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We at Sporting Classics Daily take knife care very seriously because we see a good knife as a lifetime investment, much like a quality optic or fine gun. And just like you should keep your optics clean and your guns oiled, you need to keep your knives sharp.
My grandfather’s sharpening stone sits on my workbench, rancid smelling from old oil and worn concave from generations of use, as a testament to knife sharpening. There are much easier tools for sharpening knives these days, one is the Work Sharp Benchtop Angle Set Knife Sharpener designed with knife making legend Ken Onion. Using it is so easy that if you can slice bread, you can sharpen a knife with this thing!
If you can slice bread, you can easily hone a keen edge on a knife using this angle set knife sharpener.
The key to making sharpening that easy is the way the sharpening rods attach in the floor of the case and create an A-frame. Simply slice straight down each side of the “A” like you were cutting a slice of bread, and you’ll have your blade at the perfect sharpening angle every time. And not only that, but the rods can be set to 15°, 17.5°, 20°, 22.5° or 25°angles so you can easily hone anything from a fine edge to a lawnmower blade. There’s even a fine grit ceramic stone that creates an incredibly keen edge on any knife.
Not all sharpening needs are the same, so the Angle Set Tri-Brasive Rods were designed to rotate 360 degrees through progressively finer diamond grit abrasive surfaces. You aren’t locked into a single position of approach for sharpening and it allows for moving quickly between abrasive surfaces while creating perfectly comfortable ergonomics when sharpening. For example, you can adjust rod side in a little and the other out to make it most comfortable for you and it won’t affect the sharpening angle selected.
A fine grit ceramic stone creates an incredibly sharp edge on any knife.
When you’re done sharpening, everything folds down conveniently and stows in a compact case.
Grandad’s stone will always be on my workbench, but not for sharpening knives. It’s too worn to do a good job and holds too much sentiment for me to risk dropping and breaking it. Instead, it serves as a reminder of how fortunate we are today to have things so much easier than those before us, and that includes sharpening knives.
