Whetstone Knife Sharpening Stone: 2-Sided Knife Sharpener Set, 1000/6000 Grits, with Non-Slip Base, Angle Guide, Illustrated PDF & Video Instructions - (Arkansas Honing Stone/Japanese Waterstone)

Service: It was ordered on a Saturday and it was delivered 11am Sunday - that is why you should continue to align with Amazon fulfillment - unreal service I could not have gotten online anywhere else. Email communications and the instructional video were on point...great knowing that they care about my satisfaction - saying it means nothing, but "doing it" does...Culinary Obsession nailed it. And really, and issues? "Just reply to this email" - instead of making me go to another site, log in, etc." AWESOME...easy for me and that is what most companies miss. Product: Packaged well. Opened it up and was impressed with the quality of the materials based on the way they "looked." Watched the video, read the instructions. 4 DULL knives that literally had rounded edges - this stone NAILED it. Never knew how to sharpen properly before and even without using the alignment tool, I was able to get a sharp edge on my "made in China" stainless knives. Had 2 made in Japan stainless steel knives that were much thicker/harder and honestly, I probably could have used a 400 stone to start with, but I just used the 1000 for a longer time and then switched to the 6000. I got a sharp edge, not as sharp as the others, but I could have if I kept sharpening. That steel was hard as a brick, so I figure I would sharpen those knives fairly frequently and get them to the next level over time, versus spending a lot of time on them. They cut fine now, just not as perfect a sharpening as the other softer/thinner steel. Overall: VERY impressed with 24 hour delivery, even on a Sunday. My wife did not know I sharpened the knives (they have not been sharpened since we bought them in 2000), and took one cut while she was making dinner and looked confused. I asked her what was wrong and she looked at the knife and said, "did you sharpen this? It is cutting through this raw chicken skin with no effort and normally I have to fight it." Verdict - we were both VERY impressed! Thanks for a great product and service...wish I bought this, oh, about 16 years ago!

This has sharpened my very, very basic set of kitchen knives that I got years ago for like $30 and have never sharpened or honed before. Those knives were nicked up, dull, and could not cut anything easily anymore. It was dangerous, but I didn't know any better. But recently I'd gotten more into cooking and stumbled upon the fact that even bad knives could be sharpened to cut pretty smoothly. Before I received the stone, I got an email from the seller with a PDF explaining step-by-step how to use the stone. NOTE: this is a sharpener, not a honer so it should not need be used often. I would recommend this honer: https://smile.amazon.com/Wüsthof-Knife-Sharpening-Steel-Loop/dp/B00009WDT8/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521256552&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=wusthof+knife+honer Upon receiving this item, I watched the video they linked in PDF which is also attached on the side of the box. It seems pretty simple, but definitely does not feel natural when I first tried to do it. I'd recommend using a knife you don't care too much about in case you mess it up a little bit. I also used the angle assist tool that came with it only for the first two knives. After I felt like I had a good sense of the angle you need to sharpen at, I took off the assist tool and sharpening became much easier. All my knives now pass the test of cutting a tomato pretty smoothly. They pass the magazine paper cutting test but not perfectly. They will do just fine cutting now; a million times better than anything I've had before.

The double side stone, rubber frame and wood holding block make up a very nice sharpening system. It is much easier to maintain a correct angle when you can focus on holding the knife only. Also the included blade holder works very well in helping to develop a feel for the correct sharpening angle. My only dis-appointment is that water from the sharpening process will make the cabinet surface slippery and the entire wood block will slide. I reduced the sliding by butting the block against my large chopping board. Maybe a little more "suction" from the lining on the bottom of the block. The process to sharpen takes a few minutes but is not difficult. The results are much better than what I get from my motorized 3 position sharpener. I am sure I will get better also as I use it more.

So I bought this thinking finally I would use a stone to sharpen my knives. I had this shipped to my office and opened it and had it sitting on my desk when my boss came by and starting commenting on it. He said he had one in his shop but nothing like that one. He asked if he could look at it and I told him sure. I told him he could try it if he had a knife to sharpen. He quickly whipped out his pocket knife and said I sure do. I told him I didn't know exactly how to use it but to go ahead if he did and he was very familiar with sharpening with a stone. He proceeded to show me how to use it and utilized both sides/grits of the stone. When he was done he asked for a piece of paper to show how sharp his knife was and it sliced through easily and with a clean cut. He kept remarking about how large the stone was and that it had the non-slip base on it and how that made it easy to use. He also explained how the angle glide worked and how that made it easy to hold the knife in the right position to sharpen it. I decided to give the stone to him since he seemed to like it and he was very gracious stating he only had small hand held ones and had never owned a larger one like this but he would put it to good use. Later that week he said he had sharpened all his knives at his shop and if I had any he would gladly sharpen them with his new stone. Best unplanned gift ever.