LanskySharpeners PS-MED01 Blade Medic

The Lansky Sharpeners PS-MED01 Blade Medic is an excellent tool for anyone looking to sharpen their knives quickly and easily. The compact design makes it easy to carry with you wherever you go, so you can keep your blades sharp no matter where you are.One of the standout features of the Blade Medic is its versatility. It can be used to sharpen straight and serrated blades, as well as to repair damaged blades with its tungsten carbide and ceramic sharpening rods. This means that you can use it to maintain a wide range of knives, from kitchen knives to hunting knives to pocket knives.Another great feature of the Blade Medic is its ease of use. The sharpening rods are labeled with the type of blade they are designed for, so you don't have to worry about using the wrong one. The rods are also pre-set at the correct angle for each type of blade, so you don't have to worry about getting the angle right.Overall, I highly recommend the Lansky Sharpeners PS-MED01 Blade Medic for anyone looking for a versatile and easy-to-use knife sharpener. It's a great tool for maintaining your blades and ensuring that they are always sharp and ready for use.

Great compact sharpener.I have been borrowing one of these from my father for a year or two as and when I have needed it - and now thought it was about time to get one of my own and another for my Mother-in-law.For a number of years I have owned some serrated kitchen devils, that were blunt beyond comprehension - but my wife wouldn't let me get rid of them..... the serrated ceramic tool on this has allowed me to sharpen these back to nearly new.... EXCELLENT.The tapered diamond rod has allowed me to sharpen scissors, secateurs, sharpen the scallops on a bread knife and put a tip back onto a kitchen knife.... again....EXCELLENT.The carbide 'V' sharpener has put a useable edge on blunt kitchen knives, and on a machete type chopper we use for kindling that was frankly as sharp as a dessert-spoon!......EXCELLENT. (Be aware this will take metal away from your blades in BIG chunks so you don't want to be using this very often). As the packaging states, this section of the tool 'repairs' worn, damaged and blunt blades; so forewarned is forearmed!Finally the ceramic sharpening 'V' is the part that gets the most use - we use this regularly to finish and maintain the edges on our kitchen knives. This takes the tiniest amount of material from your blade but enough to keep it tip-top and sharp enough for daily use. I love the fact it keeps the angle equal on either side of the blade.... so a straight slice...no guesswork as you might get when sharpening on a steel!!!All this said the angle is not that shallow (45 degrees) - so it is perfect for blades that get abuse, knives for fishing, hunting or those used by my wife or parents in the kitchen!!! However for sharpening professional chef knives this angle may not be shallow enough for everyone. Mine are sharpened to around 12.5 degrees (each side) and this tool sharpens to 22.5 degrees each side. The plus side of this angle, is that is broad enough to not damage as quickly or easily as a shallower angle but still sharp enough to cut a tomato cleanly with no effort.A wothwhile investment for any household, chef, gardener, angler; I can highly recommend.

The http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lansky-Sharpeners-PS-MED01-Blade-Medic/dp/B0085PPSIQ?ie=UTF8&ref_=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_24is IMHO the best little field sharpener on the marker. Other reviewers below have covered functionality so I will not unnecessarily duplicate here. Suffice to say it is to be used for what it is intended for - as a blade medic in the field. The carbide blades will easily strip metal from your edge so not to be used unless you need to put a new edge on urgently. The ceramic rods will fine tune any new edge and the ceramic edge and rat-tail file look after any serrations or curved blades.This really is a nice piece of kit for the field but I wouldn’t consider it really suitable for maintaining blades (especially good ones) at home. I am rating it 4star simply because of a design flaw that for me is a flaw. The rat-tail file is held in position by two magnets, one of which is positioned just below the carbide cutting blades. I had used the carbide to put a new edge on a couple of small garden knives (which it coped with adequately) but when I later went to use the rat-tail file on another job I discovered that the metal filings from the two blades I sharpened on the carbide blade were magnatised around the base of and all over the file. Never mix magnets with metal filings as its a mess to clean. This might seem like a picky comment but I do think this is a design flaw that could easily be fixed. But only really a problem one you use the carbide.