Lansky Curved Blade Medium 280 Grit Hone Stone

The Lansky HR280 is a medium 280 grit curved blade hone for the Lansky Sharpening System. This sharpening tool is intended for edge maintenance, so grit, abrasive type, and the shape of the sharpening surface are the most important selection points. The format is designed to give the user a controlled abrasive surface for restoring or refining an edge without relying on powered equipment.

A curved blade hone is round in section rather than flat, which is the only way to reach the inside of an inward curve. A flat stone touches a karambit, kukri or hawkbill only at the ends of the curve. Scythes and hawkbill blades have the same problem, and they are the reason this shape exists.

Two hundred and eighty grit is the medium stage, used after a coarse hone has established the edge and before a fine one finishes it. It fits the Lansky guided system, which clamps the blade and sets the rod angle so every stroke matches, and that consistency is what a curved edge needs most. Buyers should consider both the grit and the physical shape of the sharpener so it matches the knives or tools they expect to maintain. Explore more sharpeners.

• Round section reaches inside a curve where a flat stone cannot
• For karambit, kukri, hawkbill and scythe blades
• 280 grit, the medium stage between coarse and fine
• Fits the Lansky guided system