Controlled-Angle Knife Sharpening System

This sharpening system works well enough, but it takes a lot of time to put a sharp edge on a knife. You can watch any positive review on YouTube to see enough to know that you are probably not going to want to use it. Using the optional clamp to hold everything in position, you select the coarsest stone you think necessary and after mounting your knife properly, you sharpen 1 1/2 inches of one side of the knife, move along the edge and sharpen the next 1 1/2 inches of the knife and do this along the length of the knife. Then you flip the knife over and do the same along the other side of the knife. This takes at least 15 minutes or so. You then select the next less coarse stone and repeat the process with at least 3 more stones, followed by the optional leather strop. So, one knife takes about an hour, but you don't see this in the videos. They skip over this or speed up the video. Hopefully, you can maintain your knives' edge with a steel, so that this doesn't have to be done more than once per month, but most of us don't take the time to hone our knives every time we use them. So, yes this system works, but it isn't going to be a user-friendly experience. The entire collection of stones, strop and clamp is a bit less than $100. The basic Worksharp MK2 would probably be best for most people. It isn't ideal, but it produces a very sharp edge in a fraction of the time this system requires.