I was recently given a Lanskey Professional Knife Sharpening Kit from a good friend. I think that if a person is using a number of knives such as every day pocket knife, survival knife, or just your standard kitchen knives then this is a great maintenance kit for your work bench. The kit comes with five stones that are colour coded so you know what one you are using. Black 70 grit extra coarse, red 120 grit coarse, green 280 grit medium, blue 600 grit fine, & yellow 1000 grit ultra fine. Also included in the kit is the knife clamp, honing oil, & rods that attach to each of the stones. Once the rods are attached to the stones you are able to select the correct angle you want to end up with on your knife blade by placing the rod through one of the four holes on the clamp. The choice of angles are 30, 25, 20, & 17 degree angles. For my Buck Thug knife I selected a 25 degree angle as I believe this angel on my blade will give me a durable edge that will stay sharp for a longer period of time. I also found that damaged areas of a blade can be fixed very easily with the coarse stone, just be careful you don’t remove to much material from the blade. The coarse stone is also a great choice for re-profiling a blade. (selecting a different angle for your blade) Just be sure not to remove to much material from the blade. Once you have set a new angle on your blade you can start to work your way down through the stones making sure to work each side of the blade equally. On your last stone 1000 grit yellow you will be polishing your blade, if you have taken great care through out the process you will end up with a glossy finish on the sharpened part of the blade. I found that holding the knife clamp in my hand was not how I wanted to use this setup so I went out and bought the Lanskey bench clamp with a pedestal on top, so you can attach the knife clamp to it and you will have a solid platform to work on.