MinoSharp Sharpening Guides 2-Piece Set
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of MinoSharp Sharpening Guides 2-Piece Set
Customer Review: Does the job, but leaves marks on knife
Summary: 3 Stars
The guides do what they are supposed to do for the most part. It makes it a lot easier to keep the angle. It doesn't work on the curved part of the blade because the angle changes, but by the time you get to that part, you should have a pretty good enough feel for it to not need the guide. The big down side to these guides is that if you are not careful, they will make marks/scratches on your knife (even with the plastic liner that they claim prevents scratches). The first time I slid this on from the tip of the knife as the instructions told me to do, and it made very noticeable streaks on the side of my knife. I quickly learned that you have to carefully shimmy it on to the location you want. DO NOT SLIDE. Even shimmying it on made some marks.
Overall, though I'm pretty annoyed with the marks on my nice Global chef's knife, I'll still use these because they help make sharpening easier, until I can get used to keeping the proper angle on my own. I guess I'm okay with sacrificing some blemishes to get a proper edge on my knife.
Customer Review: Knives and Whet Stones
Summary: 4 Stars
I agree these guides are great to help get an accurate angle on your blade. It doesn't matter as much what the angle is as that it is constant especially when changing grits on the stones. For Japanese knives like the Global knives the angle is a little more shallow at about 12 and these guides are made for that. This goes along with the thinner knife construction of Japanese knives. For European knives like the Wusthof or Henkel with their softer steel it needs to be more like 20 degrees for the final hone.
When it comes to sharpening stones, don't forget about NortonNorton Waterstone Starter Kit: 1) 220/1000 grit stone and 1) 4000/8000 grit stone, 1) SiC flattening stone water stones. Or the Global stones. They are as good as the other Japanese brands.
I like the Razor's Edge guides better but I give these 5 stars for the combination of function and price.
Customer Review: Work like a charm for 2/3 of the knife
Summary: 4 Stars
These guide rails are great. Because I am just starting to sharpen my own knives, it is very difficult to keep a proper angle. Rather than practicing on my good knives and destroying them, I would rather learn using the help of the rails.
The plastic lining keeps the knife held securely and does not scratch or damage the knife. The only problem I had with them is that the angle is only maintained when the rail is placed near the handle. The rail does not fit properly when one moves it away from the handle. This makes it difficult to sharpen the third of the knife closest the tip. I had to sharpen this portion without the guide and I don't think I did a very good job. At least 2/3 of the knife is sharpened.
Customer Review: ruined my knives
Summary: 2 Stars
i bought this product, after reading all the revews and since this has the plastic protection previously lacking i felt confident it wouldnt damage my expensive and cherished knives, so i started it on my whustof knife, and to my astonishment when i removed this knife guide from the knife it left a nasty scratch on my knife looks awfull needless to say i trew them away, the dmt sharpening guide is way better and worry free, i learned from my mistake,hope this help others.Customer Review: Even new model with plastic liner scratches
Summary: 3 Stars
Brand new out of the box this thing put noticeable horizontal scratches on the blade of my Kershaw D.W.O. 3001 pocketknife. And yes, I do have the new version with a plastic liner. I cannot speak to the trick of using a homemade paper liner as protection, as I haven't dared use it again. A disappointment. Three stars, because it is functional apart from the scratching problem. See my images.