Fiskars Pocket Sharpener

[llXTheOneXll]

I recently bought a Fiskars Pocket Sharpener to make my dull 42 at least sharper than a sock...

It was around $3 and has two sides, a course one with brown ceramic sticks, and a fine side with white ones. Both sides have started to turn black since I've started sharpening.

I just wanted to know if this cheap pocket sharpener will actually do anything for my dull 42 blade.

I've noticed that it can actually cut paper now when it just ripped through it before.

I'm also wondering how long this thing will last if anyone has had something similar to it before?

Also, how long should I swipe it through the course side before it's ready to be finely sharpened on the other side?

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"May your blade chip and shatter..." - Paul Atreides, Frank Herbert's Dune

 

[Harvie]

The One,

That black stuff is your blade. The metal gets into the small wholes and then your just rubing metal against metal. Take some Ajax, or Comett cleaner stuff to the the ceramic. That will clean out the metal pretty good. I have a huge ceramic sharpener called a "Big John Superstick" sold by SMKW. Keep it clean and it will out last most knives.

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“Society is safer when the criminals don’t know who’s armed!”

 

[David2584]

I've had several preangle ceramic sharperners. I thought they preformed ok for the money. It all depends on what factory preset angles that they are set at. Some of the more expensive ones, ($10) could get rough shaving sharp, but nothing compares to the good 'ole 204.

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Dave

My collection

 

[Nakano 2]

That particular model works okay for thin felxible kitchen knives. Try a hard bristle toothbrush and some scouring powder to clean that "black" off from in betwen those ceramic x sticks.

Nakano