I bought this in hopes it would be a decent quality. I have seen a lot of reviews about it and people spoke so highly of it. I currently have a Smith's sharpening system and LOVE it. It's the older one but does and amazing job at getting a knife razor sharp. Sooo.......... I thought i would give this a shot to see how well it worked. I needed something a little more course to get knives that were in bad shape down to a decent angle and ready for the fine tuning. This thing shows up and the plastic box is in pieces. The card board box that it came in was perfect. No sign of being destroyed in shipping. Nope. It was destroyed before shipping. The metal rods that comes with the kit are junk. they flex causing a variance in angle. The attachment to the honing blocks is a poor design. The knife jig is cheap cast and feels like it is ready to crumble in my hands. In the end i drilled the back of the block and used my Smith's rods and knife jig. I don't feel this is worth $30 at all. I bought my Smith's for $20 at Walmart. Buy a Smith's. If you need something with more grit order a sandpaper pack from Amazon for $10 and wrap course sand paper around the blocks.
I bought this in hopes it would be a decent quality. I have seen a lot of reviews about it and people spoke so highly of it. I currently have a Smith's sharpening system and LOVE it. It's the older one but does and amazing job at getting a knife razor sharp. Sooo.... .... .. I thought i would give this a shot to see how well it worked. I needed something a little more course to get knives that were in bad shape down to a decent angle and ready for the fine tuning. This thing shows up and the plastic box is in pieces. The card board box that it came in was perfect. No sign of being destroyed in shipping. Nope. It was destroyed before shipping. The metal rods that comes with the kit are junk. they flex causing a variance in angle. The attachment to the honing blocks is a poor design. The knife jig is cheap cast and feels like it is ready to crumble in my hands. In the end i drilled the back of the block and used my Smith's rods and knife jig. I don't feel this is worth $30 at all. I bought my Smith's for $20 at Walmart. Buy a Smith's. If you need something with more grit order a sandpaper pack from Amazon for $10 and wrap course sand paper around the blocks.