Price: $32.95 - $24.98
(as of Nov 17, 2024 22:39:14 UTC - Details)

The Turn Box family is a very stable and compact knife sharpening system. It works well in the kitchen and it quickly breaks down for storage in a drawer. The turn box family of knife sharpeners is also great for outdoorsmen on the go because it is lightweight and stores easily in a backpack. It only takes a few swipes to maintain an edge (a bit more if you have a really dull knife).

There are two pre-set knife sharpening angles in the wood block 20 degree & 25 degree

25 Degrees - This is used for most kitchen knives and provides a sharp, durable edge.

20 Degrees - This is used for those desiring a very sharp edge. Some examples would be for filet knives or cutting tomatoes. Lower degrees result in sharper knives, but require more regular maintenance.

This 2-Stage Knife Sharpening System features a hardwood turnbox with internal rod storage in the base, and four 5" long alumina ceramic rods. (2 medium 600 grit grey rods, 2 fine 1000 grit white rods)
sharpening rod, wood
Made in the USA
No Fur
Intuitive to Use: Many find the conventional knife sharpening stone difficult to use, but with this blade sharpener, you can easily maintain a consistent angle simply by moving your knife straight down along each knife sharpening rod.
Portable: Many knife sharpeners can be difficult to transport, but this Lansky knife sharpener kit fits neatly within its compact wooden case. A professional knife sharpener is great, but it isn't always convenient. This knife sharpener tool allows you to restore a razor-sharp cutting edge on the go! When you're done, store it in your toolkit, kitchen, car, or backpack.
Dual Grit: This pocket knife sharpening kit provides two gray course grit ceramic sharpening rods for establishing a bevel on a dull blade and two white fine grit ceramic honing rods to hone your edge. This allows for a 2-stage sharpening process in one system.
Multiple Options: This pocket knife sharpening tool boasts two set angles: 20 degrees and 25 degrees. Use the more acute angle for kitchen knives and fillet knives and the more obtuse angle for pocket knives and utility knives.
All-in-One Package: This ceramic knife sharpener kit features everything you need to turn your dull knife into a razor-sharp one.
Reviewer: Wes Collins
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of the best values in manual knife sharpening you can get
Review: The Lansky turn box sharpening system is one of the best value manual sharpening systems around. It sells for a similar price to the Smiths 3 in 1 CD4 sharpening system, which I have and use as well. In some ways, the Lansky turn box is better. instead of 2 four inch ceramic rods, you get 4 five inch rods in 2 different grits. Once you get some build up on the rod, you can turn the rods to keep sharpening before cleaning, something you can't do with the Smith's 3 in 1. The Lansky turn box is not as versatile as it doesn't have the carbide pull through, the diamond stone or the shaped rods for serrations, but if you just want to sharpen non-serrated pocket knives and/ or kitchen knives, the turn box is hard to pass up. The 3 in 1 has rubber feet that hold to a surface better, but a rubbery mat or some cheap little stick-on rubber feet will easily take care of the problem. Lastly, the box is made of wood and the holes for the rods will expand and contract slightly due to humidity and may be a very tight fit at times. All said, I find it is a very good set and am using it more than the Smiths 3 in 1, which I also believe is an excellent value option if you want a little more versatility, for day-to-day touch-ups of knives.Pros:1. Inexpensive2. Easy to use3. Does 1 thing very well4. 2 different sharpening rod sets of different abrasive ratingsCons:1. Not as versatile as similarly priced competition2. Holes expand and contract based on humidity

Reviewer: B.H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: My favorite style of knife sharpener by far
Review: I love this set of knife sharpeners. So much so, that I bought two sets so I can leave them in different places (cabin at deer camp and travel set for elk camp). You always want a knife sharper around when outdoors. I have a similar set of these with much taller or longer ceramic rods for home use (identical, but with 12 inch rods). They've been awesome and lasted well over 10 years. I bought them so long ago I don't actually know how old they are. They have served me well for kitchen knives and my outdoor knives. Over the years I bought a couple different compact knife sharpening kits you typically see in stores. They all were "just okay" and usually didn't last. So I set out looking for a smaller set of these ceramic rods like I always used at home. Should have done it 10 years ago.Note: I've always only used the white rods, which I believe are something like 4000 grit. The grey rods they now provide are new to me and offer a more course grit. So I can't speak to how they will hold up over time. But for the addition couple bucks vs the 2 rod kit, figured why not have them if I have a really dull knife.PROS:- Last Forever: Like I mentioned, the larger set I've used in the kitchen have last 10+ years, probably closer to 15-20 years.- Consistent Edge: The nice thing about this design is you always get a consistent angle on the edge, which is often my concern with old school sharpening stones. I'm simply not consistent with the angle when using a sharpening stone. With these rods as long as you draw the knife straight down and pull it towards you, you'll get the same angle every time on both sides. These shorter rods take a little more focus on getting the timing right vs the larger ones, but it's not a big deal.- Ergonomics: Not something you would expect to see as a feature, but when you play with a few different sharpening products this starts to make a difference. With this design you can sharpen both sides of the knife edge with almost the exact same motion. Start at the top, butt end of the blade first and draw the knife down and pull towards you. Both sides are the same motion/same hand. It's easy to flip from side to side to even out the edge and avoid a burr. With traditional sharpening stones, this was always annoying. One side is always easier to do than the other and flipping from side to side takes concentration.- Easy to clean: The rods are easy to clean with soap and water. You can continually rotate the rods to always get a clean surface and contact point. They're round, where others I've seen have flat edges. That means there's a lot of surface area to use on these rods as you rotate them. (When I say rotate I mean turn the rod a millimeter in the slot/hole and you'll hit a new contact point.) So you really don't need to clean them all that often. I bet I do mine once a year?- No need for water or oils during sharpening: These rods are the same rods you see being used for honing chef knives (the rod in a high end knife block). You don't need to fuss with watering or oiling them, which is often required with sharpening stones. Although I would wipe the knife down if sharpening an especially dull blade because there are microscopic steel shavings being created.- Compact size: great for throwing in your camp kit or travel bag.- Storage/Travel Case: If you were going to use this at home all the time I might suggest a set with longer rods. Simply because it's easier to draw the knife down the rod and sharpen the full length of the blade...especially on really long blades like you find in a kitchen. I love the compact size and I often travel with my knife sharpener (camping, hunting, fishing, etc), so having the storage case to protect the rods is really a "must have" feature.- Price: you simply can't beat the price considering how well they work and how long they last.CONs:- Ceramic rods are somewhat fragile and can break (i.e. you drop one on the tile floor in the kitchen, it will break). Hence, it's great they are stored inside the stand to keep them protected. The end-cap that keeps them in the stand when stored is just okay. It's literally a wood screw through a piece of wood. Turn it one way and the cap unscrews, turn it the other way and it screws back in to tighten it. It seems like at some point that screw might start to loosen up.- Hand Protection - Some versions of this have something that protects your hand (another plastic rod or something). When using this knife sharpener you need to be holding the base with one hand while sharpening your knife with the other. If you get lazy or you are trying to move too fast, you can cut yourself if you miss the rod. I've never done it, but came close once. I was moving too quickly. Like all sharpening devices, mistakes can happen.

Reviewer: Koko the Talking Ape
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty darn good, but watch your fingers.
Review: The sharpener:The sharpener contains four ceramic rods, a dark gray coarse pair and a white fine pair, which are stored conveniently in the wooden body (which is a nondescript, varnished hardwood of the type found in cheap folding furniture, for example.) In use, these rods would be inserted into two pairs of holes drilled into the wooden case. The holes serve to hold the rods at a particular angle, letting you create properly shaped, repeatable edges on your knives.How to use it:If you are starting with a dull blade, you start with the dark rods. You put them in the pair of holes that are spaced farther apart (as in the product photo.) Those holes are drilled at 20 degrees from vertical, which will create an edge that is very close to the proper shape, and make further sharpening go faster (I will explain that below.)You hold the wooden body with a free hand down on a countertop or tabletop, then grip your knife in your other hand, edge down and pointing forward, and draw the knife edge against one of the rods downwards and backwards. You have to be careful to keep your other hand out of the path of the knife. You do a few strokes on one side, then switch to the other.Since most knives have curved edges, you should ideally draw the handle up as you draw it back in a rocker motion, to keep the edge at a constant angle to the rods. With an 8" chef's knife, it wouldn't matter much, but with smaller knives with a deeper curve, it might be important, especially if you want the knife to be equally sharp from tip to heel.After the edge has been shaped (if you have a magnifying glass, you can see when the "V" of the edge has flat sides that come to a point) and the knife doesn't seem to be getting sharper, you remove those gray rods and take out the white rods and insert them in the other pair of holes, and repeat the process. Those holes are closer and offset from each other, so that the two rods actually cross, so you can tell the two pairs of holes apart easily. Those holes are drilled at 25 degrees from vertical, i.e. the rods slant more. (That means the knife edge will form a 50 degree angle, which is a good compromise between sharpness and edge durability.) Because you formed the edge first with the coarse rods at 20 degrees, the white rods will contact the knife only at the exact edge, which is the only part that really matters. This allows sharpening to go faster.This process is a little fussier. You do four strokes on a side for a while, then two strokes, then one, so you are alternating between one side and then the other. At those last stages you should use very little pressure. You will end up with a razor sharp knife.After that, you should be able to go for quite a while with using only the white rods in the 25 degree holes to touch up the edge. Eventually though, you will have to start over with the gray rods in the 20 degree holes.So what is good and bad about this sharpener?The good:- The sharpener reliably produces sharp edges with the correct angles. That 25 degree angle is difficult to achieve with any consistency using most other sharpening systems, but this one makes it easy.- It is cheap. I have done a fair amount of research, and I believe this is probably the cheapest sharpening system that actually can produce edges at repeatable angles. There are other, more flexible systems (including one from Lansky) but they cost more. And there are cheaper systems (like a simple ceramic rod with a handle) that require you to eyeball the angle, which would almost certainly mean either a weak, inconsistent edge or lots of wasted effort, or both. Other systems offer only one set of rods, or only one angle.- The entire thing packs into a self-contained, convenient package. The rods go into holes drilled lengthwise in the wooden body, and an attached endpiece rotates to cover both holes. When it is packed up, it forms a little wooden brick. It is actually a pretty clever design.The bad:- The entire thing is small, so there isn't much room to hold on to the body with your other hand. So it is relatively easy to cut yourself. Fancier and larger sharpeners of this type (like the Spyderco system) have some kind of hand guard. With this one you should take extra care to place all your fingers in a safe position. And you should proceed slowly, and in a well-lit area.- The rods are only five inches long, and only 4 1/2 inches of is usable when the rods are mounted. That means there is little space to draw the knife downwards, and you end up using a mostly horizontal motion, drawing the knife back towards yourself. Otherwise you will end up slicing into the wood body or hitting the other rod. This means that sharpening goes relatively slowly. I have been experimenting with drawing the knife up instead of down, while drawing it back. It is an odd motion, but it seems to work well.- The body is relatively slick and light, and has no rubber feet, so it can slide around on the countertop a little. So if you were particularly careful, you might want to set it on a piece of no-slide pad used under rugs (you can find similar stuff used as shelf liners or toolbox liners. It resembles a rubber-coated mesh.)- (This is a quibble.) The wood and the finish are just adequate, nothing special. Since I like doing this kind of thing, I sanded off the varnish and finished the entire thing, including all the holes, with tung oil (mixed 30% with mineral spirits.) The holes on top are a slightly tight fit for the rods, so I had to make sure to remove any extra oil from the holes which might keep the rods from fitting. It took about 20 minutes from start to finish, and it is much nicer, and probably more durable.- Lastly, like all sharpeners that use rods, it doesn't work well for super-hard steel like that found in some Japanese knives. The tiny contact point can actually make that steel fracture and chip. Those knives would do better with a large traditional whetstone, like a Japanese waterstone. (This sharpener also doesn't work with serrated knives, but most serrated knives, like those cheap flexible stainless steel knives, aren't intended to be sharpened anyway. The Spyderco system is one of the few that can handle serrated knives.)Good luck!

Reviewer: Norris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: After trying pull-through sharpeners (provided uneven sharpening and were extremely hard on the cutting edge), wet stones (multiple stones, combined with finding and holding the perfect angle make wet stones too much trouble by far) and stropping (fantastic for short blades, extremely hard to make a uniform edge on long blades) I finally bought this and I'm very glad I did.Pros:* Extremely easy to use - no setting angles or sweeping the blade "just so" to get perfect results.* Very easy on the cutting edge - it doesn't leave divots like some of the pull-through sharpeners do.* Very quick - if you start with an already good-"ish" cutting edge, a shaving sharp edge takes less than 1 minute.* Anyone capable of holding a knife straight up and down is all but guaranteed a perfect edge.Cons:* The base is fairly narrow and when the rods are inserted, it becomes quite top heavy. You have to be careful not to knock it over or risk potentially breaking one of the ceramic rods.* Not good for very dull knives - no "coarse" rods mean it would take a long time to see a fine edge.This sharpener works great for every type of knife, but it is as close to the perfect kitchen knife sharpener as you'll find. Don't waste money on 'fancier', this is the one you're looking for.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I find that these are just simple, light and easy to use. I find them phenomenal knife sharpners. You don't get wavy lines like withba tungsten sharpnern and you can always finish off the sharpen with a strop on a leather belt to get it superbly sharp.Easy to use, and gives a superb level of sharpening.It's super reliable and always lives up to expectations.

Reviewer: Fabrizio
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Della Lansky ho già un altro modello più grosso, con la protezione per la mano e le bacchette molto più lunghe (non ricordo la sigla). Ho deciso di prendere anche questo LS33 perché facilmente trasportabile fuori.Buon prodotto che riesce a portare il filo a rasoio ma con delle precisazioni che vanno fatte:1) non utilizzare se il filo della lama riporta cippature importanti (quelle le risolvete solo con pietre o mola)2) da utilizzare solo sporadicamente e non in maniera continuativa. Le bacchette non agiscono su tutto il tagliente ma solo sulla punta andando a creare un micro bevel. Un uso continuativo delle bacchette vi accorcerà la punta del tagliente col risultato che, nel tempo, non funzionaranno più e sarete costretti a riprofilare il tagliente.3) da non usare su lame con profilo scandi a zero (ma questa è solo una opinione personale). D'altronde per le lame con scandi a zero non serve diventare matti cercando l'angolo giusto, basta appoggiare il bisello sulla pietra (sono le lame più facili da affilare).In conclusione, consiglio questo prodotto e lo ritengo valido restando fermi i punti sopra citati.

Reviewer: Wolfgang
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Habe mir diesen Messerschärfer hier auf amazon bestellt. Die Lieferung erfolgte wie gewohnt schnell und zuverlässig in angemessener Verpackung. Ich bin ausgesprochen begeistert von diesem kleinen und durchaus handlichem Tool. Die Verarbeitung ist sehr ordentlich, die Schleifstäbe lassen sich beim ersten mal nur mit etwas Druck und Drehen einsetzen, aber das finde ich nicht schlimm. Nach ein paar Anwendungen geht's dann auch leichter und mir ist es so lieber, als würden sie in der Aufnahme wackeln. Die Handhabung ist wirklich narrensicher, eine ruhige Hand vorausgesetzt. Die einzige Optimierung die ich vornahm war, dass ich, wie auf dem Bild zu sehen, Rutschstopper an der Unterseite angebracht habe. Das erleichtert die Arbeit und das war es dann aber auch schon. Ich halte damit meine EDC's, Gentlemanmesser und einige Schmuckstückchen scharf. Stichwort "scharfhalten". Das Tool ist ganz definitiv nicht dazu geeignet, bei einem völlig stumpfen oder gar ausgescharteten Messer die Klinge wieder herzustellen. Dafür gibt es dann andere Werkzeuge. Meine eigenen Messer lasse ich niemals unter den Schärfegrad "Gebrauchsschärfe" sinken und mit diesem genialen Gerät bekomme ich sie dann wieder richtig schnell rasiermesserscharf, natürlich ziehe ich sie abschließend auf einem Streichriemen ab. Bisher benötigte ich dafür, auch für sehr harte Stähle, lediglich die sehr feinen, weißen Schleifstäbe und die 20° Einstellung. Sollte sich daran mal zuviel Abrieb gesammelt haben, lässt sich dieser ganz unkompliziert mit der rauhen Seite eines Küchenschwammes und etwas Scheuermittel entfernen, ohne dass der Schleifstab abgenutzt wird. Wenn man die Schleifstäbe nicht zerbricht, indem man sie auf den Fliesen- oder Steinboden fallen lässt, hat man mit diesem wirklich sehr genialen Tool eine Anschaffung fürs Leben!

Reviewer: Hlib Kutsenko
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Muy buen afilador muy compacto fácil de usar y deja los cuchillos con afilado de cuchilla de afeitar.Es un poco difícil afilar cualquier cosa de mas de unos 7 cm y es fácil pegar con el filo en la base.También senota el resto de acero que se queda en las varillas de cerámica nose muy bien si esto reduce su efectividad