Lansky Turn Box 4 Rod

For under twenty quid, this represents great value, especially for the likes of me, whose sharpening is a bit 'hit and miss'. I can usually get a decent, working edge on my knives but never really perfected getting the degree of sharpness provided on many new knives. That's all changed thanks to this system. My EDCs and the knives I use when rabbiting are cutting better than new. Inexpensive, easy to use and delivered incredibly quickly from HH. Nice work, guys.

I've got a set of very expensive Japanese waterstones and I've tried for months to put a shaving edge back on my Benchmade Mini Grip and my Spyderco UKPK, both of which I know will take a shaving edge as they both came with them. I've NEVER been able to do it. I bought one of these after reading these reviews and watching a couple of youtube videos - my god it's good. 10 mins after sitting down with it the first time and there's no hair left on my arm. Honestly, this is the best sharpening system I've ever tried and worth every penny. I did my usual thing of finding it on Heinnie and then looking on eBay and yet again (in fact, every time) it's cheaper on Heinnie and the service is mad. I've found a company I trust and that I can't fault, I can't recommend Heinnie to enough people and I refer everyone I know to this site whenever they comment on my gear!

No need to scratch up your blades trying with fancy gizmos anymore. This is so easy to use. Great service HH Team

At last I have a sharpening system that I don't need to guess the angle, can carry easily and does what it says with no hassle. As usual great service from HH. Good price as well.

First of all, thumbs up for the quick service from the HH team. Arrived practically overnight. Ordered on Sunday delivered on Tuesday. That is better than Amazon. As for the product itself, fantastic. Simple to set up (stick two rods into holes)and equally simple to use. Finished up a dulled edge in less than 5 mins. I usually work my knives on a whetstone but I don't have fine enough enough grades to finish the edge properly and the TurnBox is just perfect for that. I've run things from a 6.8cm Kershaw Cryo to a 18cm chef's knife with no problem on the relatively short rods but you might have trouble on anything larger than 18cm. The size of the item is pretty near perfect for what you get out of it, being smaller than most of my whetstones. In fact, it's only as big as a regular glasses case for all you spec-wearers. Note though, as I did to make sure, out of the box, the TurnBox isn't suitable for use with Global Knives that have a 15 degree grind on the edge.

First off I am truly bad at free hand sharpening. This little thing has allowed me to get all of my knifes razor sharp! Not fussed that it doesn't have a lower edge angle like the Sharpmaker, which is nearly three times the price and does essentially the same thing, just wish it came with coarser diamond rods to sort out all my previous sharpening catastrophies faster!

Good piece of kit. 2 easy DIY tips I'd offer to improve its performance: 1) Have a look at YouTube for a video that explains how, by putting a pen (or similar) in the middle and underneath the box at 90¯ to it, you can jack it up. Use a rubber band to hold it in place. This reduces the angle on the 20¯ holes (40¯ in total) to 15¯ on each side (30¯ in total) which gives a far sharper edge. Forget the 25¯ per side unless you're sharpening something like an axe. 2) Cleaning the rods is a pain but it's made a lot easier by using a sponge, water and some bog standard builders sand. Wet the sponge and rod, put some sand on the sponge and wrap sponge around rod and rub vigorously. The sand removes the metal residue from the rods quite quickly and easily.

I have bought various sharpeners over the years and have never been much good with them. Just sharpened my cheapest knife with this as a trial and obtained a super sharp edge that passes the paper slicing test easily. Not sure how it will perform on more expensive blades, only time will tell. Well worth the money. As usual first class service delivery from HH.

Genius idea and implementation. Holds everything you need in one neat small compact package, and yet takes most of the guess work out of sharpening your blades. So far used on my EDC peasant mini and several kitchen knives, all came to a good edge slicing paper and shaving arm hair with no fuss. You'll not see Darth Vader sharpening his light saber with one of these, oh no he'll have the fancy angle held clamped up super dooper 12 different grit package jobbie, but if you're Luke stranded on Hoth and need to slice that tauntaun open to survive, this will get your light saber up to scratch.