ROYAL CRAFT WOODPremium Whetstone Knife Sharpener - 2 Side Grit 1000/6000 Knife Sharpening Wet Stone Kit w/Sharpening Angle Guide, Non-Slip Bamboo Base - Pro Grade

This product is pretty simple and easy to use. It sharpens your knifes really well, we use it every 3-4 months to keep our knifes fresh!

The sharpener works as expected, however the 1000 side bleeds a lot of green dye which seems excessive and messy.As a baseline comparison to established brands like wusthof, I've never seen this leakage happen before.

Cost effective whetstone comparable to Japanese made ones at 1/3 the price.

I used to use to 'normal knife sharpeners', i.e., those v-shaped sharpeners until I noticed that it literally destroyed the cutting edge of a relatively new knife I bought. Upgraded to traditional whetstone and the difference is amazing. Even as a beginner, I sharpened a dull knife to the point where it can slice to papers! I don't have experience with any other whetstone brand but this one seems really good and nice looking too!

Three stars mainly for quality. It's corundum so obviously nowhere near as hard as diamond stones. It developed small scratches/gouges in the surface quickly. The training guide is also quite useless as its too wide for small knives and not long enough for larger knives. And it scratches up the whetstone. My whetstone also didn't fit inside the rubber foot AND the bamboo tray at the same time so I only could use the rubber foot.However it did sharpen my knives fairly well and is a good way to practice training your muscle memory in regards to keeping a consistent angle and path on a whetstone without spending a lot of money.