Hapstone, Gordon, Wicked Edge Pro Pack 1, Wicked Edge Gen 3 Pro, Lansky, Orange Ninja, Kitchellence, Work Sharp. Sharpeners compared for speed sharpening a very dull knife, sharpness after sharpening, blade edge durability, ease of setup and ease of use.
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When it comes time to sharpen that knife Is this $2 knife sharpener that sold at Harbor Freight just as good as the one That cost $1,200 well let's find out and The first test we'll see which sharpener Makes the sharpest Edge we'll see if Some of the knife sharpeners help a Blade remain sharp longer than other Sharpeners if it's all about price you Can't get much more affordable than this Gordon brand which is sold at Harbor Freight it has two ceramic rods for Razor sharp edge with little effort made Of lightweight durable ABS construction Simply draw the blade through the VG Grove the Gordon is made in China to Test the sharpeners I bought eight Chef's knives the chef's knives are made Of high carbon japanes steel to measure The sharpness I'll be using a best Certified sharpness tester I'll be using These test Clips with the sharpness Tester there's a piece of test media Running from the left side to the right Side of the test clip as a knife edge is Pushing downward the scale is measuring The downward force in grams applied to Cut through the test media each clip is Only used once and then I have to Replace the clip with a new one the Sharpness chart came with a sharpness Tester a double-edged razor blade is Around 50 and a utility blade is Anywhere from 150 to 200 a new high-end
Cuttery Edge is anywhere from 250 to 350 Edges that need maintenance are around 400 a butter knife is around 2,000 the Knives look very sharp under a Microscope so let's test their sharpness Very nice but not a very precise way of Measuring sharpness I'll go get our Baseline sharpness using a new knife and 140 is very sharp the knives are too Sharp to compare the sharpeners so let's Run the knives across this metal pipe Back and forth five times I'll add 2 And2 lbs of weight on top of the blade Just to make sure we cause plenty of Damage and that's a pretty bad sound and The new knife had a sharpness of 140 1,160 that's a lot of damage all the Knives should be pretty close to equally Dull before we sharpen the knives I'm Going to use a permanent marker on the Knife so we can get a better look at the Blade Edge during the sharpening process Let's go ahead and sharpen the knife With the Gordon hold the sharpener Firmly with one hand while slowly moving The blade back and forth against the Sharpening stone I'll start off with 20 Back and forth passes and then we'll see How the Gordon sharpen knife performs And the knife headed sharpened by the Gordon just does not look very sharp and A sharpness score of 350 just isn't very Good so let's try sharpening the knife With the Gordon with 20 more back and
Forth passes unfortunately the Gordon Did not make any progress at 350 and a Kitchenin knife sharpener which cost $1 Is probably the most popular knife on Amazon The Knife Sharpener has around 30,000 reviews it's a three-step knife Sharpener the first slot is a diamond Sharpening Rod which repairs and Straightens a damaged Blade the second Slot sharpens and restores the vshape Finally the third slot fine tunes for a Clean polish it even includes a cut Resistant glove the kelant is made in China to repair and straighten to damage Blade pull the knife through slot one Several times to coarsely sharpen and Restore The v-shaped Cutting Edge pulled Back several times to finally sharpen And eliminate burs on the blade pull Back several times I went and pulled the Knife to each slot 20 times just to make Sure that we did a thorough job and a Kence is performed by far the best yet At 265 with a name like orange ninja and A price of $36 I just couldn't resist Includes five different sharpening Angles 12 15 18 21 and 24° all you have To do is place the blade in each of the Slots and gently pull the knife through A few times for a fast effective Sharpening it can be used to sharpen a Kitchen knife pocket knife and even a Hunting knife the orange ninja is made In China set the sharpening angle by
Rotating the angle adjustment knob and Turning to the desired angle I'll go ah And sharpen the knife to 18° use gentle Force pushing the blade down while Pulling the knife back through the slot Repeat this action five times for mildly Dull blades or more for severely dull Blades after pulling the blade through Coe setting run the blade on the medium Setting three to five times or more if Required finally refine the edges by Running the blade through the fine Setting three to five times I pull the Knife through 20 times at each of the Three stations just to be consistent With the kence and the edge shape by the Ninja just doesn't look very sharp or Smooth and the Ninja really struggled in The first attempt at$ 410 which is worse Than the $2 Gordon so let's run the Knife through East station 20 times Again to see if the Ninja can improve And the ninja barely edges out the Kitchenin with a sharpness score of $240 At a price of $88 is this lansi brand Controlled angle sharpening system Includes the deluxe Diamond Stones you Can sharpen a knife at a 17 20 25 and 30° angle I went ahead and spend an Extra $15 for the lansi universal Mount Ganski is made in China includes extra Coarse coarse medium and fine grit hones Loosen the front screw for full turn Turns with the dime or screwdriver using
Fingers only tighten the rear thumb Screw all the way in and then loosen two Full turns place the knife in the jaws Of the clamp pinch jaws of the clamp With your hand while tightening the Front screw fully tighten the rear thumb Screw to lock the knife in place Assembling the hone place the hone Stone Down on a flat surface unscrew the wing Screw and feed the guide rod from the Bottom up make sure the hone and Rod are Flush with flat surface tighten screw to Hold Rod securely let sharpen the knife At 17° push the hone against the edge While moving the hone towards the tip of The blade covering a twoin section of The blade per stroke once you feel a bur Go and flip to the other side and the Lan made very fast work of the blade and There's already a bur that's formed on The opposite side of the blade that Hasn't been sharpened sharpen one side First and flip the entire clamp over and Sharpen the opposite side using the same Number of Strokes on each side while the Stones are very sharp it does take a Little bit longer to sharpen the knife With the ly compared to the first three Sharpeners not including setup time I Spent about 6 minutes sharpening the Knife as you'd expect with the guided Sharpening system the lcy created a very Sharp and straight looking blade Edge Many knife sharpeners leave a bur on the
Edge of the blade a stopping leather and Some rubbing compound removes the Bur And cleans up the freshly sharpened Edge I'll apply a total of 10 back and forth Passes to clean the blade Edge for each Of the sharpeners designed to benefit From stopping and the blade Edge is very Sharp at$ 1110 at a price of $120 is This worksharp Precision adjust Elite Knife sharpener the different pieces of The worksharp just snap together and it Takes about 15 seconds to set up include Seven abrasive grits including 220 320 400 600 and 800 Diamond fine ceramic Leather strap and a small ceramic rod And the Work Sharp is made in USA just Like all the other sharpeners let's Sharpen the knife at 17° turn the Adjustment knob to raise or lower the Sharpening angle loosen knob to open Jaws Center the blade in the clamp jaws And place the knife spline back into the V block align The Cutting Edge to be Parallel with the clamp Jaws turn the Knob to secure the knife plate and the Clamp Jaws insert the V block clamp in The sharpening chassis I'll try to set The sharpening angle as close as Possible to 17° this knife is extremely Dull so let's begin with 220 grip using Light pressure and long strokes start at The heel of the blade and swipe abrasive Back and forth while moving along the Length of The Cutting Edge towards the
Tip stop on the tip of the blade Continue until you fill a burr on the Opposite side of the blade along the Entire Edge once you've created a burr Press the spring-loaded button on the Back of the sharpening chassis and Carefully rotate the V block clamp 180° To sharpen the opposite side and a Work Sharp has more sharpening Stones than The Lancey and they start out at a less Aggressive grit so it took me about 8 Minutes to sharpen a knife for about 2 Minutes longer than the Lancey the Sharpener did not come with rubbing Compound for the leather STP so I went Ahead and used the same leather STP that I used for the Lancey and the knife edge For the Work Sharp looks very straight And extremely sharp and the Work Sharp Is even sharper than lansi at right at 100 very impressive at a price of $355 Is this hapstone sharpener the Sharpening Stones include 240 600 and 1200 grit Universal electroplated Diamonds pivot unit with fine tuning Linear ball bearing full 360° rotation When I purchased the hstone it was Advertised as having two stoppers for The guide rck unfortunately mine did not Come with those pieces the hstone is Made in Ukraine the hstone does come With setup instructions but it does not Include instructions on how to actually Use the sharpener the setup only takes a
Few minutes you'll need an allen key to Secure the knife to the knife sharpener The knife sharpener also requires an Angle finder and the knife sharpener Does not come with one I'll use the Angle finder on the sharpener and then Adjust a sharpener to achieve a 17° Sharpening angle and the sharpening Stones on the hstone are about 50% wider And 50% longer than the Work Sharp in The Lancey and that really speeds up the Sharpening process changing out the Sharpening Stones is also a very quick Process not including setup time about 5 Minutes to sharpen the knife with the Hapstone just like the work sharpened ly The hstone created a very straight and Sharp edge and hstone performed very Close to the same as the worksharp at 105 at a price of to $600 is this wicked Edge Pro pack one the wicked Edge prop Pack one is made in USA the sharpening Stones include 100 grit 200 400 600 800 And 1,000 grit Stones it also includes a Five and a 3.5 Micron diamond and Leather strap pack sharpening angles Range from 15 to 30° with one Dee Increments locate the blue base with the Attached degree bar fasten the visce jaw To the blue base Mount the sharpening System to the base used into two Supplied screws Slide the guide rod Assemblies onto the degree bar such that The ball joints of the assembl face in
Towards the vice and the thumb screws on The assemblies are facing you insert the Two prongs of the death key into the Holes in the alignment guide using the Vice key loosen the top screw of the Vice until the spine of your knife fits Easily between the jaws of the Vise and Rest on the prongs of the dep key Tighten the top screw of the Vise until The knife is lightly held in place then Tighten the bottom screw until the knife Is firmly held in place loosen the thumb Screws on each El bracket and then slide Them in or out along the degree bar Until the Inside Edge of the El bracket Is aligned with the desired degree Mark Then tighten the thumb screws by hand Sharpening the knife place the top of The red 100 great cor Stone flat against The heel of the knife when you are first Sharpening a blade successfully drawing A burp from each side is the most Important step do approximately 10 Strokes on one side of the Knife Only And then check the opposite side for a Burr once you've successfully created a Burr on one side repeat this procedure On the other side the feature I like the Best with the wicked Edge Pro pack one Is being able to use alternating back And forth passes to sharpen the knife And the knife edge definitely looks the Sharpest of all yet and a wicked Edge Pro pack one just tied to Work Sharp
With the sharpest edge with a scor 100 I Previously tested this sharpener and Decided to throw it in the Showdown Again since it performed very well the Wicked Edge comes inside of a very nice Carrying case you can easily adjust the Sharpening angle by adjusting this lever Includes half degree increments and Micro angle adjustment of 0.05 will set The sharpener to 17° the wicked Edge is Made in USA the sharpening Stones Include 100 200 400 600 800 and 1,000 Grit Diamond Stones attach the alignment Guide to the death key and insert two Prongs to the dep key into one of the Two dep settings located at the top of The Vise while holding the vice with one Hand lift the visce lever to its resting Position place the spine of the knife in The holder and then lower the visce Lever to lock the knife into position Slide the 100 200 grit handles onto the Guide rods just like the wicked Edge Pro Pack one the Gen 3 Pro uses the same Sharpening Stones however the Gen Pro 3 Holds a knife much higher up having a Knife higher up really seemed to help me Provide a more effective sharpening Technique just like the prop pack one it Took me about 4 minutes to sharpen the Knife and the knife sharpened by the Wicked Edge looks extremely sharp and The wicked Edge gen 3 barely edges out The wicked Edge Pro one with a very
Impressive score of 90 when it comes to Initial sharpness the wicked Edge gen 3 Pro came out on top with a sharpness Score of 90 however the wor per sharp And the wicked Edge Pro one were just About as sharp with a score of 100 and Hapstone 105 the amount of time it takes To sharpen a knife can vary Significantly from person to person from My experience the pull through knives Were definitely a lot faster than the Guided Rod systems fully dried and cured OA joins has a wood hardness of around 2500 on the Janka scale I've seen Sparks Life of a chainsaw chain trying to cut Through this stuff I'll add 15 lbs of Weight on top of the Knife and the knife sharpened by the Gordon sounds like it's grinding against The oage orange so let's test the Durability of the blade edges by making 40 back and forth passes across the wood And there's some mosay joins on part of The knife but not on the very edge of The blade and the Gordon started off With a sharpness score of 350 and now It's at 470 a loss of 120 sharpness Points just like the Gordon the kelin Also has some o joins in the bevel but None on The Cutting Edge unfortunately Kitchenin really struggled in this test At 575 and the orange ninja created a Knife edge that's much more polished Than the Gordon into kitchen linch
Without the O Sage orange Buildup and the orange ninja is the Sharpest shed at 45 and the lanski is The first of the rod guided sharpening Systems and it still looks very sharp And the lanski started off at 110 and It's still very sharp at 125 and the Work Sharp started off sharper than the Ly with a sharpness score of 100 and the Work Sharp is still very Sharp at a score of 125 and the hapstone Started off at 105 and the hapstone held Up really well only losing 25 sharpness Points dropping to 130 and the wicked Edge Pro pack one started off with the Same sharpness score as the Work Sharp At 100 and the blade Edge is still Extremely sharp at 125 and the wicked Edge gen Pro 3 started off the sharpest At 90 and the wicked Edge ended up at Just about the same sharpness as the Other sharpeners at 120 so after 40 back And forth passes across the O joins the Wicked Ed gen Pro 3 is still the Sharpest knife however three of the Other sharpeners ended up in a tie Another way to look at the results is to Consider the percentage of sharpness Loss a super sharp knife is more subject To Blade roll and doing while the Lansky Didn't start off as sharp it experienced The least percentage of sharpness loss At 13.6% however the hapstone Work Sharp
And wicked Edge Pro pack one also Perform very well the wickeded knife Sharpeners are very nice but they're Also very expensive for that reason I Really like the Work Sharp or the ly Both of them are very good knife Sharpeners that create a super sharp Edge all the videos in this channel Include this one are viewers suggested So if you have a video idea hope you'll Take time to leave a comment thanks so Much for watching please take care and Look forward to next time