Lansky Spyder Knife Sharpener: Specially Designed for Serrated Knife Sharpening - LTRSP

Excellent for on the go sharpening. I got this for putting in my camping bag and it's a great thing to have around even when not camping. I also have the longer lansky rod that's about 8-10 inch long and that works great for touching up blades around the house but this is excellent for putting in camping gear bag and I'm ordering another one to go in my tackle box for when I go fishing, the fishing hook sharpening grove is really handy as well.Seeing as it's an alumina ceramic type sharpener it does get clogged up pretty quick so i just rub some water on it with a rag and it's good to keep sharpening with. Oil would be better to use but seeing as I keep it with other things that oil should not get on I stick to using only water on the rag and that's fine.I'm able to get a nice clean sharp edge, this is probably equivalent to right around 700, maybe 800 grit.

I love these! I have three or four that I keep in various, convenient places for when I just need to quickly touch up an edge. Even with the relatively low grit, this and the inside of a leather belt as a strop can get a hair-popping edge back on a knife. It's really light and doesn't take up much room, so it's great for backpacking, and the rubber grips on the end make it easy to keep your fingers out of the way.

Why can't the Amazon Title and Description just say "MEDIUM GRIT" like it does on the sharpener's packaging?I was looking for a FINE Grit, like most of the reviewers suggested the Lansky Spyer Sharpener was built with.I can't see trying to "fix" a dulled blade's edge with a dinky 3" sharpening surface (that requires a medium or coarse grit), but I do believe I would like to have a nice pocket-sized fine grit 3" sharpener to touch up a reasonably sharp blade to keep it nice and sharp and prevent it from becoming totally dull. Not sure yet if I'm going to keep this sharpener.

I've used this to sharpen many types of knives, fish hooks, and other tools. It is suitable for sharpening and honing any simple carbon steel, and many low-alloy tool steels. It won't fully sharpen S30V, etc, since it is softer than the vanadium carbides. However, it is more than sufficient for field honing and touch ups of S30V.The fish hook groove works very well. The different sized radii and flats come in very handy for sharpening all kinds of blade shapes and serrations.

this sharpener is great for field sharpening or when ur on the jobsite

It's usable surface area is about 3 inches and it's pretty good for it's portability. At it's price is great as I paid $1.25 more a few days ago..lol(why is it that everything I buy on Amazon goes down after I buy it! :)..If you're blade is dull, you'll need a sharpening stone and a strop.

terribly! received all broken and short

I sharpen all my pocket knives with one of these and have another for my backpack. I can get a extremely fine edge with one (takes a quality blade first, cant get it with Chinese junk). Better than the lansky kits with the guide rods even. Fits in small spaces and has a great profile for various types of blades/edges. I can take a dull blade to sharp and then to scary sharp in very little time! Look to get more!