Work Sharp Portable Pivot Knife Sharpener, WSEDCPVT EDC Black

5.0 out of 5 stars — Simple, Effective, and Hard to Beat for the Price I picked up the Work Sharp Portable Pivot Knife Sharpener not expecting much, but it honestly punches way above its weight. If you’re looking for something quick, compact, and easy to use, this gets the job done without any fuss. The guided angles make it pretty much foolproof—no guesswork, no learning curve. A few passes and you’re back to a clean, usable edge. It’s not trying to be a high end precision system, but that’s kind of the point. It’s fast, consistent, and works exactly how you want a portable sharpener to work. Build quality is solid for the price, and the size makes it easy to toss in a drawer, toolbox, or even take camping. I’ve used it on kitchen knives and a couple of beat up utility blades, and it brought them back to life with minimal effort. If you’re expecting mirror-polished edges, look elsewhere. But if you want a reliable, no-nonsense sharpener that actually works and doesn’t cost much, this is a no-brainer. For the price, it’s an easy 5 stars.

Is it as good as a proper knife sharpener? No. Does it work good enough? Yes. Easy to use. Anyone can use it and get a pretty sharp knife out of it. I do not think it would work as good as a wet stone and someone that knows how to use it. I am not one of those people. I also do not want to spend over a hundred dollars getting a knife sharpener system that works great. This is cheap and easy and can be easily added to camping gear if needed.

This sharpener is fantastic when it comes to sharpening high carbon blades. I have a Japanese santoku kitchen knife that badly needed sharpening, and this little sharpener got it back to razor level in very few passes. However, when I started trying to use it on other steels with my everyday carry knife and others, I got varied results. 440 Stainless was right in the middle of difficulty to get sharp. And right behind that, softer steels like 420 (or 420J2, 420HC) took many passes and a lot of time get a good edge to take and hold. I don't mind putting in the extra work to get my blades back up to code, but I was surprised as to how different each steel type reacted to the carbide. This is my first time using a carbide sharpener, so I don't know if this is normal or not. Either way, it does the job very well as long as you're willing to put in the extra effort on the softer steels. This could be a 5 star sharpener, but the only reason I have to knock a star off is because of the placement of the red carbide adjuster switch on the top. Because of it's location, the rubber grip that is glued around it is very thin because it takes up most of the space, and when using the honing side, the one side isn't as grippy. The overall design of this sharpener is great though, but I don't understand why they didn't choose to put the selector switch on the front face of the body. On a side note, the packaging is very well done. Whoever they have doing the marketing did a great job. It's super tough, and I had a good laugh trying to use my very dull every day carry to open it. I could barely get through the plastic bubble to get to the sharpener, the very thing I needed to get it sharp in the first place. I don't say this negatively. It was just the irony of it and was pretty funny. Overall, this is a fine sharpener for most needs at a fantastic price point.

Great quality product!

I bought this hoping to get a razor edge back to me pocket knife. I ran it through the carbide and ceramic side 200 times each, and it still is not to the level of shaving with like when I used to be able to. It did sharpen it more than it was however, so with it being so cheap, light, and small, it’s definitely nice to have and get your blade sharper. Also, I read the package to see what the little switch does, but it seems confusing to me. I’ve tried it with the switch in both directions and haven’t noticed any difference while sharpening.

Works perfectly

Bought this for my garden box and car to put a quick edge on work knives. It does that quickly. I wouldn't call it surgery sharp, but the edge is workable. If you want a quick workable edge this product is good for that.

Generally speaking very happy purchase. It totally worth the buck you pay for . Sharped my two combat knife as soon as I got it two days ago . Underneath are my thoughts . Pros and cons : 1.pro. tiny and protable . Save room for the hiking bag . 2. Pro. Lanyard design make it better . 3.cons doesn't have enough grip while slide the knife thought . It wobbling due to doesn't have enough grip . Suggest use more rubber or silicone material get more grip . Compare to my old untility knife sharpener. Big handle make it no way to wobbling . For a tiny sharpener I know I can't expect too much for such compact tiny tool .but maybe just a little material changing can make it different. 4 pros . Ceramic hone has super large angle . Fits all my knife . I can not use my kitchen sharpener to sharp my combat knife just because the kitchen sharpener angle is not big enough to catch the whole blade. 5 pros fish hook sharpener . Nice feature for fishing . pretty neat for a small cheap tool . 6. Cons good knife sharpener need a more detail instruction .the Instruction for that is on the package simply highly feature . At least tell consumer like pull how many times . Coating with water before Sharp knife .

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Sharps better than many other stones or sharpeners that I have. Very handy Safety is also very good Material is of good quality. Does the job better than it says!

Excellent profucy

Excellent sharpener for EDC. It is eay to use to put to sharpen and hone a blade. Because of it's size it's easy to fit into the pocket or into your EDC, every day carry. For the price, it's a great tool from a respected company Iwould highly recommend it.

This is the only item out of all my orders that I was happy about. others I received old returned items with damages and it was mostly dirty as well.