Funcilit Professional Knife Sharpener Kitchen Knife Sharpener Knife Accessories Solid Stainless Steel and Austrian Tungsten Carbide Knife Sharpening Tool (Sharpener)

I'm particular (some would say fanatical) about keeping knives sharp. After experiencing it once, I refuse to cut myself because I'm using a dull knife. This stone has the right grades to bring a rough edge back to shape and to take a good edge and make it excellent. The rubber base is a nice convenience to keep the stone from slipping or marring a table or counter top if you choose to use those. I prefer to use a large carving platter with a small amount of water for re-wetting the stone while I work. Also... practice to learn the proper pitch for the blade(s) you're working. While convenient, automated systems with preset angled or guides you rest your knife on to hold a 15degree angle (example) are not one-size-fits-all. Different metals of blades can require different angles (for the length of cutting edge) to achieve ultimate sharpness.

1000/6000. To consistently keep your blades sharp review a video on how to use a stone on YouTube and get yourself a quality stone set. The wet stone will last longer then your blade, if cared for. If your tired of trying to cut something with a dull blade and your "easy sharpen gimmicks" have failed you as they had me, go back to the way blades have been sharpened since the beginning of time.

I was one of the fortunate customers to NOT receive the stone chipped...it came pretty flat and well packaged. This is my second whetstone I've purchased and I'm very happy with it. We use it for both sharpening kitchen knives as well as sharpening chisels and plane irons in my shop. For $20 it's worth every penny.

Very impressive stone. Have used it multiple times to sharpen both my own and co-workers blades. Will def be my go to stone and am looking at purchasing more stones from this company.

I use this to sharpen my Victorinox 7". Works great.

the stone is ok, same as other I own, the silicon base is NFG, it allows the stone to move and slide on marble. also in a silicon pad. Useless for me to hone my 14 inch chef's knives.

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