Micro 100KS-1 Speedy Sharp Knife Sharpener,Orange

Although I am very picky about my knives and sharpening, this is a great tool for touching up your knives edge while you're out in the woods. It also works very good for a quick touch up on your axe or hatchet and even for fish hooks. I would never consider using it as my primary knife sharpener, but when you're out on a camping or fishing/hunting trip, it works just fine for a quick touch up. Very easy and effective. What I use it for the most however, is as a ferro rod striker. It works amazingly well for that. I don't like to mar up my knives spine to strike my sparks if I don't have to, and this thing works so much better anyway! It will eat your ferro rod a little quicker than a knife spine or regular striker, but damn does it ever throw a ton of spark! If you can't get a fire going with this, then you might as well toss your ferro rod in the creek, because it obviously isn't your thing, lol.Would I recommend it? Hell yes. Would I buy it again? Hell yes., and in fact, already did! I keep one in my pack, and another in my tackle box. May just get another for the garage. It should work great on chisels, scissors, and hedge clippers! Best 10 bucks you will ever spend if you like to do extended trips to the great outdoors, and pretty handy to have around the house as well, for a quick edge touch up on pretty much any cutting tool. That being said, don't throw away your sharpening stones. That is still the best way for a full on sharpening. This is great however for a quick touch up when you're either away from home, or just don't have the time to do a proper sharpening.

I'm giving this five stars because it's well-made, functional and doesn't pretend to be anything but what it is: an aggressive, carbide knife sharpener that will shave a lot of metal off your knife's edge. I can see myself using this again in some circumstances, but it's important to know what you're buying here.• My neighbour and I tested the Speedy Sharp on some extremely dull knives that couldn't even saw through tomatoes anymore. This tool (used by itself as per the instructions on the package) brought a cutting edge back to those knives. It is functional and it works very quickly but it will also shave your knives down significantly and give them a cruder, less enduring edge than regular sharpening stones would.• If you choose to use this, I recommend using a light touch (don't bear down heavily on the knife's edge with this tool).• Be wary of using this on knives that have even small chips or dings in the blade; I also tested the Speedy Sharp on a set of old knives that had minutely chipped cutting edges and it immediately and predictably deepened and worsened the existing irregularities.• I could mostly see using this on extremely dull and extremely cheap knives or blades that I don't particularly care about preserving long term. This could also be good for odd-shaped edges like lawnmower blades --- but even then a sharpening puck would probably be preferable if you hope to maintain those blades over the long haul.• This is not made for regular, routine touch-ups; if you're looking for a compact tool that will help you quickly touch up your dull knives without having to bust out a full set of sharpening stones, I recommend the DMD Mini Double Sided Pocket Diamond Ceramic Whetstone Knife Sharpener Abrasive Tools .(I ordered orange but black arrived instead; I decided to keep it in this colour anyway since I'm not taking this into the woods with me and I'm not worried about dropping and losing it in leaf fall).

This sharpener is now my favorite and I use it frequently because it is small, effective and easy to use.

I'm used to files, coarse and fine, for sharpening most things. I decided to try and save some garden trimming tools rather than tossing them and a nice sharp edge for cutting flowers and such is a necessity. I thought of a sharpening stone, but that's a bit hard for little curved edges and I found this tool. It's 100% awesome and I have found a lot of things that benefit from the way it sharpens. I'm a fan for life!

What can I say, it works. If you need a quick and dirty knife sharpening, heres your tool. Don't expect a great edge by any means. It'll be sharp enough to do the job, but it ain't pretty. No frill, no fuss. If you need a quick sharpening at a job site, this is the one.

(obligatory don't usually leave review) Tell me how a 90° edge is so sharp. I mean yeah, I get it, whatever bevel you have always comes down to a point, but DANG. After trying to get the rubber handle off to powder coat, the sharpener edge slipped across my left fore finger and sliced it right open. Cleanest cut I've felt in a long time. (Just stupid not.. upset.) Only then after bandaging myself that I realize I had all so scalpled my right index finger, and the surface skin on my thumb was sliced up as well, no blood there. A 90° edge to blame. Suffice to say if you're planning to use this to strike a ferro rod I could not recommend better, but you will need the rubber cap for it so as to not get traffic stopped at gun point, don't want to make anybody nervous . 10 out of 10, worth its weight in gold.KNIFE SHARPENING: Don't. Not this brand, not any brand. Metal knife sharpeners like these only serve to realistically straighten the edge of the blade, like most (rat tail?) Kitchen knife sharpeners. With this, however, your knife will gain sentience and plead for it's life as you recreate a green wood saw chunk by chunk. Learn to use a sharpening stone from the thousands of contradicting videos online, check out the brand worksharp.Pictures depicted: departure of the faint of heart, a size comparison (generic credit/driver's license), and it cutting through its own packaging like the baller it is, making me triple myself. I'm going to have to call my sugar daddy and tell him I quit.