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| Lansky Deluxe 5-Hone Sharpening System | 
| Brand: Lansky
Category: Sports
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $31.56
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,616
Country: USA
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 10 x 2
Warranty: Full US Warranty by Lansky Sharpeners
MPN: LKCLX
Model: LKCLX
UPC: 080999014004
EAN: 0080999014004
Release Date: August 31, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Comprehensive knife sharpening set for all types of blades | | • | Features 5 sharpening hones of different coarseness | | • | Color-coded finger guards for convenience and safety | | • | Comes with comprehensive instructions and tips |
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Product Description
The Deluxe Sharpening System features a line of sharpening hones ranging from extra coarse to ultra fine.
Amazon.com Product Description
Sharpen all of your knives with ease with the Lansky Deluxe 5-Hone Sharpening System. Lansky has provided the latest and greatest in cutting edge knife sharpening technology since 1979. The Deluxe 5-Hone Sharpening System is essential to have around the house for sharpening all kinds of blades. The set comes with five sharpening hones of different coarseness and is suitable for any type of kitchen, hobby, hunting, or garden knives. The system comes complete with a knife clamp, honing oil, guide rods, knife clamp screws, a carrying case, and helpful instructions.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 34
 Complete set - Lansky is the easiest way to use stones to sharpen your knives. May 26, 2008
Joshua G. Feldman (New York)
49 out of 50 found this review helpful
I've owned the Lansky system for almost 20 years and have been very happy with it. It enables me to get fantastically sharp knives every time with a bit of elbow grease but without having much actual skill. Lansky's system is a brilliant arrangement of a knife clamp with sets of holes that ensure consistent grinding angle for the stones that have long steel guides. This solves the problem of how to hold the stone to the knife at a consistent angle. Using stones to sharpen your knives gives you total control and allows you to achieve the finest edge (much finer than using a chef's choice, motorized bench grinder (which can overheat the blade ruining the temper), or any of those ceramic wheel/rod dohickeys). The available angle choices are 17 degrees (for Asian knives), 20 and 25 (for Western knives) and 30 degrees (for hatchets). Lansky offers various different stones (from natural Arkansas stones, to diamond abrasive). This particular set includes their entire line of synthetic stones - extra coarse, coarse, medium, fine, and extra fine. The stones are of good quality. You'll only use the extra coarse the first time you sharpen a given knife it cuts very quickly). The fine is fine enough to get your blades shaving sharp, but the extra fine really puts the last bit of super sharpness. They also give you a bottle of sharpening oil to help carry away the metal shavings to keep the stones cutting. I don't like using oil so I keep a wet paper towel handy when sharpening and wipe the metal off the stones and blade periodically while sharpening that that works fine for me.
To use the Lansky the process is simple - clamp the blade into the clamp - then scrub the blade against the stone with a consistent angle until you feel a burr (a thin raised seam) along the edge. The burr is your cue to flip the blade over and do the other side. When you get burr on the other side, move onto the next stone. By the time you get to the final fine grade polishing stone and get burr on the last side, then flip and give slight touch with the stone on the other side (to remove the burr but not raise another one) and you'll find your knife is literally shaving sharp (will cut the hairs off your arm).
Is Lansky the perfect sharpening system? For medium and small knives it probably is. Knives over 6"-7" long, however, require you to sharpen 1/2 the knife and then move the clamp and sharpen the other half because the edge angle changes too much if you attempt to sharpen too far from the guide hole. The stones themselves are pretty small (about as wide as your middle finger and as long as your hand) so it can take a long time to do a big knife. I can do a 5" utility knife in about 5-10 minutes, but an 8" Chef's knife can take more than double that - which starts to become a bit of a big project. If you do a lot of big knives you'll probably want to spring for an Edge Pro Apex (same mechanical concept, bigger size for much much more money). If you only periodically sharpen then this can be lived with. You shouldn't sharpen your knives more than once or twice a year (or they wear out too quickly) since sharpening removes metal. You should use a honing steel frequently in between sharpenings to keep your knives sharp.
Lansky's system is the best way for normal regular people (non fanatics) to sharpen their knives. It's pretty easy, fun, satisfying, and extremely effective.
great sharpening system! November 19, 2007
J. G. Halenza III (Pt Loma CA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
First off, Im not a professional chef. I was lucky enough to work under a great chef when I was in college and learned to value a sharp edged knife. I have purchased a lot of knives over the years. I have good german knives (F Dick) and good japanese knives (Misono, Hattori and Shun) I have never been able to put a good edge on a knife consistently. Ive gotten to the point that I rotate and send out my knives to be professionally sharpened...and wrecked.
Ah...The Lansky System. it is a system...it works, its fairly easy and it consistently puts a great edge on my knives. I practiced on some NSF junk I keep to put out for the inlaws when they house sit and they edge it put on the pitted and chunked edge was great. if you buy it get the universal mount because it can be awkward w/o it.
Lansky is the best! October 1, 2007
Mark Twain (La Crosse, WI)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have had a Lansky for a couple years, this one was a gift. They are without a doubt the best sharpener I have used. They take all the guess work out of it. Highly recommended.
Razor Sharp Knives August 28, 2006
KB (St. Charles County, MO)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a sharpening system. It allows you to select differing bevel angles depending on what you use your edge for. The basis of the system is the clamp and guide rod which hold your edge perfectly every pass across the stone. Working through the progressivley finer stones will result in a razor (and I mean razor) sharp edge.
After a proper edge has been put on a knife, re-sharpening takes only a matter of minutes and only the finer stones need be used (unless you use your knifes to chop wood or cut wire). Even abused blades can be honed back to razor sharpness,
My kids hated when I sharpened the knives cause they knew they were going to have to be extra careful- but thats OK, you should be extra careful when using a properly sharpened knife!
Great sharpening system July 29, 2008
David Rosen (USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this item about two weeks ago and have sharpened a couple of my pocket knives with it so far.
The Lansky system is very easy to use. The instructions are straight forward and there's an instructional video on the Lansky website (http://www.lanskysharpeners.com/video.php) too.
The first knife I sharpened was old and abused, so I started out with the extra-course stone and worked my way up. I ended up with a decently sharp blade after my first attempt.
The second knife I tried was newer and only recently dull. I started out with the Medium stone and worked through to the Ultra-fine. This produced a blade sharp enough to shave arm hairs without too much effort.
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