Work Sharp Guided Field Sharpener Elite with case, Travel Knife Sharpener Tool

I've spent years purchasing knife sharpening tools for two reasons. First, I wanted a tool that made it easy to sharpen my knives to a razor edge. Second, I wanted something portable. I have found items that sharpened well, but they were often large or complicated. I've found tools that were portable, but they didn't always make it easy or they didn't sharpen my knives effectively. However, this Work Sharp sharpener is amazing! It's small and I've used it to sharpen seven different knives to a razor edge. Additionally, this tool has a broadhead wrench under the sharpening plates to make it easier when working with arrows. The inclusion of the leather strop makes a massive difference in honing the blade, too. It's affordable compared to the utility, making it a great value. It's easy to hold without being too large. I've used "V" sharpeners, rollers, diamond plates, dry stones, wet stones, electric sharpeners, and all manner of fancy gadgets, but THIS sharpener is my all-time favorite for quality, value, portability, and results!

This thing is awesome. It's a great little handy tool for touching up various knives at home or in the field. Small and versatile, and way better than the cheap "V" thingies. It has two diamond grits, a ceramic rod that can hit serrations and fine tune and edge, and a leather strop area. Angle Guides on the ends. Small enough to have on hand, but just big enough to use on most knives. The diamond works on the harder, quality steels also. Super happy I picked this up. Great for bridging to your next serious sharpening session. Give it a try.

Convenience, portability, versatility, effectiveness, it is an incredible all in one sharpening system. I am fairly new to sharpening, but this makes it easy. Contained in this ingenious 7x1.5” device is a coarse plate, fine plate, strop, ceramic honing rod, a smaller ceramic rod for serrations, fish hook groove, and an integrated wrench for disassembling your arrowheads. They thought of everything. If you lift up one of the plates there is a small storage compartment where you can keep a ferro rod, oil, green compound, small cloth, whatever you want. I tried it out on a cheap dullish Balisong that I’ve had forever. It’s never been this sharp. Just remember, if you’re still not getting the edge you want, just keep at it. After 50 strokes on each side of the blade with the fine plate, honing rod and strop, the blade was quite sharp, but still not razor sharp. So another 50 strokes on each side with the rod and the strop and it was shaving with ease. I’ve discovered that real sharpening is almost therapeutic, and incredibly satisfying to get that keen edge on a blade. I have a whole pile of knives ready to go, and hairless patches on my arms and legs. It would be nice if there was something more to hold onto while sharpening, perhaps a handle that folded over and enclosed it like a balisong or telescoped out of it, but I would not want to sacrifice its compact size. Still a 5 star product that works like a charm.UPDATE 11/20/24: So this has been my primary sharpening system for 10 months now and I still love it. I have not yet spent hundred of dollars on a set of water stones or a premium bench top sharpener, and haven’t felt the need to. I recently purchased the Sharpal Transforod to see how it compared. The Sharpal has the advantage of using better quality abrasives and being able to adjust the angle guides with the twist of a knob, but it has two fatal flaws IMO. One is the cylinder interfering with my ability to reach the entire cutting edge of most of my blades. The other is the inability to sharpen both sides of the blade without turning the sharpener around, switching hands, or switching to the under side of the sharpener where I cannot see what I’m doing. For these reasons the Worksharp is still my preferred system. Sharpening on it is faster, easier and more accurate. I am hoping, however, that they release an upgraded version (let’s call it the Ultimate Guided Field Sharpener) in the near future with adjustable or removable angle guides. 20 degrees is a great all around sharpening angle, plenty sharp to shave hair, but I find myself wanting to go shallower or steeper for some knives. Also, not all knives come from the factory sharpened at 20 degrees, and sharpening them on this device necessitates reprofiling them. Worksharp’s Benchstone has removable angle guides that can be switched out for 15,17 and 25 degrees and it would be great if the Guided Field Sharpener had the same capability. Oh yeah, and some kind of handle would be nice too.

Excellent quality and easy to use. Perfect for the entry level blade smith. Great in the field where you need it most. I actually put a good edge on my Wife's kitchen knives. Out performs the pull through sharpeners that all to often damage a good blade. For the experienced Blade Smith this sharpener is exactly what you need when time is limited. I keep one in the kitchen-one on my bench and one on my ATV. I will set down with half a dozen stones-oil-strop-compound-rags-and spend hours working blades. It's a skill learned over many years. This will not produce that kind of edge-but it does exactly what it is designed to do!

I have been getting into blade maintenance over the last year and have seen many video reviews on WorkSharp's products. When I happened across this, I knew it was a no-brainer. Going into the wilderness each summer for weeks at a time meant I would dull some blades, and we know that is a sin. This is very easy to use and understand how to use. It even comes with some Easter Eggs that it doesn't quite tell you about initially. It has two different grits to use, one very abrasive for reprofiling an edge, and one moderate grit for maintaining an edge. Along with that, it has three different ways to use the ceramic: a coarse ceramic, a fish hook sharpener (I would love to know who is able to keep a hook long enough to need sharpened!) and a smooth ceramic. Finally, it has a leather strop that already has compound applied. It is essentially an all-in-one made easy. It is very effective and using this, you can consistently have sharp knives whenever you need, wherever you need.Pros: Different grits, multiple ceramic types, leather strop, compact in size, guide ramps for 20 degree angles to maintain an accurate edge every time, swappable diamond grit plates (Found this out when I dropped it! Also found the included instructions in the storage compartment)Cons: Only have 20 degree guides for beginners, grits are very coarse and medium coarse only, leather strop is a bit skinnyOverall, I would recommend this to anyone starting out in the sharpening game, or a seasoned veteran. Mine has convinced others to get it simply by using it once because of how good and easy it is to use. 4/5 stars