Also to the person complaining about there only being 20 degree guides, if you read the instructions you would know that the honing and stropping guides are 25 degrees, not the sharpening

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/benchtop/manual/guided-field-sharpener/Nice video!

Unbelieveably easy and unbelieveably sharp

Enjoy bringing my edges to life. Used it so much wore the course stone out. Wish they offered replacement stones for this

A great sharpening toll. But I need to replace the sharpening sldes.How can I order them

I used to use various whetstones to sharp my kitchen and field knives, this thing has made them obsolete

I love this sharpener. keep in on the work bench and get awesome results quick. plan on another to throw in the truck.

This looks like a nice system! Im planning to biuy one

After a year of using this randomly I can say that it it worth twice what they are asking for it. You get several tools in one ready to travel tool. Anything from a touch up, to chip renal can be done with ease. Also, if you are not yet skilled in the art of freehand sharpening, the most common blade angle guides are built into the system for a truly perfect sharpening. Easy peasy. Light and durable. Feature packed. Highly recommend.

I love this thing. It's small enough to take everywhere. You can disassemble it completely to clean it (push out the drift pin to get the ceramic rod out). And, it makes things sharp.

Im looking for a sharpener to sharpen my wood carving knifes and chisel

The guided sharpener is easily 4 star unit for the price that should be 5 star with minor updates/ addons. I am a knifemaker and have used this to set /make new edges on various hard stainless and tool steels for the past few years and it sees much more use than the average home user is likely to put it through. I got both the extra coarse and extra fine stones as the 220 extra coarse really does take off a lot of material to help establish new edges or for home use repair damaged edges. The extra fine topping out at 800 grit which realistically for sharpening is still a rough medium level stone does fairly well to finish with reasonable working edges coupled with finishing stropping. The 800 grit is by no means a very fine edge and is one of the flaws, there should be diamond stones that go over 1k grit, jumping to something like a 1200-1500 grit would likely be enough, still medium sharpening grit but much more refined edge than anything sub 1k grit. Many modern steels have high hardness and large amounts of carbides that can be both sharpened at high grit and maintain quality sharpness for long periods of time, finer grit edge doesn't always mean longer edge holding but would be good to have the option. The other option that seems like it should be possible would be making highest grit ceramic plate like they have on the newer Bench tri stone. I have used the Benchstone and I would also call that a solid 4 star unit for moderate home use but it definitely is built cheaper

At last I can sharpen my pocket knives without the risk of ugly marks or incorect angles so glad I found your product at my local military surplus store here in the UK

This tool does a fine job of putting an edge back on a blade.

Works Great! I would recommend.

Bought this a few years ago and just hopping on now to leave a review after today. I literally just completely reprofiled and sharpened a S30V steel blade with this. Before that? I have sharpened/reprofiled/fixed SEVERAL standard knives with softer steels on this.I really like that it pivots when you run your knife across, it REALLY helps with getting the tip of the knife. If you've been sharpening off stones for a while prior to this it will take a sec to get used to.This really is all you need. I prefer this over sharpening systems because there aren't any restrictions. You can work angles you want, repair specific areas etc. I wouldn't even bother with the sharpening guides: just take the time to learn freehand and you'll be rewarded later.The only thing I would like is if the whole set/stones were just a bit bigger. But hey for under 50 bucks for a complete package like this that will literally sharpen your hardest steels? No complaints here. Seriously, this may be the only set you'll need.

This is the best sharpener I've used since I learned to use a whetstone in Boy Scouts 60 years ago. From Arkansas stones to water stones to Lansky kits to ceramic rods in the upright V configuration, honestly I've always been satisfied. If you know how to sharpen, and I had good teachers, you can get good results with any decent-quality stone or system. And then I decided on a whim to try the Benchstone. The price is very reasonable so why not? I'm so glad I did. I've taken kitchen knives that had chips and nicks back to tomato-slicing sharpness with minimal time and effort. The combination of the 3 stones, with the angle guide, makes getting a great edge so easy. Maintaining an edge can't be more simple. A few strokes on the 600, a few strokes on the ceramic, and a few passes on my strop and we're back to a shaving edge. My go-to kit for the last 15 years has been the Lansky. I get great results from it. But it's a lot more fiddly than the Benchstone. Instead of having to set up the rods and stones over again for each level of grit, on the Benchstone I just set up the stone I want to start with and get to work. It's always ready for edge repair or a quick touch-up.Thank you, Work Sharp, for creating this awesome piece of kit. The only mistake you made is that I may not be buying one of your powered sharpeners like the Ken Onion Edition. The Benchstone meets my needs so well!

Pretty darned good - two minor flaws. Makes getting the angle you want easy and consistent. In the first hour after opening, I repaired and sharpened a Wusthoff paring knife that somehow got chipped, as well as finally getting a decent edge on my Black Mamba folder (M390 steel is not very forgiving and if the factory edge is off, reworking can be a royal pain). First minor problem - it really wouldn't take much to put either a label or part of the molding to have arrows showing direction to tighten or loosen the blade holder - it's a small thing, but could make life a bit more pleasant. The other: using this on very small blades - like my paring knife - is a bit fraught. You can't really put the spine against the back of the "V" - because then the abrasives bump into the blade holder. And putting the blade only partway in is not all that stable. Not sure how to fix that issue other than to say: be careful when doing a small knife. But my paring knife is now slick as a whistle and sharp , sharp, sharp, and my Black Mamba now has nice symmetric bevel and is also sharp. Oh - also, the strop on the kit isn't all that great. If you can afford the space, a good full-size strop is much better.

Brilliant. A slight learning curve. I literally beg people for their dull knives just so I could play.

Just brilliant - the first 2 knives i sharpened delivered a better result than the last professional sharpening I got...