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 had recently purchased one of these sharpening systems on a whim after watching a review of it on Neeves Knives on YouTube. I use diamond stones to hand sharpen, and I also used to have the original knife and tool sharpener. Unfortunately the motor stopped working after five years and it was honorably retired. I was looking for a newer system to sharpen my EDC, FIeld, and Kitchen Knives and this system in the few short days I have had it, has put edges on my knives I only ever dreamed of!!!!

There are only TWO things that I think Work Sharp could do to improve on this system a little bit more.

#1 to include a support that you could put under the mounting arm to reduce some of the flex (yes I know there are aftermarket supports) but this should be something that comes standard.

#2 MORE STONES!!!! The stones included and for the upgrade certainly do work, but making more stones available for this system would send it into the stratosphere with the sharpening options!!!

Otherwise, this thing is well worth the money and has already paid for itself.

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!