Work Sharp Precision Adjust Elite Knife Sharpener - Adjustable Knife Sharpening System - For Hunting, Serrated & Kitchen Knives

Really enjoying using this sharpener and it works great. I could have spent more on a bigger more professional setup but for my purposes this does the trick just fine. It’s compact so it stores easy, quick to setup, and has smooth operation. Got all my knives nice and sharp fairly quick. Three things to make it better- the base could be a little heavier so it doesn’t rock as easy, the clamping system could be a little more secure, and to sharpen a larger knife you really should use a larger sharpener but it works if you sectionalize the knife. I’ll get a kit of use out of this thing.

My mother and I collect a ton of knives, though as far as sharpening them I’ve never really paid much attention to. I’ve noticed a ton of them beginning to be very dull, so I purchased this since I don’t like any of the other sharpening tools I have. Man it’s so easy to use, you can set your angle so easy and just get to work. Can sharpen quite a few knives quickly with this. The quality is great I was concerned about the magnet but it’s solid as heck I’ve had no issues with large knives or small knives. I highly recommend this product.

I have a few knives for EDC and for my workshop, as well as the usual kitchen knife set. I’ve never been happy with the performance of my little Smith’s 2-step, coarse and fine, knife sharpener. I’ve tried using a stone and failed miserably. . After field dressing a deer, this Fall, wishing all the while my knife was sharper, I decided to check out some knife sharpener reviews on YT. The Work Sharp Precision Adjust seemed excellent value at just $60, had great reviews and was simple to operate. I ordered it. . The Work Sharp Precision Adjust is indeed very easy to use. The knife holder has some flexibility to it but to use this sharpener correctly, you do not apply pressure to the stone on the blade. Let the stone do the work. You just move it back and forth. The flex therefore becomes negligible. . My first attempt to sharpen my fixed blade deer knife was good but disappointing in that I couldn’t slice through a sheet of paper. It was sharp but not the promised sharpness. I couldn’t establish the original angle off the cutting edge since I’d changed it with my failed, manual, diamond stone sharpenings. I essentially had to reprofile the edge. This is where I found the Work Sharp Precision Adjust was lacking. It took forever with the lowest grit of 320. Eventually, I sort of got there. Same with my next knife and similarly with my small kitchen knives. All needed some reprofiling. A day or so later, after watching yet more videos, I revisited my knives. This time, I was able to spend a little less time and managed to achieve that awesome paper slice. I think I was able to refine the new profile this time, having remembered the angles I’d used, and didn’t get frustrated like the first time. I also used a 15x loupe to see the edge detail. That’s now a permanent accessory in my sharpening kit. . I concluded that 320 grit was just too fine for an effective reprofile, especially on a longer knife, or one heavily chipped. . I considered returning the $60 Work Sharp Precision Adjust and buying the Work Sharp Precision Adjust Elite kit for another $60 more. The coarser 220 grit included in that kit would no doubt make reprofiling a lot quicker. Then I reckoned that it was just as cost effective, if not more so, to keep what I had and order the upgrade kit. Yes, that is $80 more. However, I keep the existing 320/600/ceramic sharpener from the original Adjust, adding another 3 sharpeners, with one set being an extra of what I already have. You can order new stones for around $7 each. So, I’m actually getting a spare set of 320, 600 and ceramic stones, including another holder, for only $20, versus over $21 for just three individual stones. Better value to spend the $140 for the Adjust and the upgrade kit than the $120 Elite. . Tonight, I used my now-upgraded kit on another folding knife I keep in my truck. I’ve never sharpened that one and it was pretty blunt. I used a Sharpie pen to help establish the cutting edge profile – 25 deg. Starting at 220 grit, it didn’t take long to make the first pass. I moved through each of the stones, refining the edge each time and finished off with the strop. I already have a large strop but the Worksharp strop, keeping the exact edge angle used to sharpen, makes the final step a no-issue breeze. You won’t easily get a mirror polish finish, (that will take more time with the finer stones and ceramic) but without the loupe, the cutting edge looks shiny, clean and it’s razor sharp. That’s all I’m after! . I think that, for the money, this is one of the best sharpeners out there. It’s easy to use once you try it a couple times, and the results are awesome! I do suggest you get the upgrade kit though. Whether you buy the Adjust plus the Upgrade kit, or the Elite itself, you will need those additional stones for reprofiling with ease.

Excellent product. Easy to setup and figure out. Works great.

I've had this system for about a week. I finally had some time to sit down and set ot up. It's extremely easy to setup, and has a great little case that everything fits neatly into. I glanced at the instructions, watched a fee YouTube videos, and got to work on a cheaper knife I've been trying to sharpen by hand for days to no avail. This knife wouldn't cut paper and was giving me a headache from trying to sharpen by hand. I started on the courses grit and finally got a burr after about 20 minutes. It was starting to give me another headache, but I kept at it. It takes a little time to figure out the technique and proper form. But, once you get it, it's amazing. I worked through every grit, and the strop. The edge almost had a mirror polish after my first attempt. It was getting late so I started rushing through some of the stones once I got the hang of it, or it would've had a real mirror polish. It is by far the sharpest knife I've ever held or sharpened. Blows away every factory edge ive ever felt, all 38. I have a few other systems, much cheaper, and not diamond stones either. One is more for touching up your edge. I have tried free hand sharpening quite a few time, and every time have ended up with a more dull knife than when I started (I'm still not giving up). It's very refreshing to know I can put a razor-sharp edge on any of my knives now. This system has everything you need and is easy to use. You get great results, and the price is very reasonable considering the costs of other fixed angle sharpeners. The build quality is great, the clamp hold the blade secure. The only thing I can recommend is a digital angle finder, got one for $25. Also, at first feel the stones didn't slide very smooth on the guide rod. So I put two drops of gun oil on the plastic where the rod touches and that greatly improved the feel when sliding the stones back and forth on the edge. Lastly wipe the blade between grits, and get an old toothbrush to clean the metal out of the stones to prevent cross contamination between grits. Also, I highly recommend watching some of work sharps YouTube videos and reading the comment section, thats where i heard about the oil and cross contamination. There are different techniques that can yield different results, work sharp has video on that. Overall for the price I'd go with the elite version, but I'm sure the basic would work great, except when it comes to the mirror polish.and final look. I'm am blown away and extremely happy to have a system that not only works, but works great!!

Easy to use. Razor sharp edge every time. Well worth every penny

I got a good chance to sharpen several knives from small to large and it works fantastic; those blades are now sharper than they were when new! I'm not going to go into how to use it, they provide instructions, and there are You Tube videos on how to use it, just utilize those formats. I can't say if this is the best sharpener on the market, there are sharpeners that cost over $1,000 so I'm sure those are better, but this thing works and works very well, and much better than the average person ever expects, for a professional knife sharpener, maybe it doesn't work as good as a $1,000 machine, but again this is made for the average person, and it sharpened my knives well enough to cut paper with a single even stroke without ripping the paper, which before I sharpened my knives I couldn't even get them to start a cut! I had read the bad reviews, and one in particular just tore this kit up, and the complaints were all false! Not sure what their benefit was in making such a bad review, but I will try to address each one. No base attachment? Yes, there is, and it's much wider than any water glass I have. I had no issues with it even using it on top of a tablecloth which I wasn't supposed to do, because there are rubber feet on the bottom to prevent it from sliding on a tabletop. If I can sharpen 5 knives on a tablecloth I don't think there is a problem with either the stability or getting tired holding it. That plastic body is far from flimsy. He simply does not understand how to use the device; this is user error. Stupid guide rod attachment: actually, it is not stupid, it holds the rods just fine, it doesn't pop out of the magnet hold area. Sure, too much pressure could pop the magnet holding thing off, it was designed to do that so you can change the rods easily, but the user was using far too much pressure when trying to sharpen a knife, he failed to read the instructions, this is user error. Blade holder flexes: this is a complete lie, it is impossible to make that holder flex, even putting on far more pressure than the instructions say is needed to sharpen knives it would only flex a little, about 1/8th of an inch, nowhere near a 1/2 an inch. This situation is all user error. Abrasive hits clamp: Had he read the directions he would have figured out how to prevent that, again, user error. Abrasive width too narrow: No, I sharpened one knife that was foot long and another that was 3 inches long, and the abrasive width was fine, that is a no reason complaint. Deceptive angle markings: He tries to go into a mathematical reason for the angle markings to be off, they are not off in the least bit, which is why the abrasive rods travel in an arc to keep the angle the same. If you use light pressure as described in the instructions, you will NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES with flex. If you are bearing down on a blade with the rods, sure, you could get flex, but you will also wear out the abrasive material much faster and ruin blades. Let me repeat myself "READ THE INSTRUCTIONS"! If you cannot read or comprehend what you are reading, there are plenty of You Tube videos that show you how to use the sharpener correctly. By the way, there isn't one critical video on You Tube about this sharpener, that should tell you something about the falseness of the bad reviews.

This is hands down one of the best knife sharpeners I’ve ever used. I’ve tried whetstones in the past, and while I could get a knife “sharp,” I could never truly grasp maintaining the correct angle consistently. Because of that, my results were always hit or miss — sharp, but never this sharp. With this sharpener, the difference is night and day. The guided angle system takes all the guesswork out, and the results are honestly machine-sharp. I’ve never had pocket knives this sharp before. I actually have to be extra careful now, because the edge this puts on a blade is no joke. Even the V-block comes with an insert that literally says “You will be creating incredibly sharp knives. Please handle with care.” — and that ain’t no joke. Just following the system gives you a dangerously sharp edge. The process is simple, controlled, and repeatable. If you’ve struggled with whetstones or inconsistent results in the past, this completely solves that problem. Fantastic tool. Worth every penny. Highly recommended.