Precision Adjust™ Knife Sharpener

I've tried many sharpeners on my kitchen knives. The expensive ones from the expensive stores. The medium priced ones from the outdoors stores. I could not get a good blade with any of them. I thought it was me.

I have a field sharpener for my pocket knife from Work Sharp and saw a review from a famous Youtuber on the expensive(r) version of this. I bought this one on a flier. I started with my dullest blade, a gift that I got as a wedding present 27 years ago. I must have tried to sharpen it dozens of times to no avail. So I put it in the Worksharp Precision Adjust and began with the coarsest stone at 20 degrees. It took a bit to shape the blade; my hands aren't so good with feeling a burr, so I had to "wing it" based upon some of the Work Sharp videos repeating on each side with the same number of strokes, decreasing the number as I went. I finally got to a decent blade shape and went to the finer grit stone. After a few minutes on the finer grit, the knife cut through paper with ease. I polished it with the ceramic and it cuts very well.

This review is not without a con, however. That little grommet on the end of the slide rod must have popped off a dozen times, reminiscent of those little "Jesus" clips you find on motorcycles and cars. Something removable but a bit more permanent would be a welcome change.

I have had one of these for a year now and it does a great job of keeping my Japanese cooking knives very sharp. It is easy to use and great vaue and just works really well. What I particually like is how easy it is to swap between grit plates and to flip the knife over. It is not without a few minor faults; it does not work that well with narrow blades, the grit plates are also quite narrow which can make getting an even edge on the blade a challenge. I have also lost one of the rubber feet on the device which causes it to wobble a bit. These are minor faults though and I would definitely recomend this to anyone wanting to try a knife sharpening system. You would have to spend hundres more to get a better system than this!