2 Pcs Diamond Retractable Sharpening Rod Kitchen, Blue, Silver | Portable Steel Stick for Outdoor Serrated Knife, Pen-style Compact Storage, Professional Honing Rod, Camping Tool

Arrived as scheduled, just as pictured, nice simple to use & good for in field touch up or to correct damaged blades. Have had similar before & was very happy with them. Overall very happy with purchase.

They work great and keep my hooks sharp! The pen style seems to allow more room to work on various size hooks - even circle hooks!

Great 2 piece set. They function as expected. Diamond are great for filling down metal and the 2 sides (pointy and flat) both work well. -1 star because the knurled collar retainers are a little flimsy and require extra tightening to keep the shaft in place.

I bought these for my boyfriend because, let’s be honest, a man with a dull knife is just a man carrying a very shiny spoon. The "Do-It-All" Rod: These things are like the MacGyver of the tool world. One minute it’s sharpening a kitchen knife on the flat side, the next it’s fixing a fish hook in that little groove (for whenever he finally goes on that fishing trip he talks about), and then—the real party trick—it has a pointed end for serrated blades or chainsaw teeth. It’s basically a diamond-encrusted magic wand for anything with an edge. The "Two-for-One" Special: It comes in a 2-pack, which is the greatest gift you can give to someone with ADHD. One for the kitchen, one for the "adventure bag." Or, in our case, one for him to use and one for him to inevitably misplace and then find three months later in a coat pocket. The Retractable Factor: They retract into themselves like a fancy pen, so they don't tear up the inside of his pockets or his new leather sheath. It’s sleek, it’s portable, and it doesn't look like a bulky industrial tool. Final Verdict: If your partner has a collection of knives that couldn't cut through warm butter, get him these. For the price, you get two "survival sticks" that make him feel like a professional woodsman every time he touches up a blade.

These are a great little thing to have. I just received it yesterday, but I've already touched up a few tools for the garden and lawn, as well as my daily carry knife. This is not for fixing a damaged blade, or making a show stopping hair popping edge, but it get the edge you had back to use able if you're using your tool all day, dulled it and need it to work again. Pretty handy tool, I like the size and the multiple functions. Headed fishing tomorrow night, we'll see if it holds up for that trip, filet knives, hooks, pocket knives.... It will be tested!!!

2 rods for a low price. Both are what I would consider a "medium" grit. Would have been better if they offered a medium and a fine in the set, but it seems no one on Amazon offers that. During the few times I've used one, I've not noticed any shedding of diamonds, which is a good thing. I would like to have a cylindrical stone for certain serrated knives, but this tapered stone works well for serrated knives such as those by Spyderco where they have both large and small serrations on the same blade. When I didn't have a leather strop handy for the final step of knife sharpening, this rod works well to make sure that you have no burr.

Not a good purchase. Awkward to use. Not efficient for my knife sharpening project.

These sharpeners are precisely what I needed. Some complain that the texture is too coarse; I find this to be beneficial based on their primary intended use--namely, to sharpen serrated edges. A serrated knife noally maintains cutting ability well past a regular edge simply based on design; by the time one can be considered 'dull" it is usually in need of significant work for which a coarse tool is required. Also, as coarse texture diamond rod can be used for a number of other tasks--mine stands in regularly as a small file in on the spot tasks. Finally as this pack ordered contains two rods, it is a relatively simple task to keep one as-is while dressing the other with a spare stone, sandpaper, or even an old "beater" knife to a finer surface for honing. Overall, this is a very solid and useful purchase which any enterprising crafter or outdoorsperson will be able to put to immediate, beneficial work.