Arkansas 8 1/2" Ceramic Rod.

I first got this for car camping but it has become my daily driver in the kitchen. I put a little stick-on silicone bumper on each end. The bottom one keeps it from slipping around while the top one is in the palm of my left hand with my fingers up, out of the way. I use my right hand to move the knife. I've got a bigger 11" ceramic rod with a handle but I much prefer to use this smaller one with my 8" chef's knife (and smaller knives).

Just what I was looking for.

Night vision. ...coon hunting. Ridding the golf cart at night.

Sharpens kitchen knives so quickly and with ease!! I was so impressed that I came back to order more to give as gifts in the future to loved ones. Seriously love this ceramic sharpening tool. It is a decent length. Be careful and take your time to get the right angle. Takes very little time and I think my most used, dullest kitchen knife is sharper now than when I got it. After looking at expensive sharpeners and all the pros and cons, the intimidating instructions and not ordering any knife sharpener for 2 years because of all of that, I tried this....I am SOOOOO glad I found this one! Just a few swipes of the ceramic dowel on the edge of dull blade and oh boy is that knife sharp!! One of THE BEST purchases I've ever made! The price. The quality. The result. All excellent!!

This stone is amazing. It does a fantastic job on all my knives (Benchmade, Cold Steel, Morakniv, Kershaw, Schrade, Buck, Old Timer, Ganzo, CRKT, Kitchen Knives and more...).I dont even use a wet stone anymore. If my blade edge is really beat up, I use a Lansky Blade Medic (the preset carbide guides allow you to re-shape the blade to a 30-degree angle after four to ten pulls through the carbide guides). Then, I use an Arkansas 8 1/2" Ceramic Rod to make the jagged blade edge that the carbide guides make after the blade edge is reshaped (the ceramic rod turns a jagged metal blade edge into an edge that's as smooth/sharp as glass). After thirty to sixty seconds with the Arkansas 8 1/2" Ceramic Rod, I use a razor strop for ten to twenty equal passes on the leather to clean up any additional burs on the blade edge. I'm finished after that.The Lansky Blade Medic runs $10 to $13 dollars.For a finer/thinner/sharper blade edge, try the Lansky Quad Sharp for $12-$15 dollars (it comes pre-labeled and pre-set to the following angles: 17-degrees, 20-degrees, 25-degrees, and 30-degrees).Both Lansky Knife Sharpeners: The Blade Medic and The Quad Sharp are small and pocket sized.Currently, I have three Blade Medics in my Bugout Bags/Camping Bags and one Quad Sharp Sharpener for use on knives at home. The 17-degree angle carbide guides make an extremely sharp filet knife in under fifteen seconds (plus an additional thirty seconds if you decide to strop the blade).

use it for sharpening knives. 8 1/2 ceramic rod. first i sharpen at 200 grit then fine edge with ceramic rod.

Even tho the description says one set, you only get one rod. I ordered 2, so they will work like the Lansky sharpeners.They are 3/8 in diameter however not 5/16 like Lansky, so they won't be an exact replacement.I have a Smith's sharpener, (good for the field), with 4in long ceramic rods that are 3/8, so they work well in that base. I like the longer rods for use at home.One thing to note, these rods are not as fine a grit as the original ones in the Smith's or the Lansky sets. But they are finer than the course, tan or brown rods. I would guess around 400 grit.They still put a nice edge on my knives.They work and clean up just any other ceramic rods.Should last for many years to come.Hard to beat the price. I'd buy them again.

Not experienced in other carbon rods but works well was able to put good edge on several knifes that were beginning to dull.Since Im new to sharpening and owning high carbon knives figured I'd try a cheaper rod first and try sharpening some older cheaper knives to practice. Was easy enough to learn although there is still much room to improve I was able to put a pretty much good as new edge on several knifes.