Fiskars Axe and Knife Blade Sharpener - Outdoor and Backyard Tools - Black

Nice sharpener is just what I ordered.It works great.Have used it on my butt knife and my hatred also on my the Sherri should trim up the head using stuff.It's tough, it works great.Love it job well done

For such an inexpensive device, it's quite effective. I got it primarily for my Fiskars splitting axe (works very well) but also works very nicely for knives of different sizes. Pleasantly surprised, actually, given some of the negative reviews. It is lightweight (a plus in my book), so you have to kind of lean on it when using with larger items like an axe, but does the job a lot easier than trying to get the edge perfect with a file!

I figure that the people who make knives also know how best to create a product that keeps them sharp. I’ll give you a tip; NEVER use this dry. Sharpen your knife with this product under running cold water, and the hone it. I’ve had a kitchen knife for over 35 years, and it is still called “the scary knife” by my friends, thanks to this product.

Sharpens all not just the Fisker model. Light weight and easy to use.

Although this is labeled as a knife and axe sharpener, there are two problems with actually being able to sharpen an axe with this, 1) the slot is far too narrow to allow most axes to even contact the sharpening wheels. It will accept a small axe with a narrow blade like a hudson bay, but not a michigan, jersey or dayton and definitely not a splitting maul. Also it removes only a tiny bit of material from the very edge of the blade, so won't even have an effect on a dull axe. It would be a good finisher for a narrow axe is all and 2) it is very flimsy and would break under the weight of a 3.5# axe head. It is very awkward to manage even a narrow axe with this, I tried. The rubber feet fell out in the first 10 strokes and the plastic base moves around and gets cut with each stroke under a full size axe.As a knife sharpener it is marvelous!!! You just have to learn to keep the part of the blade which is contacting the stones level while swiping it through the sharpener. As as example when sharpening a carving knife you have to raise the handle as the curved part of the blade goes through. There is only a tiny space between the level of a straight blade and the plastic base, so tipping the blade too much or not enough makes it drag on the base and raise up from the stones defeating the purpose. With some practice, this is a great KNIFE sharpener. For axes get a Lansky Puck, dual grit long stone with an handle like a file, or a diamond stone.

This broke the day we bought it. It is definitely very cheap and only meant for smaller axes. Would not fit our splitting axe.

I purchased this sharpener for my Fiskars x11 small hatchet that I had purchased a while back. I haven't used the hatchet enough yet so I looked around my garage to sharpen something with this new tool. I had a cheesy but functional Bear Grylls Gerber Parang/ machete in my garage that I never managed to get as sharp as I would have liked. I held the sharpener in my left hand and rolled/ dragged the parang back and forth through the sharpener and it felt like it wasn't doing anything which is what I expected. I ran the parang back and forth 30 times and looked at the edge and was shocked to find a nice sharp edge on the parang. I used it outside on some brush clearing and was curious how sharp it was. I grabbed some printer paper and started slicing clean strips of paper off to my amazement! So far this thing is fantastic. Its very light weight plastic and it feels like it will break when you use it but for the price point I think this is just an amazing sharpener.

I've seen more than a few bad reviews and all i have to say is that life must be very difficult for those people.This sharpener is amazing, I have the first gerber/fiskars splitting camp axe (full size). Its had extremely heavy use since i got it in 2004, even has a rather rounded section and lots ov knicks and generally overly worked.In about 30 strokes back and forth, (like it shows the the package) it started getting a very nice edge again even the rounded part was starting to become sharp. A few split red oak logs later and this very very easy to use sharpener has proved it a very good one for my gerber axe and its even very packable for frame packers like myself. The only thing i can think ov for those that couldnt make it work was they were pressing down while trying to use the sharpener, it doesnt need any more pressure than what it requires to keep it in the tool. I also have the brush axe which also has heavy use to it and its not so great for that but thats just due to the curve, its great for the straight edge and im guessing with a little practice ill get the curve too.Highly recommended for anyone that has the gerber/fiskars axe/s, has some common sense and doesnt need to be led by the hand to figure things out