Links to the system I use in the video: Standard sharpening system ($22): amzn.to/1yx5eHa Diamond system, shown in the video ($55): amzn.to/1NgDs2N Stand for the sharpening system ($8): amzn.to/1rFAdwc

I'm a knife noob, and this is probably the best tutorial I've seen on how to sharpen

You are a creator/maker that cares deeply about the success of others. I can’t thank you enough for this tutorial.

As a newbie to knife sharpening this is by far the best video I have found to start me on my sharpening journey! Thank you for you effort and patience in compiling this video.

Hi Gough! Definitely best video I've seen on the Lanski method, and a lovely camping knife too!. Thanks!

Thanks for taking the time to produce the best tutorial video on the Lansky sharpeners.

Aaron, thank you so much for making this video. I have been using the Lansky System since about 1988. I love it. I've had so many ask me over the years how I get my knives so sharp. I get them to buy a Lansky, then come back for my 5 page tip sheet. Now I can just send them here. Thank you very much for taking the time to do this!

Some of the best knife making/sharpening videos on the Internet. Thank you for your skill and effort.

Never been able to cit pepper with a knife like that. And I have been using the lansky system. After following your video I was able to take a pocket knife that couldn't cut butter and was to succeed in cutting papper like you demonstrated. First time I was ever to accomplish that. 🎉

I've been using a Lansky for the past eight years and this is the best instructional video on UKposts! BTW your knives are gorgeous.

Awesome demo! I just happened to buy this system and was having trouble using it. But this demo definitely helps point out some of the mistakes I was making. Thanks!

been looking through youtube on knife sharpening videos for a complete beginner and this is the only video i found that i can actually follow

Literally the best and one of the very few actually useful sharpening tutorials. Great job. Thank you.

Clear and concise.....good job.

Amazing intuitive video. Wish i had seen this one to start with instead of the other 20 or more i watched. Simple yet functional sharpening tool. Well done that man!

My god 😠I've been autisticly watching watching UKposts videos on how to sharpen for literally FIVE YEARS this is hands down the BEST video on sharpening I've ever seen this man deserves much praise 😤😤😤

Best video on how to sharpen knives using the Lansky system. The rest of the other videos were just unending yammering before getting to the point. Thank you!!

Gough, thanks for this video! You saved me money and gave me great tips! I have an Ontario RD9 that I've been struggling with putting a shaving sharp edge on. I'm thinking you answered all my questions!!! Thanks again!

THIS was excellent! The info was concise with no filler. I've been struggling with stones and having little results. Liked AND subscribed.

I really enjoy how articulate and clear and thorough you are. My first exposure to your videos was when you made the knife for the Antarctic expedition, and after that, I’m inclined to have a LOT of faith in your knowledge and expertise.

well done sir... no fluff, informative, superior filming skills, unmatched closeups - thankyou

Incredible video, very well done, thank you so much for taking the time to make this! I have used the same system for a couple of years now and my biggest problem was trying to PREVENT the bur instead of using it as a great indicator of even sharpening. I also really like the tip of holding the top of the guide with your finger, to get it to be more even. Great product, fantastic guide, and extremely well produced!

Thank for the good tips

This maybe, and likely is the BEST video on how to use the Lansky I’ve seen to date, thank you.

Just ordered my Lansky Deluxe Kit this morning. I have always preferred manual sharpening, so that I have total control. Great video, good info!

An excellent video! I have been using the Lansky sharpening system for some time but learned some new tips from you such as feeling for a burr and alternating directions with the stones. Also, your video quality is excellent--clear and close. I also like the way you fast forwarded through the repetitive portions. I will keep watching your site!

great desription on the Lansky system great vid, allways good to how others work an edge, cheers mate.

Ditto! This IS the best tutorial I've seen on how to sharpen knives!! Thank you!

Just stumbled onto this video after not being able to get super sharp knives with the lansky. Very helpful thank you for taking the time to make it

probably one of the best knife sharpening tutorial videos anywhere

This guy produced a nice vid. Thumbs up.

Owned.the Lansky Sharpener 10 years....finally someone taught me how to use it. Thank You

Very well done. There's something I love about sharpening by hand on stones but this is a great system.

most amazing tips and great thing to add links makes for helpful finds :)

Best sharpening video on UKposts. Dusted off my Lansky and going through all my knives.. Thank you sir

Excellent tutorial! Thanks for the extra effort to help those of us walking around with dull knives.

I just got my kit today! Did the first one on my own and got a marginally improved edge. Watched your video before doing the next one and it made all the difference. It just glides through the paper! Thanks!

love the vidoe, I love sharping knifes and looking videos up on how ppl sharpen there's on youtube

My diamond stones wore out quite fast, so I switched to the actual "stone" set, and I had it for at least 8 years. I use it on all knives, including my wife's kitchen knives, chisels, my axes and my hobby knives. I do things a bit differently, though: - I always use a small drop of oil. Normal machine oil is fine, It doesn't have to be the Lansky oil. - I always work towards the blade, not off it, to avoid any burr. - To check which part I have to sharpen more by checking the back side - if it picks up oil, it is OK. If not, that part needs some more work. - I always make sure the clamp is in the middle of the blade, by measuring with my fingers - I tighten the metal screw first, and then adjust with the hand screw, so the two prongs are aligned parallel to the surface of the blade - I found that tape on the tip tends to affect the angle of the blade, so I don't use it. The clamp is aluminium, so it won't scratch my knives - I always start with the lowest angle possible (without catching the rods on the screw) - The last grind, with the 1000 grit stone, I also give the edge one or two strokes with one notch steeper angle, which makes the edge more durable. I don't do this with XActo blades, here I stay with the lowest possible angle. - for blades over 5" (12cm) in length I use two positions of the clamp along the edge.- Otherwise, the angle of the edge will be too shallow at the tip and at the back (at the back of the edge this is OK, but the tip will take damage while cutting, when it is too thin). But hey - everybody has their way that works for them - what ever makes your knives shave hair off your arm is good! ;-)

You just sold me on that Lansky set! Thank you so much for the video!

Thank you. This is a great video. I have always been missing something in my sharpening. this video really helped me get it fine tuned. Thank you again.

Lansky has an ultra fine and polishing too.

Just ordered my Lansky system. I have used the Smiths alternative and liked it but I wanted something a little better and that has a stand which I ordered as well. Thanks for the demo!

Nice tutorial. Your explanation was very clear and concise. Thank you!

Fantastic, and thorough video on using the Lansky system. Thank you.

Thank you for the detailed and clear video. I have a Lansky system, gifted me by my late husband. I have never sharpened my knives, he always did that for me. I can't say I'm confident about this, but I'm going to give it a try and hope it works out. I do my own processing of my goats and sheep for meat and pelt and sharp knives are crucial as you can imagine. Just for reference I have been using a KI (?) Mora Sweden Stainless 125S. I have three of them plus a wood handled BIG knife that I use for bones, etc. Okay, wish me luck! Update: I don't have stropping leather at hand, though I have no doubt my husband had some, can't find it now. And not sure what I'm supposed to be feeling as to a "burr". Anyway, can easily cut through phone book paper as you demonstrated. Woo hoo! Three more to do..I feel confident now. We'll see how they work next week! Question for you, how often will I need to do this type of sharpening? And what is the long round sharpener that I see professional butchers have hanging from their belts? Should I plan on using one?

Three hours after I watched your video, I was able to get my knife sharp by following your techniques. This is my first sharping knife that I did without paying someone to do it. Thank you, thank you ! By the way, I have subscribe and share your video with my friends.

Really excellent video . Concise , lucid , no rambling . just one instruction after the next in perfect sequence . the clarity of the visuals with excellent lighting and the addition of very clear sound so we can " hear " the burr .

I’ve owned the Lanskey sharpening system for over 20 years. You gave me some good pointers here. Thanks!

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I got a Lansky a few months ago and apparently had no idea what I was doing. It took me two hours to put a mediocre edge on my knives because I was doing everything wrong. I did what you showed and had an even, hair-shaving edge in a half hour. Serious props to you.

Bloody legend! Great video, hugely informative. Thanks

Excellent video! I just ordered one of these systems and I appreciate all of the information on how to use it. Thanks.

Excellent video explaining not only the process but the WHY behind each step. Thank you!!

This method makes complete sense to me. I've worked with metal for around 30 years (precision engineering components) and already knew that you would get that burr when you started moving the sharpening stone back and forth. When we de-burr a work piece with a fine needle file, you still leave a smaller burr if you don't move it correctly. A metal work tutor will always tell you to move the file along the edge or at least to only use the push cut as much as possible when de-burring to reduce any final polishing work, before the job is finished. I use a diamond lap to sharpen my kitchen knives and a very fine diamond lap to sharpen my hobby knives, for cutting foam and balsa wood. I like that device and will have a go at replicating it. (because I'm cheap) ;¬)

This, with the bevel grinding diy video he did, are seriously the best things I’ve ever seen. I thought making knives was WAY out of my price range. After watching some of these videos I see now that’s not true. I can actually do it for a pretty dang good price

Just bought this set. Getting used to it and already like it. Have some practice yet but your video is a great resource, thank you.

been using this kit for 20+ years. simple, cheap,...but works like a charm.

You are just awesome man keep on going👌

i wanted to start by saying this is one of the most informative videos on sharpening iv been able to find you did a great job. My question is with this lanskey sharpening system how would you go about putting a micro bevel on a knife?

Thanks for the video. Got the 5 stone setup and your advice helped immensely. Took an old Gerber knife that couldn't cut butter and now its able to press cut paracord, which I wouldn't have believed.

Wow! What an excellent tutorial video you produced. I'm ordering a Lansky today now that I have seen how to sharpen knives. Thank you.

Good vid mate

Holy crap there's a stand for this thing? I wish I'd known that when I first started using this kit two years ago...

Watched this video many years ago and went out and bought a standard lansky kit. Loved sharpening knives ever since then and the exact same lansky setup plus some stones and a little maintenance work kept me going until now and probably could another 10 years. Looking forward to putting together a new hapstone setup tomorrow. Lanksy is far in a way the best entry guided sharpening system on the market, getting hair splitting edges for years with just a couple extra stones strop and knowhow. Hope the knife business is still going well for you Gough Customs, used to watch you're channel religiously.

I just bought this kit yesterday, thanks for the tips.

Don't care much for the shaping set up but I would like to say that's one nice knife you made there mate. One I wouldn't mind having one my side any day of the week. But it would have to be just like that one same color and all. Wonder looking piece.

That was a superb tutorial! If I may, though, I'd like to add to it a bit. One piece of advice that I always give to someone asking about the Lansky Guided Sharpening System is that, if at all possible, get the 70 grit extra-coarse diamond stone to go with their kit! Whenever you use a Lansky or a similar kit on a knife for the first time you have to reprofile the edge to match one of the angles on the guide, and, depending upon how big the difference is, that can be a bit of a chore, but it is ABSOLUTELY VITAL!!! Fail to do this and you will never get that blade sharp! The 70 grit extra coarse diamond stone does it much faster and much more easily than the standard stones. It's still a chore, just not as big of a chore. I used to sharpen semi-professionally, and this is the #1 mistake I saw people make when using those systems. They don't fully reprofile the blade first, and the stones never reach the apex of the edge. It's just wasted time. Adding one or both of the 1,000 & 2,000 grit polishing stones and a leather stropping hone (or four) will also help you get a nice edge. I've seen guys get a true mirror polished edge on their blade using the Lansky sharpener. It's easy to do that with one of the high end sharpeners like Edge Pro, KME (the one I use) or Wicked Edge, but if you're willing to put the time in you can do it on a Lansky too, and for a fraction of the cost! (You need the 1,000 grit Ultra-Fine Hone, the 2,000 grit Super Sapphire Polishing Hone and a set of their Leather Stropping Hones treated with various polishing compounds to at least the green 0.50 micron paste to get the true mirror polish on the edge.) One other worthwhile upgrade you can make to a Lansky system is to get rid of the Lansky angle guide/knife clamp & stand, and replace them with the angle guide/clamp & stand from Gatco. Not only is it much more stable & more comfortable to use, but it also gives you six angles to choose from to the Lansky's four. That may not seem like a big deal, but, in addition to making the system far more stable & far more comfortable to use, it also means that there's more of a chance that the edge on your knife will match one of the angles on the angle guide, or at least get close enough to reduce the amount of reprofiling you'll have to do. That being said, stick with Lansky for the stones. Not only are their stones very high quality, but there is a very wide selection of stones to choose from when your favorite knife needs a tune-up. There are standard stones, diamond stones, serration stones, natural Arkansas stones, round stones for sharpening recurved blades and even leather stropping hones for getting rid of the burr and putting that nice polish one. No other kit in this price range has anywhere near the selection of stones that the Lansky system has available for it. It's not even close!

Great demonstration on the lansky system, thanks now I need to share it with my friends Don & Aaron Gough

Good explanation, One of the best tutorials i've seen on YT

Great video, thanks. As a result of this, I am going to get one of these sharpeners. I have 2 questions: 1- how do you know where to attach the blade in the clamp? If it is in the wrong place, surely this will throw the angles all out? 2- Have you considered using the Lansky leather strop tool, if so is that any good?

Great tutorial! I think i've been using my Lansky incorrectly for a decade.

The best demo of this system that I have seen. I use this and will do it your way next time. Thank you.

This is a very informative vid i was always struggling with keeping the same angle on both side with this system its perfect. Thanks for the tutorial

I bought one a year ago and I demonstrated how it works to my boss. He was really impressed with the results and got me to sharpen all his knives (133 total) from his chain of restaurants. He paid me £500 extra for the job. I'm so happy with this product and I'm going to buy a few more for spare. Thank you!

Excellent video on sharpening! This is very well done and easy to follow. The close up shots really help and I like the idea of reversing direction to see scratch removal. Thanks for this. Very cool looking knife too. You do great work.

Some useful tips and I liked the close up shots whilst grinding. Thanks for posting.

I really like the design of your handles,keep up the good work and tutorials

The diamond system costs more, but what is the advantage over the stone/standard system? Is the major difference needing to use oil? I believe I've heard stone get less "flat" over time.

This is definitely the best Lansky tutorial I've seen on YT. I see my technique is a little different than yours, but I'll definitely try this way out after work. Cheers

Thanks for this video, I'm looking forward to better results with my Lansky system. Ordering the base per your tip!

I hate anyone in the comments being mean about him being cross eyed. ANYONE WHO IS MEAN SUCKS.

Thanks. I've been using the Lansky system for years, yet sometimes have trouble getting it razor sharp, as you have here. I'm going to try your technique and see how it works. And buy a strop, apparently. Also, do you use any compound on your strop?

This Lansky guide is perfect, it's more helpful than the guide provided by Lansky themselves, and that says something! We just got this kit and we'll be doing a review in the coming weeks, thank you for this, much love!

I think I've learned more from you than any other tutorial. No one has ever explained the apex or the burr better than you. I'm going to subscribe.

Y'know when literally every knife on your shop is out of stock that lets me know one thing! They are really worth the money ;)

That fingernail trick is going to help me out so much!

Very nice video. I've been using a Lansky for many years now, with great results. You offer a couple of different techniques from my usual practice which seem like a better idea. Thanks! I look forward to giving it a try.

Best lansky video period. Thank you for sharing this.

I use something similar to the Lansky system. The problem I'm having is that the metal fragments put tiny little scratches on the sides of the blades. I'm not sure how to avoid that.

I cringed when you took that file to the edge

Best Video on knife Sharping with the lanski systemEVER and I have seen many

After you filed the blade off, your knife still cut better than mine do after I spend half an hour "sharpening" my knives lol

I've tried on three different knives and I'm not getting the burr... what am I doing wrong??

Amazing vid mate - appreciate the effort that went into it. Most comprehensive one that I’ve found!

Thank you for this video I have been having a little trouble getting my knife sharp this help quite a bit good explanation of the details I missed

you should definitely finish shaving that hand

my mother will be very happy. :D

been using lansky for years, but I picked up several things I was overlooking...thanks!

agreed, one of the best tutorials on this subject...a very knowledgeable guy.....

as a chef, i use the polished edge.