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Lansky Sharpeners
Lansky Sharpeners put guided sharpening in the hands of everyday knife owners. Arthur Lansky Levine was a surgical student who had been fascinated since boyhood by the Microtome sharpener used for scalpels, which he first saw while visiting his uncle, a county coroner. He combined that medical training with years spent in his family's sporting goods store, and in 1979 he built the Controlled-Angle Sharpening System. Levine passed away in 2010, and the family-owned company carries his design forward today. If you are new to clamp-and-rod systems, our knife sharpening guide covers angles, grit progression, and burr removal before you set your first bevel.
The Controlled-Angle Sharpening System
The system that started it all clamps the blade in a multi-angle jaw while guide rods pass through angle slots at 17, 20, 25, and 30 degrees, locking every stroke to the same bevel from razor-thin fillet edges to heavy chopper geometry. The Standard 3 Stone System runs 120, 280, and 600 grit hones with honing oil and a fitted case. The Deluxe 5 Stone System adds a 70 grit extra coarse and a 1000 grit ultra fine hone, and the Professional Sharpening System pairs 120 through 1000 grit with a serrated hone. The Universal System rounds out the kits, and a fine serrated hone adds scalloped edge work to any of them. Four decades on, it remains the most approachable entry into serious sharpening among all the guided knife sharpening systems we carry.
Diamond Hones and Arkansas Stones
The Deluxe 4 Stone Diamond Sharpening System runs 70 through 600 grit diamond hones that reset bevels on modern powder steels like S30V and M390 far faster than conventional stones. Lansky's rule is firm: never use honing oil on diamond hones, because it clogs the diamond surface. Clean them with water instead. Individual coarse, medium, and fine diamond hones drop into any Controlled-Angle System. At the other end of the spectrum, the Soft Arkansas and Hard Arkansas benchstones are cut from novaculite mined in the Ouachita Mountains for the refined, polished edges traditional sharpeners swear by, and they sit alongside the full range in our sharpening stones department.
The Turn Box, Benchstones, and the Puck
The Diamond/Ceramic 4-Rod Turn Box sets 600 grit diamond and 1000 grit ceramic rods in a hardwood base at fixed 20 and 25 degree angles for clampless touch-ups, the same idea behind our ceramic sharpening rods. Diamond benchstones in medium, fine, and extra fine handle kitchen knives and blades too large for the clamp. Double folding diamond paddles in fine/coarse and medium/fine cover field sharpening alongside our other pocket knife sharpeners. The Dual Grit Puck, the round 120/280 grit stone that has ridden in countless chainsaw cases and camp boxes, keeps axes, machetes, and lawn tools working. The Universal Mount and Super C Clamp lock any Controlled-Angle System to the bench, and the whole ecosystem lives in our knife sharpening supplies department.