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In this guide
The KitchenIQ Edge Grip 2-Stage Knife Sharpener is a pocket-sized pull-through: a preset carbide slot for resetting a dull edge, preset crossed ceramic rods for the finish, and a notched base that hooks over the edge of a bench. In Australia the black 50009 sits in Amazon Australia’s Global Store at A$26.80, shipped and sold by Amazon US, on 5 November 2026; two other new offers started at A$36.15. Smith’s Consumer Products, part of GSM Outdoors in Texas, is the maker behind the KitchenIQ brand.
Fit decides this purchase more than quality. Fixed slots mean one geometry for every knife in the block, from a stamped chef’s knife to a Japanese gyuto, and the import route means the maker’s warranty may not follow the sharpener to Australia.
Our verdict
At A$26.80 the Edge Grip is a fair buy for bringing dull Western kitchen knives back without learning a whetstone, as long as one unpublished angle and an import from Amazon US are acceptable.
- A good fit for
- Cooks whose drawer of everyday Western knives has gone dull and who want a preset pull-through that restores an edge without stone practice.
- We would skip it if
- Skip it if you already sharpen on stones or a rod, if your knives are ground to Japanese angles you want kept, or if a local warranty matters more than the price.
Reasons to consider it
- Both stages are preset: carbide blades for very dull or damaged edges, crossed ceramic rods for honing and touch-ups, so the only skill needed is a straight pull
- The Edge Grip notch hooks over a bench edge so a long blade’s tip clears the surface, and a non-slip base holds it flat when used on the bench
- The listing gives a body of about 9.5 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm, small enough to live in a knife drawer
The compromises
- Neither the listing nor Smith’s page publishes the slots’ angle, while the brand prints 16 and 20 degrees on its adjustable model, so one fixed V serves every blade
- Straight and serrated blades are both claimed, but nothing says which slot takes a bread knife or how
- It ships from Amazon US through the Global Store, which warns that imports may differ and the manufacturer warranty may not apply
What we have not verified: How much steel the carbide stage removes per pass, and what years of resets do to a blade, appear in no source. No page publishes the preset angle. The listing calls the Edge Grip base “patented” while Smith’s own page names it only as a trademark, and its 0.5 oz weight has no second source.
The things in this guide
A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.
Edge Grip 2-Stage Knife Sharpener (50009)
A$26.80 from Amazon US through the Global Store buys a carbide coarse slot, a ceramic fine slot and an Edge Grip base that hooks the bench edge, in a body about 9.5 cm long that fits any drawer.
Before you buy: Both slots sit at one preset angle no page publishes, the serrated-knife claim comes with no instructions, and the Global Store warns the manufacturer warranty may not apply.
Price checked 5 November 2026. Retailer prices can change.Carbide sets the edge, ceramic finishes it
Two slots, two jobs, one factory-set angle each. Draw a very dull or damaged blade through the carbide slot and its crossed blades reset the edge; that is the only job the listing gives the coarse stage. Follow with the crossed ceramic rods and the fine stage hones, which the Australian listing describes as polishing and quick touch-ups on a knife that is already sharp. Preset geometry is the whole pitch: the user supplies a straight pull and nothing else.
There is a history behind the fixture. Smith’s started mining Arkansas novaculite for sharpening stones in 1886, built crossed ceramic sticks in the early 1970s and released the JIFF in 1984, a carbide pull-through that sharpened both sides of a blade at once. KitchenIQ arrived as the company’s kitchen brand in 2011, and Smith’s says it holds nearly 100 patents and sells in more than 40 countries.
The base that gives it its name
Edge Grip names the bottom of the body. A notch drops over the edge of a bench or table so a long blade clears the surface; the Australian listing says it stops the tip of larger knives dragging over the bench. Set flat instead, a non-slip base holds the body still while the other hand squeezes the soft rubber grip. The listing calls the feature patented; Smith’s own page presents V-Grip as a trademark and makes no patent claim.
Size is the other selling point. Amazon Australia lists the body at 9.5 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm and 0.5 oz, about 14 g, a weight no other page repeats and one that looks light for a body carrying carbide and ceramic inserts. Either way it fits in a knife drawer rather than taking bench space, which suits a tool used every few months.
One angle for every knife
Preset cuts both ways. Neither the listing nor Smith’s page publishes the slots’ angle, and the brand prints degrees freely elsewhere: its Diamond Pro specifies coarse diamond rods at 35 degrees combined and fine ceramic stones at 37, and its Angle Adjust model marks 16 degrees for Asian knives and 20 for Euro/American on the knob. A fixed V in the Edge Grip puts every knife you own on one geometry, whether or not it was ground that way.
The serrated claim deserves the same caution. The listing answers “serrated edge blades: yes”, and Smith’s page says it sharpens straight and serrated blades, yet neither says which slot takes the bread knife or how. Where the brand designs for serrations on purpose, as on the Angle Adjust, it describes crossed ceramic stones built to sharpen into the serrations. The Edge Grip makes the claim without that detail.
Buying it in Australia
The black 50009 reaches Australia as an import: Amazon US ships and sells it through the Global Store at A$26.80, and the other two new offers on the listing started at A$36.15, so the Amazon US offer is the one to take. The page warns that imported products may differ from local ones and that the manufacturer warranty may not apply, though rights under Australian law remain.
Match the model before paying. KitchenIQ sells near-identical Edge Grip versions, including a Deluxe Diamond Edge Grip whose coarse stage uses diamond-coated rods instead of carbide. This review covers the carbide 50009; check that the title and model number on the order say 50009 and Black.
Buyers who should pass
Three kinds of buyer end up elsewhere. Stone and rod owners already maintain an edge without resetting its geometry, and have no use for a fixture. Angle keepers with knives ground to Japanese angles get the same preset V as a German chef’s knife; Smith’s 16-degree knob marking is the tell, and its adjustable model is the better fit. Buyers who want a local warranty are buying an import with the Global Store’s own warning attached.
For the rest, a drawer of dull stamped Western knives that has not met a stone in years, A$26.80 buys a cheap reset that asks for nothing but a straight pull. The carbide pull-through has a forty-year lineage at Smith’s; the risk with this one is the unpublished angle and the import, not the design.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Amazon Australia: KitchenIQ 50009 Edge Grip 2-Stage Knife Sharpener (ASIN B001CQTLJM) (opens in a new tab)
- Smith’s: Edge Grip 2-Stage Knife Sharpener product page (opens in a new tab)
- KitchenIQ: legacy brand catalogue page (opens in a new tab)
- Smith’s: Who We Are (opens in a new tab)
