Premium Knife Sharpening Stone Set – 400/1000 and 3000/8000-Grit Professional, Safe Knife Sharpener Set – Whetstone Set Includes Flattening Stone, Bamboo Base, and 2 Nonslip Rubber Bases Tan

I've only attempted to sharpen one other knife in my life when I bought a 1000/4000 stone. It worked great for touching up a knife that had some minor dulling, but it was useless for my heavily damaged, but much beloved chef's knife that I've had since college (that thing is 15 years old or so, now, wow). Anyway, I'm stuck in my house for pandemic reasons, so I decided to show my old knife some love. To reiterate what another reviewer said, these stones are very soft and I did nick one of them, but the price is so reasonable for a full set that I don't feel guilty. I don't recommend starting on a beloved knife like I did, unless you don't care that there will probably be some cosmetic damage to the main steel of the blade when you invariably mess up the angle and just drag the flat part of the blade against the stone.I watched several tutorials on YouTube and went at it. I managed to get out almost all of the small chips on the blade edge and now my knife that is old enough to get its driver's license has a new life and I have two functional chef's knives. I didn't take pictures of a before and after, because I wasn't thinking, but trust this random Amazon reviewer when I say I'm extremely pleased with this product. Great value for the money and a good stepping stone into knife maintenance.

The stones in this kit are excellent. the base does its job to hold the stones. The knife guide was just awkward to me. it seems like it will work, I didn't need it and didn't want to fool with it any more. The tool guide worked well using the top holding platform. I was able to match the bevels to the stones and it held the blades fine as I sharpened them. The bottom clamp area was very difficult to tighten the tool in. The tool is unsupported and you have to hold it in the narrow clamping area, match the bevel and tighten the tool. I will fix a space taking jig for narrow tools and use the top guide only. I sharpened three big box store chisels that had been long ignored and a pocket knife to razor sharpness in 90 minutes. I would buy this product again.

I've never used a whetstone to sharpen my kitchen knifes....well....any knife really. I have two things to sharpen my knives with and neither has proven to be very good. One is a complicated set of bars and pinchers and stones that are supposed to keep my knives (actually the stones) at the correct angle when sharpening. I've never found it very good. Then I have the ever popular Chef's Choice electric sharpener....model 268. Meh.....it does ok but I never got that really crisp edge, ya know? So...I finally bit the bullet and decided to learn how to sharpen my own edges (a la Forged in Fire)...and I bought this kit.How good is it? I have NO idea. I just got it. BUT....I will say this....it's nicely packaged. All the stones are neatly and tightly wrapped. the stones are clearly marked. I thought there was only one stone with two sides....there are 2 stones with 4 sides.....and another stone for flattening the whet stones as they become concave over time.The quality looks to be very very good.I played with the 400/1000 stone on two of my Cuisinart German Steel (made in China) knives. They're very nice knives (not Japanese or true German BUT....they're nice) and just in a few minutes I got sharper edges than they did have. And that's with NOT knowing what I was doing.....I'm sure my angles weren't perfect. But....I'm very happy with the product. My one complaint is that I with the bottom of the bamboo holder were just a tad stickier. I have granite counter tops and the whetstone and holder moved while I was sharpening. I ended up putting the holder on a towel and that helped but I'd rather not have to do that. The holder DOES have a rubber pad on the bottom and it covers the entire bottom of the holder but it's still a bit slippery. It's not sliding everywhere mind you but it moves enough to make me have to deal with that.We'll see if I can get my knives to cut Whitney Houston's scarf (God rest her soul) as it floats to the ground like in The Bodyguard. Or....cuts a tomato easily. THAT'LL be the true test.

This is a great deal. You’re getting four high quality stones in a well chosen array of grits for about the cost of a single high-end 1000-grit stone from Shapton or Naniwa. Plus you get a flattening stone and a bamboo stone holder. Also note that the choice of grits is exactly what you would select if you were choosing for yourself. There’s none of the rip-off in grit selection that you see in some kits (I’m looking at you Edge Pro Apex 3) where you multiple very coarse grits (120, 220) plus an unnecessary intermediate grit (600), so that out of five stones only two are really useful (400, 1000). Here there’s a 400 grit to set your edge, a 1000 grit to do most of the sharpening, and a 3000 grit for finishing. Also there’s an 8000 grit if you want to polish your edge. Knife Planet, which put this package together, must have decided to put together the perfect introductory sharpening package and sell it at minimal profit in order to entice customers into the world of hand-sharpening. The only compromise seems to be that the stones are slightly shorter and narrower than the typical full-size 8.3” x 2.8” Naniwa stone, but they’re still a quite usable size. In fact they're actually larger than the stones that Shapton sells in its $330 Glass Stone Seven kit. I did some research before buying this kit, and as far as I can tell there is no better and cheaper way to get into water stone sharpening: for $70 you are ready to go with a full set of good quality stones. The alternatives that I considered were getting two stones from Naniwa (Chosera 800 and 3000) or three stones from Shapton (Shapton Glass HR 500, 1000, and 5000 grit). Plus a stone holder and a flattening stone. These would have been the best stones on the market, but it would have cost $240 for the Naniwa option or $255 for the Shapton option.