beat: a few passes through each side (coarse/fine) and you're finished. The only downside, as at least one other reviewer has noticed, is that you can't sharpen all the way to the end of the blade (the part closest to your hand). But not much getting gets done there anyway, so that's a minor issue in my view. Eventually, it will wear out, and you will realize this when it no longer is effective (doh!). A worn-out sharpener can also be seen, i.e., if you notice that the rods are in the shape of a "U" with a rounded bottom instead of nice sharp "V", it is probably time to get a new one. If you have a big knife like a Kabar and put too much force on it, it is possible to break the rods, but if you do it's your own fault. Don't ask me how I know this...

Ben
Utah

Aug 25, 2016

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability

Cons: Ease of Use

Great for price

I use this for sharpening my Ferber machete and Ontario marine combat knife. It gives a decent edge, that I can also touch up using a diamond sharpener but it this definitely does the job just fine. The downside to this product is that it is that holding the sharpener while sharpening is troublesome and hard to master.

Bartender Bob
San Francisco

Nov 28, 2010

Pros: Effectiveness, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Idiot Proof

I use this sharpener in a restaurant and it does a great job on all the quality knives that we have. There are a couple of cheap knives that it doesn't seem to work well on, but that may be more of a function of a low quality knife rather than a reflection on this item. Mucho bang for the buck!

Josh J
Iowa

Jan 07, 2013

Pros: Effectiveness, Ease of Use

Cons: Durability

Great product for Kitchen/utility work

I use this to sharpen my kitchen knifes and it works good. Gets them sharp in a short time. Not extreme weapon sharp but good enough for food prep. And for less than 4$ a steal. Cons heavy use will wear it out. But for 4$ it can be replaced easy.

Adam
Budapest, Hungary-Middle Europe

Jun 06, 2011

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Ease of Use

Cons: None

Can't go wrong for the price

For $2.99-I will not complain. My kitchen knives were re-born after I have shapened them with this one. The carbide side makes the biggest part of the sharpening, and the ceramic gives the final touch. Only down side of this sharpener: the begining part of the blade will not be sharpened, if you have a knife which edge goes all the way to the handle. The carbide/ceramic rods are a bit deep inside, so that kind of knife can not reach that far.

D.Nelson
Wisconsin

Feb 26, 2015

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Cons: Overall Quality

Good Economy Sharpener

It works, puts an edge on almost any knife. I personally wouldn't use this on expensive knives, I would learn to sharpen those the right way. But if you have a EDC that you aren't afraid to beat up, by all means, this will do the job. Maybe not RAZOR sharp, but sharp enough to do the job. If you are having issues getting all the blade inside of it, take a dremel and sand down the excess plastic causing the issue. Its so cheap, you can't go wrong.

Colby B
Hickory, Mississippi

Mar 04, 2015

Pros: Effectiveness, Durability, Ease of Use

Cons: None

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It will sharpen knives really good but it will scratch them. Paint off of the blade if you are someone who wants their knife in perfect condition dont use

Genki
,

Jan 08, 2021

Pros: None

Cons: None

No

Trying to sharpen my brand new Ontario Rat II, Firstly, do not ever put this near a decent pocket knife. you cannot get all the way up to the end of the blade, and so it miss shapes your edge. Kitchen knifes from Ikea are fair game, and my wife is blissfully naively happy that I pull our cheap kitchen knifes through this evil device. Do not put this anywhere near a decent knife, don't.

Buck Fan
Virginia

Jun 28, 2010

Pros: None

Cons: Effectiveness, Durability, Overall Quality, Ease of Use

Won't work with many knives

I like the mix of carbide and ceramic, but this is a poor design. The thing is so thick, you can't get the beginning of the edge (nearest the handle), on many knives, anywhere near the sharpeners. Maybe this makes it extra safe from lawsuits? It may be okay on some kitchen knives or machetes, but it only reaches 2/3 of the edge on all my pocket and folding belt sheath knives.