Use and review of Dans Whetstones EZ-Hone 

Chris, Mr. Dan says, good job! very informative, we appreciate all the kind words. The EZ hone isn't just for novices, great for anyone. The packaging includes the stones & oil which makes it great for back packs to kitchen drawers when & where ever its needed! Just add dull knife! lol thanks again!

As one who is wanting to learn how to sharpen my knives my EZ Hone arrived just today. Appreciate the video. As a new beginner my greatest concerns are 1) having the correct angle and 2) learning how many passes I should do per side per stone. Luckily a friend of mine gave me some old knives that will allow me to practice before ever attempting to sharpen my Buck 110.

I like that little gadget with all the different Arkansas on it. I may need to pick myself up one now.

I ordered this from the great people at Dan's. Mine is coarse, soft, fine, black. It's awesome also ordered the tiny one that I carry in my big out bag.

I believe that Old Timer is the same as my Dad gave me for my first knife. I sharpened it on a very course pocket stone and oiled it once a week. I didn't know any better. I just found your channel today. I subscribed and I must have watched a couple of hours worth already.

I always like watching this video. You are sharpening one handed (right) like I have to. Dan made me an EZHone with an 8x2 Washita and a Soft.

Very nice sharpening video Chris. Consistency at its finest.

I was looking at buying one of these so thought I'd check out the review..glad I did..going to grab one. Just have to decide which one now..I do mostly folders so a 6 would probably be fine..if I like it, I can always buy an 8 for the few fixed blades.I use. The prices are very reasonable.

Great video on a set of great stones, my only question is since they're mounted on the wood how would you flatten the stones after a lot of use? it doesn't seem like the stones rise above the angle guides. would we have to manually remove the stones to flatten?

man, bad memories. that thing reminds me too much of the tri-stone that had been kickin my ass before you turned me on to DMT plates. I will say one thing though, Dan's is a good company that don't put out any junk from what I've seen.

I've seen them before but I was very skeptical. Ok I'm impressed 💯

Lovin' these sharpening videos Brother!

Here is an oversimplified explanation of what makes an Arkansas black stone black. It is the crystaline structure made of super fine conjoined crystals that are so infinitely varied in their facets that little to no light in the visible light spectrum is reflected back to our eyes. This is a limitation in of the human eye. If we could see in infrared or ultraviolet, we would be some freaky looking creatures to each other. All color that we see is reflected light in a specific spectrum like red, green and yellow. When little light is reflected we see grays and blacks. The blacker and more even the color of the Arkansas stone, the more pure its crystal structure. Don’t tell amybody, but if you have a pure black Arkansas, you have one big gemstone. I don’t want that to get out and drive the prices any higher than they already are, so, lets just keep that to ourselves.

10:35 I cut square off a roll of Kitchen draw liner and it works great.

Chris this little beauty is still getting used...still need some learning lol

That's a cool little setup

Great sharpening video!

Did you use honing oil on the coarse stone?

Everybody does the clip point blade. Show us th Spey sometimes? Thanks for the video.

Don't buy this if you want to keep the hair on your arms. This is by far the best stones out. You can not go wrong by Dan's. Don't waste your time or money on those other cheap bullshit stones.

Love me some Dan’s!

excellent vid sir. 👍😎👍

How do these stones work with harder steels and stainless steel?

cool, thank you

Would you recommend this to a beginner who is new to arkansal stones

Nice video. I bought one of these and have no idea how to use it. The stone didn't come with very helpful instructions. I emailed the company and they referred me to Dan's video on using this. Again, not very helpful to me. So what are the different sides for? I noticed you started on med then fine and ultra. Why did you do it this way and why didn't you start with coarse? My kitchen knives are so dull!

Nice work. That is a bit to big angle for what i prefer on pocket knives\folders or whatever.

Hi is this Dan's genuine 3 stone or 4 I'm been looking at them on line I need buy me one of these I cant seem get hang of sharping pocket knifes I like buying trapper pocket knifes an this Dan's whetstones Ez-hone would help me learn how to sharpen a pocket knife

Any reason not to use Dawn and water?

Do you need to drop some oil on it

how about a case xx set are those any good/reputable

i have seen these for about $50 on ebay is that around what you got it for?

Maybe a silicone mat to hold that EZ Hone in place...

Is that the 6 or 8 inch setup?

would this work on a scandi ?