Wiltshire Staysharp

Worst so called staysharp sharp knives on the market. Blunt during the course of chopping. DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT! Show details

Wiltshire 'staysharps'..poor decline in quality! – Just bought 2 new "Staysharps" from local store..the 3rd in 6 months ,hoping these 2 would be better than the previous. Badly mistaken. They've changed the 'construction' of them..75% WORSE now, than some 5 years ago!. Similar price, but obviously 'cost cutting'..very bad business decision as so many bad 'reviews' illustrate. Cutting costs now… Read more

results in drop in sales .I will NOT buy another one that's certain ! You HAD a good product. ! Not any more !

Don't waste your money with Wiltshire brand any more!!! – Wiltshire scissors were fantastic when we bought them but the so-called sharpening mechanism we have to keep it in, does not sharpen it. These scissors won't even cut a piece of paper any more.. seriously, don't waste your money.. The scissors I've had for 8 years in my office drawer, are still incredibly sharp, they put yours to shame. Tell the truth Wiltshire, it is not 'staysharp'!!! They should be renamed 'GoBlunt'!!! Let's be honest here. Show details

Garbage – I paid more than $800 CAD, on a (yep, get this) 50% off sale for a full block of Wiltshire stay sharp knives. I cook ALOT, and finding out that the sharpening feature of these blades wore out within a year... really ...well? ....more than ticks me off. You can't replace the sharpening feature (according to the responses from Wiltshire), so, I… Read more

paid more than, what? $70/month for the use of knives? How is that reasonable? tossing the whole thing in the trash, and never going back to that manufacturer, ever. What a waste (I could burn the wooden block to save land fill, but then I'd be contributing to the carbon problem on this planet). When are manufacturers going to be brought to task on contributing the waste on this planet? Seriously....

Vintage Staysharp knife – I bought a small, black staysharp knife about 30 years ago. It was so good I bought my mother one. Unfortunately mine just broke the other day, it was my fault. I used the knife for everything as it was just so easy to use. I will miss that little knife as I've looked and looked and the excellent design is not available any more. But I can't believe how well it lasted and would have kept doing so. What a buy that was. Thanks Staysharp. Show details

Dangerous design – As others on this forum ,purchased a small Wiltshire knife which had become stuck in its sharpening scabbard. I am afraid to try and remove this knife as it is very sharp and the chance of accidental injury is high.This knife is unsafe and should be removed from sale.

Dangerous packaging – This review is in relation to a small Wiltshire kitchen knife - this seems to be the closest option. I’m pretty careful with knives (an ex-chef, much to the amusement of my friends after this incident…). I was slowly trying to lever a newly purchased knife out of its cheap and nasty plastic shell packaging when it suddenly slipped down out of the… Read more

plastic cable tie I was trying to loosen in order to make enough room to cut it with scissors. Cut my finger deeply, severed artery nerve and tendon, required major surgery and months of Physio recovery.

Avoid this brand like the plague.

It's a design fault – Like many others here, I put the knife in upside down. This is a design fault. Quite simply, the user should not be able to put the knife in the wrong way. Wiltshire's designers need to re-visit this product asap.  Show details

Fixing knife in wrong way – Have had my knife a year, happy with it! then accidentally put it in wrong way to sharpen, couldn't get it out - sprayed liberally internally with WD 40 and came out fairly easily....... Show reply

Knife stuck in sharpener – I bought Wiltshire knife today with sharpene. I accidentally put knife in upside down and now I cant get it out. I’m so annoyed! In bin! Cost me $18. Won’t buy again Show details

Scissors are Faulty and a Waste of Money – I purchased one and couldn’t get it out. Took it back to Coles and they couldn’t even get it out! The girl had to bang it on the counter to press the release button and she got it out but had to break it into pieces. So, that day I exchanged it for another and also bought a second one because I’m sick of using regular scissors that quickly go… Read more

blunt.

Anyway, I had the exact same problem with my second and third ones. The release button doesn’t work!

I even contacted Wiltshire direct 2 months ago and I never received a response.... extremely poor service.

Hopefully this review will assist them to fix their faulty product!

Until they recall what’s out there and correct this fault the scissors are a waste of money. Don’t buy them.

First and last time I buy this brand – Got it out of the package and put it in the sheaf. Can't get it out. Never even used it. Waste of time and money. Will NEVER buy this brand again. Show details

16 years and going – I bought the knife set in the wooden block 16 years ago as my first knife set and never looked back. Love that they have a nice looking wooden block to sit in (and dry) and store rather than sliding around dangerously in my drawer. I used them intensively for the first 7 years and never had to sharpen but then stopped cooking. Recently started… Read more ·  1

cooking again (due to quarantine) and found they weren't as sharp as I had remembered. Gave them a quick sharpen (very carefully on 1 side, avoiding the serration) and good as new but looked 'nicked'. That's probably more my fault than the knives but I would highly recommend this as an economical first set of decent knives!

Get scissors out of sharpening sheath – Hit the sheath hard once on a benchtop with blue button end down and scissor handles up. Then use brute force to pull them out. After that I used sugru to stop the scissors being pushed all the way in. I'm hoping the mechanism loosens up with use and I can take the sugru off eventually. Show details

Print size on scabbard – The knife works very well. My problem is that I cannot see the print on the scabbard. (Just aged eyes). I often put the knife in upside down, so it jambs. It is too bothersome to go and get spectacles every time I want to use it. The shape of scabbard doesn't help. A small redesign would fix this problem. I now use plastic tape along the top of… Read more

scabbard, but this looks tacky.

Update: October 2020. A second Wiltshire knife: I bought another smaller Wiltshire knife a couple of weeks ago, again from Coles but for $12. Presumably it is of the new design mentioned below. Disaster! I thought I would recognise the correct way to put the knife in, but being tired one night, I put it in half way, but upside down. I cannot budge it. The more I struggled, the deeper the knife went in. My first, larger knife has a release button; this second smaller knife does not. The small knife is totally unusable, and has worked out to about $2 a cut. Update: November 2020. I finally got this second knife out of the scabbard. I used my rock-spitting hammer on the scabbard. That has been smashed to smithereens, but I got the knife back. I will just have to sharpen it on my whet stone.

The only knives in my kitchen for the past 30 years – A sharp knife is the safest knife - just be careful because they are always sharp. Even a hunter that I know swears by Wiltshire StaySharp for butchering big game. I would buy them again. Show details

41 Years Old – We got a set of Wiltshire stay sharp knives for a wedding gift in 1978. I love them and use them daily to this very day. However, the box to sharpen them seems not to be working because they are not as sharp as they should be. They were supposed to have a life-time warranty but I have no idea who to contact. I love them but just need to know how to get them sharper. Show details

staysharp scissors – I have noticed a recent deterioration in the quality of the Staysharp scissors. I have been using them for kitchen, office and garden for years. I bought 2 pairs recently and both had the same issue-very difficult to return the scissors to the scabbard after taking out, and on both occasions the whole mechanism came to pieces after only one or… Read more

two uses, due to having to force the scissors in. Very disappointing :( This product is not cheap to buy!

Always Stay-Sharp – I purchased the Wiltshire Staysharp knife block from Harris Scarfe about 3 months ago. These knifes actually stay sharp with the easy to use sharpener that is built into the unit. My knives are always ready to use and suit my everyday cutting needs. There are 5 knives that are a one piece metal knife so no handles can become loose or fall apart.… Read more

They are stored in the wooden block that looks great on the kitchen bench. I am highly satisfied with my purchase and would recommend this product.

They DONT HONOUR THE Warranty – I bought a knife and its sharpening scabbard fell to bits. They have discontinued making this over 5 years ago. I bought mine on sale from woollies under 4 years ago. They refused to honour the warranty and use the excuse it's only a 5-year warranty and hence that model is over 5 years they can't help me. I am silly enough to have been loyal to them and have a few of their items. SHAME ON THEM ... Never again! Show details

Had some for years...don't like them now – Wiltshire staysharp scissors...Hurts hands to try and remove from sharpener, just won't come out. When they finally did, took the whole insert out with it..in pieces on the floor. Put it all back together and added scissors again..won't come out again. What is wrong with it? I thought it may have been the 'self locking' addition but I don't… Read more

even know how that works..there is no release button or anything. Very disappointed! Just sitting in my cupboard not doing anything.

Great company even better customer service – I purchased a 20cm kitchen knife a few months back I have always used their products and have had no problem in the past however mine broke in half....I simply reached out on Facebook they responded quickly I sent photos and I am getting a replacement in the mail they were they were friendly and understanding and have rectified my problem… Read more

sometimes these things happen in my case once in a lifetime as I’ve used their products for over 20 years now and never found fault with their products in the past.......what a great company!

Good knife but handle is deteriorating – I have a stay sharp knife.My only problem with it is the handle. The inside has a rubber grip edge witch has gone soft and looks like puddy. Not sure what happened to it? Good knife but I can’t use it without getting my hands all sticky and taking the chance that pieces of this good stuff might fall in my food.  Show details

STUCK! – I purchased a Wiltshire staysharp knife a few weeks ago but after finally managing to insert it into the scabbard it's now totally stuck. There is nothing to indicate if there's a right and wrong way to insert it either. I emailed the suggested address but no reply!  Show details

Love my older Wiltshire "stay sharp" knife – I've never put in a product review until now...I've had my knife close to 25 yrs & it's worked great the whole time. They don't even have enough years down below so I chose the oldest yr option available). I've have had none of the problems other people mentioned. I wash it in the dishwasher, it never rusts, it's not symmetrical and is very… Read more ·  1

obvious which way to put the knife back in the sheath. Now, I bought it back then through someone who was selling it through the Pampered Chef company - back when they were still keeping the Wiltshire name on them. At some point Pampered Chef just put their own name on them instead. I don't know if Wiltshire is doing anything differently these days or if people who are overall satisfied with products tend to not post reviews, but I've not had to replace mine in all these years! I could never figure out why other companies weren't producing knives with the sharpener built into the cover and didn't make knives that can also go into a dishwasher.

Warning - very sharp knives! – Bought the Wiltshire Staysharp knife block recently and they are DEFINITELY SHARP, as evidenced by 3 people in the household already cutting themselves. We are used to somewhat blunt knives at home so have gotten lax with using knives. Despite being fully aware these were new sharp knives, we all still managed to cut ourselves! They have a nice… Read more

feel in the hand and make cutting/slicing a lot more easier compared to our previous knives. Anyone complaining of rust clearly isn't looking after them properly. We never wash them in the dishwasher and straight after washing immediately dry them and put them away as instructed. Overall very happy with this purchase.

Rusted! – Bought 2 stay sharp knives from Coles for $15 each and thought Wiltshire was the premium brand. Used once and both have rust spots almost immediately!! Very very disappointed! My other knives are Arcosteel so I will be buying this brand from now on. Not happy :(  Show details

Wiltshire from Wollies – Bought the Wiltshire stay sharp knife in the black safety sheath from woollies .Safety all right.used it one and has been stuck in the, sheath ever since and is in the correct way. Took it back to woollies without a receipt ( misplaced) and they were not interested,Now i have a knife i cant use Bad design, bad marketing by woollies, stick to groceries or train your people on hardware.  Show details

Always sharp like new! – I've been using a Wiltshire Staysharp knife for many years. It's my favorite knife of all the fancy brand-name knives I've accumulated over the years. As far as I'm concerned, it could be my only knife. Recently my husband tried to sharpen other knives in the sheath and got one stuck. Luckily the knife was finally safely removed without… Read more

damaging the sheath, but I ordered more Wiltshire Staysharp knives because I never want to be without one!

So far so good – All knives come as sharp as they can be. It is true the sheath is not very well designed, and it is difficult to figure out the right way to insert the knife while sharpening. It is very important to wash and dry them as soon as possible after use as I already have some rust marks in a couple of them for leaving in the dishwasher for too long. In summary, it is a good product but far from perfect!

Form over function – Great idea - a knife that sharpens itself as you insert or withdraw it from its sheath. Sadly the designers decided that the sheath should be totally symmetrical, so you don't know which way round to insert the knife. Some genius at Wiltshire obviously figured this out a bit late in the process so they added a tiny afterthought sticker next to… Read more

the slot with an arrow pointing to the cutting edge. The sticker of course comes unstuck and scratched up after a while, and most people don't even think that it matters, so I find that 50% of the time the last person to use it has put it back in the wrong way round, gradually sharpening the back edge of the knife and probably damaging the sharpening mechanism in the process.

This on the back of a bread knife that won't cut straight, and I won't buy Wiltshire products again - they are just very poorly designed. Save your money.

A 5 knife wooden block with in-built sharpener – I've had my wooden block for just over 2 years. All knives function well but 3 of the stainless stell knives ended up having rust stains starting up near their handles. The guarantee that comes with all Wiltshire Staysharp knives was still valid and I followed the necessary steps to have these 3 knives replaced. All 3 knives were replaced… Read more

without question. Guarentee is true to its word One of the knives now has 2 spots of rust up near the top of its handle. The other knives also had the rust spots up near the handles (strange spot - not an area when they are faced downwards to drain that would be getting a lot of water)??