Wow thanks mate, I'm really glad it was useful to you and thank you! Enjoy using your kit!

Thank you for the kind words, its much appreciated. And I'm really glad the video helped you out. Cheers mate.

Hahahahahahahaha Tell me about it mate. 👍

Thanks mate, glad it was useful to you. cheers!

Thank you, yeah its a good kit, I like it. With a bit of patience u can get them extremely sharp, and if you just want to sharpen a load quickly you can still get them very sharp in a few minutes. I still havnt got round to making the other videos id planned to do with these kits, must stop being lazy and make them this year lol. Glad you liked it, thanks mate.

Thank you

Thank you, glad it was some use to you. :D

Thanks mate. 😃👍

You're welcome, glad it was some use to you. 😃

Nice! 👍

Yeah I can see how that would make it a whole lot more solid!!!!

It changes the whole nature of the beast, it's an easy fix, and by using a slotted screw, you use a same screwdriver as the clamp to turn the knife over, not a pain in the bum to do but makes it very rigid and no wobble, cheers from AUS

It's defo a good idea, and it also doesn't change the system at all which is a good thing, so when you don't want to use the screw there's no change to how it worked originally. Cheers from UK!

Well the stone do everything the diamond do, just the diamonds do it better, they can cut harder metal faster with less wear to the stone. I prefer the diamond but the stone work fine too, I'd be happy with either. I tend to use a mix of both, I use the diamond most but finish with the stone's finest grade which is 1000 grit, the finest diamond is 600 in my kit.

Nah, it's not necessary to use it all the time with the regular hones you get in the standard kits, (you can use it if you want but all you will be doing is making a mess and wasting your oil). You use it to clean the hone when the hone starts to clog with material, shown at 15:37 This is also what Lansky recommends too. This is for the regular hones btw, not the diamond ones, the diamonds you dont use the oil, only water to clean them and if you ever buy arkansas hones then they are the ones that you need to use oil with them and keep them oiled while you are using them.

@@LeesRandomVids Thank you very much!!

Yeah so the rod is pressing against the top of the hole, some people prefer that. I do the opposite, I put gentle downwards pressure on the the top too so the rod it pressing on the bottom of the hole, I prefer that rather than having the rod rubbing against your finger making it sore. But whichever people prefer is fine. 👍😄

@@LeesRandomVids Up, down.....I'm sure both work the same but in your video it sounds like the rod is just clicking around in the slot which would drive me nuts.

Yeah mate. While I'm on the cutting strokes it's kept on the bottom of the hole, but on the return stokes or none cutting strokes it can go wherever, it has no effect other than a sound, which doesn't bother me in the slightest. I've often thought tho that a small radial spherical plain bearing fitted on the clamp for the rod to pass though which could be made slide up and down the clamp for cutting different angles would be great as it would eliminate any slack in the hole all together. But it would also increase production costs significantly for very little, if any gain.

@@LeesRandomVids A plastic grommet would do it. Rubber ones are easier to find but they would need greasing, too messy. Still, it works fine as it is.

Yep! 👍👍👍

Always the way isnt it. I bought a set once which turned out to be a chinese copy, it was terrible. The stone fell off of the plastic grips. I sent it back and got refunded tho.

@@LeesRandomVids More worryingly, I think this is actually a genuine Lansky set.

I've not really used that angle but I know what you mean. I would probably use a cap screw or something instead of the red thumb knurled screw and cut is down to length.

@@LeesRandomVids That screw your talking about was included in my kit.

I just searched Lansky UK in google and a few sellers appeared, there's also ebay or amazon too.

Not on that size blade no, but smaller ones yeah it can happen. Also depends on the angle you want to put on it. if I had used the next hole down it would have run on the clamp or the clamping screw.

Yeah you are right, especially if the blade is longer. 👍

Used to have a somewhat similar situation occur in the early '70s when passing dubies back and forth with a few friends.✌

Hi. From what you described it sounds like a Sharpening Rod. You can use them out in the field when you're out camping etc instead of taking the whole kit with you, but they're not used with the system, more like instead of. Chefs tend to use them a lot too, have a look for videos using sharpening rods. The one I have with the ends is called a Mini Dog Bone sharpener, its a similar kinda thing to the sharpening rods. Was your kit brand new? I've not seen any Lansky kits with a sharpening rod included. I ask because my diamond kit was second hand from ebay and the seller was selling it with the extras you saw in mine, I cut out the explanation as felt I was just rambling. I may explain it when I get round to making a video using the diamond kit, and maybe make a quick one using the dog bone too. Hope it help.

LeesRandomVids thanks, i bouggt it from a huge bass pro shops as brand new. It only had 3 stones when i opened it, and the rod.

Ahh I see. Well, nice little bonus! Cheers mate.

I bought a Lansky standard set in Bass Pro in Orlando years ago and it came with a free crock (the dog bone) which I use on a daily basis. I use Lansky (taking as much time as I want to), then keep the edge honed every use by GENTLY running the 'dog bone' down each side. I also have a Spyderco Sharpmaker. I like them both and they both work. Unlike Randy Reek, I'm happy to spend the time setting my knives to a sharpness that suits me in the kitchen. I enjoyed the video, thanks.

Yeah that's the point of these kits for many people isn't it, its not only about getting sharp knives, its also the pleasure of sharpening them and doing it yourself. Just like people enjoying carpentry and making their own kitchen cabinets or going to IKEA and buying some. Thanks mate.

I don't know about that one you mentioned but I once purchased one from ebay a few years ago that turned out to be a copy, it may have been ok but one of the stones fell off before I even used it so I returned it for a refund.

Will the lansky stones sharpen x50CrMoV15 steel Wustoff knives ? They are pretty hard, up 56rockwell I think.

I still have both too 😃

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Altho you are correct I doubt most people will know what on the rockwell scale their knives are mate, especially on our ordinary kitchen knives.

@@LeesRandomVids The set should have disclaimer that the stones work for certain range of HRC.

Yep, I have the Deluxe. My Spyderco took about 2 hours to sharpen, mostly on reprofiling the edge to 25 degrees.

@@ussocom3644 After, I tried Lansky, water stones, I decided to buy TSPROF K03 basic version + pad/the disc. An angle, I measure with my phone. I can say 'Third time's a Charm'. The sharpening system sharpens fast and sharpening is enjoyable. I bought the biggest diamond stones which the tool can handle 200x35 x10 from www.vidbrusok.ru/collection/200h35h10-mm?order=descending_price (translate into english in case you decide to buy) The site has Grain correspondence table in case you need. I cut my finger pretty hard when I sharpened my knifes so I suggest use gloves. The gloves will help prevent the cuts and keep your hands clean. Sharpening, as I mention became fast, enjoyable, and you can see result pretty fast. There is no need constantly look at the angle and doubt do I hold the right angle still. Somehow, I really doubt that even the best guys have so steady had that they can hold same angle constantly. Couple words about water stones. The work with water stones is DIRTY, have to look at the angle which is impossible to keep the exactly same angle all the time, is outdated, and there is nothing special, magical or in any way superior in my amateur opinion. This is my amateur opinion about Lansky, water stones, and TSPROF K03.

@@sadoclass Looks good, I'd buy it in a heartbeat if I worked with knives professionally, but for a hobby, it's out of my budget. I will most likely buy a few diamond stones and start learning the craft by hand.

I don't know, until the hones wear out.. so probably quite a lot. And then you can buy replacement hones.

Yeah that's a good idea!

You mean like left to right, and right to left, only do one direction for all grits. Yeah I get you, some people say go the opposite way when reducing grits to crisscross, others don't. Cheers mate.

@@LeesRandomVids some of the best sharpeners Ive seen on here say you can go back and forth all day long, its all about maintaining that angle of the dangle.

The kit doesn't come with a strop, u can get one to add to it but It was a video on using the kit, not creating the sharpest knife on the planet. Tho it still produced a very sharp edge, sharp enough to shave hair. To be honest for this particular knife it was probably too sharp or polished, after chopping a few carrots and hitting the chopping board a few times it will lose much of that sharpness anyway. But as I said, it was on using the kit. Cheers mate.

You can use the skin on your arm as a strop. It's leather! Also, it will help maintain the sharpness of the edge.

I’m too lazy for this :)

No not whilst using them on the knife, it's not necessary with these stones, you only need use the oil on these stones when they start to fill with metal and glide over the knife instead of cutting it. I show when and how to use the oil starting at 15:37

It is quite a loose fit.

It's in the video at 15:37 👍

@@LeesRandomVids Yes, I see. Thanks!!

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Welcome to the big wide world of accents.

Tell it to Lansky, It seems they think I was 100% correct and its you that may have some more learning to do. Unless of course Lansky are wrong too? lansky.com/index.php/blog/how-use-lansky-controlled-angle-sharpening-system/#.WphQVmrFJhF *Honing Oil Usage:* *Arkansas hones:* When using these, apply a few drops of the honing oil provided to the surface of the stone before sharpening. Keep Arkansas stones oiled as you work. *Standard hones (Alumina Oxide):* Do not require oiling however you will note as you sharpen, that the stones will begin to move more smoothly. This indicates pores of the stones may be clogging with filings, which reduces the effectiveness of the stone. Clean by putting a few drops of oil on the hone. The oil will lift the metal shavings off the stone’s surface where they can be wiped away with a rag. *Diamond hones:* Do not apply oil to the Lansky Diamond hones: clean diamond hones instead with water and wipe shavings away with a rag. Diamond hones should be completely dry before next usage.

@andrew l. Makes you think doesn't it? People really shouldn't try to be smart when they think they know everything about something.

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Nope your wrong buddy. Oil doesn't need to be on the stone while sharpening. In fact you'll work harder for the same results and your stones will clog up a lot quicker. The oil brings the metal particles to the surface so to be wiped away.you Probably should learn that.even the lansky instruction book says the same thing.

Sombodea get the aloë vera sombody just got burnd.

So why did you buy it then? You're saying it's a waste of money just because you may be able to do better by hand. If anything, if you actually can do better by hand then buying it wouldn't have popped into your mind. Unless you just wanted to try it. Which in that case, it wouldn't have been a waste of money. You played yourself.

@@jonnywilson9117 he was bored and had extra money to waste🤑😁

Yeah sure you do, but it's a smaller one, still more than big enough tho.

@Frank Coldwell Fuckin failed English. I thought it was a decent video.

and infinitely more expensive. The Lansky system is a good entry level system that allows you to dip your toe into to the pool of sharpening so to speak.

So, because you can get a sharper edge on cheaper knives, but not on expensive knives, that means it's a waste of money? And how is one saving their money when they buy the more expensive option? More Expensive knives, plus more expensive sharpener? That's not saving money. Saving your money, would be buying neither :)