101N 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.

Very happy with this tool. Primarily bought for the knife sharpener and it sharpens knives to a fair standard, is very easy to use. Perhaps not as good as a whetstone but good enough to put an edge on kitchen knives quickly. Great design means it easily fits in your pocket if you want to take it on the go maybe camping perhaps. Only time while tell how long it will last but seems well built.

Good for sharpening a pocket knife or utility knife. I tried it for some fine sharpening of a kitchen knife but it just does not give a clean enough finish. Also good when on holidays when staying at an Air B&B where the knives are always blunt.

Gets a really good edge,nice and small fits in pocket easily, or with a lanyard

good quality little knife sharpener. good compact size . decent price. easy to use and hold on to. good design

This is a excellent bit of kit really puts a edge on your knife with very little effort

Useful tool for fishermen and campers

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... 👍