Poor Construction, lack of customer focus, was a great product
I recently purchased this product from Amazon. I had VERY high expectations for this product since I have owned one for over 25 years (Since about 1980). The first one I accidentally dropped and broke one of the rods a few weeks back. Rather than just purchase a replacement rod (Which is what in hind site I should have) I selected to purchase the gourmet 4 rod version in order to get the MED as well as the Fine rod I broke.
Once again the original one I had was absolutely the best sharpener I had ever owned, but will now never purchase again due to customer support.
The replacement rods were not rounded off, just straight cuts therefore cheaper to make, They don't fit into receptacle as well You can move them about 5-7 degrees(about 3/4 of an inch of movement. in all but 1 of the holes, they were oversized compared to the rods.
The holes in the base of the wood were NOT Correct angles, and the holes were over drilled as to cause the required angles to...
Sharpens but poor construction
This is a relatively straightforward item. Four rods (two different grits) I am not quite sure if this is the right terminology, four holes for two different mount choices (not angles), a hand guard and eight holes below for storage which are spring loaded.
When mounted the rods sharpen beautifully. However, the hand guard is not squared off and was put on crooked. The storage holes have springs in them on one side for spring loaded storage. However, the springs were put in crooked so the rods fall out occasionally.
This could have been an excellent product if Lansky had paid better attention to details. I am surprised at their quality control. I opted not to return the item even though I have every reason to. I didn't want to go through the hassle. I just store my rods in the old case from another manufacturer and use the other manufacturers holder. I will never buy another Lansky prodct again. Surprisingly, the packaging does not say where it was made.
Great tool with many manufacturing imperfections
I've spent about 5 years of my life working in a cutlery shop with a sharpening service.
I've played around with many types of sharpeners over the years. Stones made out of industrial diamond, natural stone and ceramic, V sharpeners, steels, my trusty belt sander and clamp systems.
I was looking for something to replace my quite dilapidated Spyderco Triangle Sharpmaker for every day tasks, and remembered using "crock sticks" in my shop quite a bit for smaller tasks and polishing blade edges, so I snagged this set.
First impression is that the other reviews don't lie. There are plenty of manufacturing imperfections that are quite annoying with this set. For one, some of the drilled holes are fractionally too small for the rods. This includes the sharpening positions and the storage holes underneath the unit. This becomes increasingly apparent when you realize the coarse rods are slightly larger than the fine rods, so I currently have to wedge them in...
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