Ideal for sharpening larger cutting surfaces, including hand pruners, lawn and hedge shears, shovels, axes and spades, the Istor Professional Sharpener features a hardened Swiss-made blade with two precision ground sharpening edges. The handle is made from strong, lightweight die cast aluminum handle with a concave design and thumb guard for increased leverage. Suitable for left or right handed use.
***1st 2 product reviews copied from our old site
Posted by G. Keast on 14th Dec 2012
There is no sharpener better than the Istor, and we have tried many.
Posted by B. Emerson on 14th Dec 2012
I love this very small and lightweight Swiss sharpener. It sharpens a knife or my pruners with only 3 or 4 passes. I couldn't believe it! Before, I had to heavily draw my knives through my old sharpener repeatedly until my arm ached and it never got as sharp as it did with just 3 passes of this sharpener. I highly recommend this sharpener to anyone looking to keep their knives and pruners in top shape.!