Smith's Abrasives 2 Step Knife Sharpener

List Price: $4.99 Discount Price: $3.98

Features:

• Lightweight, portable, easy to use
• Pre-set tungsten carbide cutting heads and fine ceramic rods
• Excellent for use on most types of knives
• Non-slip rubber feet
• 2 quick steps- "10 second sharpener"

Accessories:

Smith's® Broadhead Sharpener

Customer Reviews:

great inexpensive sharpener [Posted on 2006-02-24]
solid little sharpener - works great on my pocket knife and small kitchen knives

Smith's 2-step sharpener [Posted on 2006-05-12]
I purchased this sharpener in the sporting goods department at Wal-Mart for $2.56. It is convenient and does a very good job at sharpening fine-edge knives.

Much value for small cost. [Posted on 2007-01-08]
Makes a very good edge in very little time with little skill. Not for Japanese knives!

Quick and Handy For Most Knife Blades [Posted on 2007-10-29]
No one angle is ideal for all blades and all types of work, but this little sharpener delivers a good edge suitable for most work. For a really fine edge, I still prefer the traditional flat stones as I have more individualized control of the angle I'm sharpening at.

Despite that preference, I found the bevel created by this sharpener excellent for plain edge kitchen knives and very good for most other knives. This tool does the job quickly and efficiently. I had a collection of dull kitchen knives in a variety if different steel types and in the time it normally takes to sharpen two blades on my flat stones, I had them all sharpened. It also did a great job on a machete I use for garden work.

Using the device is simplicity itself. Stand the sharpener on edge and pull the blade through the Coarse side five to six times. Be carful when the blade come out of the guide not to drop the blade on your exposed fingers! Repeat the process if not satisfied with the edge, When you have a nice edge, flip the sharpener over and draw the blade through the Fine slot another five or six strokes. That's it! For really large blades, clamp the sharpener in a vise and draw the blade through. This minimizes the chances of cutting yourself.

Overall 3½ out of 5 and I'll give an extra half point for simplicity and ease of use.

Smith's Knife sharpener [Posted on 2008-03-27]
Putting an extremely sharp edge on a knife has never been easier. Call me all thumbs when it comes to sharpening knives. In the past I would rather buy a new knife than to sharpen one since I could never seem to get a sharp edge on it. Within 30 minutes after receiving this sharpener, we went from having 10 dull edged knives to ones that are extremely sharp. The sharpener is worth much more than it cost.

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