SHARPAL101N 6-In-1 Pocket Knife Sharpener and Survival Tool, with Fire Starter, Whistle and Diamond Sharpening Rod, Quickly Restore and Hone Straight and Serrated Blade

Although I do like to think of myself as a jungle craft experienced John Rambo. I bought this to sharpen my kitchen knives.I am the Rambo of the Parlour.In use it works very well. You have 2 different sharpeners.The carbide one, labelled "1" and the ceramic one, labelled "2".The carbide one is the one I use the most, it really sharpens the blade.Don't have the sharpener upright when you use it. Tilt it away from you about 20 degrees, then pull the blade straight through. You will really feel, and hear the cutting action. 1 or 2 pulls through is all it takes to tone up a knife. (if it's very blunt then you will need to repeat the process).You can then do the same on the ceramic slot, if you wish to finely hone the blade, but with general kitchen knives, I don't really find that necessary.There is an arrow on the top, telling you which way to pull the knife. In use I've found that you can hold the sharpener either way round, the cutting action is pretty much the same in both directions. Great for us left handers.You can of course also do it the other way around. Have the blade facing upwards and run the sharpener along the blade. You probably have more chance of cutting yourself doing it this way, but try them both. See which you prefer.As it is a survival tool it does have some other features.A whistle, that is very loud, although you must give it a good hard blow.Perfect for announcing dinner is ready.It also has a sparking rod for starting fires.It does arrive covered in a black coating, which you will need to remove by pulling it through the carbide slot before it will work.It does work though, you need to give it a good hard pull at an angle, but do it right and you're met with a shower of sparks.You do need to pull it through a few times, I'm guessing that the rod oxidises and you have to scrape this layer off.I'll admit, it's not that useful in the kitchen, but who knows, come the zombie apocalypse....It also has a carbide encrusted rod for sharpening serrated edges. That's actually quite useful as it's great for sharpening up a bread knife.Overall, I think this is a great buy, even if like me you only buy it for your kitchen knives. It works very well and it's nice and compact.I hope you found this review helpful.

I am not skilled at sharpening knives with a knife sharpener. This took a basic penknife and made it as sharp as a retractable penknife made by a well known manufacturer, in less than 5mins. I got sparks off the fire starter enough to show me it can be used to start a fire. It's durable, light and portable.

This product is good for sharpening cheap kitchen knives of a pocket knife if your camping. Its a lot easier to use than a whetstone, but will decrease the life of your blades. It is good someone like me who doesnt have the patience and time to learn a whetstone, or the money. It sharpened my blunt kitchen knives well, slightly sharpened my knock off swiss army knife, and didnt do anything to my hawkbill knife (which i have had problems with anyway). Dont use it on a £500 japanese chef’s knife or anything, but for the price it is good.

This is without doubt, the best budget sharpener on the market. I've sharpened every knife in the house. Some sharpeners glide over the blade, without sharpening not this bad boy, you feel it grip the blade, and after 4 pushes down the blade, the blade is very sharp. There is also a honer, and that just finishes it off. My son has a very nice axe that was blunt. It sharpened it no bother. My son lit a fire in the garden using the flint. I also sharpened my wife's secertiers which were in a bit of a state, not anymore they are now very sharp, and prune with very little effort. A great buy for the money 👍

Every single tool works great and I've used the sharpener for multi tools, kitchen knives, drill bits, etc, etc. The whistle and the fire rod are a bit useless but I won't complain about bonus features

Have had one of these before until I had misplaced it. Handy little tool to have on you while out in the field. I currently stalk for deer and when the opportunity presents itself the animal is required to be managed in the field, often resulting in a blunt knife half way through if you do not sharpen it often enough. This little sharpener has pulled me out of a few situations like this.It easily fits in your pocket and gives the option for putting an edge back on your blade and refining it. Luckily enough I have not had to use the flint function too often but it works as stated. The file is also a useful tool to sharpen your blade or fishing hook when you are out and about.One disadvantage would be the whistle. I wouldn’t rely solely on this in an emergency situation as it is not that loud or consistent.In summary this would be a great purchase that will pull a few hunters or even home chefs if your blade lets you down. Not a rip off price either.

Small and mighty great bit off kit.

Great portable sharpener, i have a wet stone which is quite heavy and there's a technique to using it which if I'm honest I don't have but the SHARPAL makes it easier, it's more viscous than a wet stone but it certainly works my mora campanion HD and ultafors ok4 were pretty blunt due to my attempt on the wet stone but this SHARPAL has put a very sharp edge on both they can take hairs of my arm and the ultimate 'cut through paper test',it's also put a sharp edge on my more expensive kitchen knives I was thinking of replacing but not know, im impressed but wish there was an alternative postage option other than £4.99/£5.99...as the SHARPAL cost£9.99 and I paid £4.99 postage 🤔, a third option would be nice but I do understand fuel costs have risen plus general overheads due to the war in the Ukraine, other than it's all good and would say buy with confidence it's a great little unit oh yes and it's got a loud whistle too... 👍