I've got one of those plastic orange-handled sharpeners with two V-shaped sets of steels in it... it's got a coarse one and a fine one, and I forget the name of it... it's the best sharpener I've had yet. I first saw it at the Vancouver boat show, the lady at the booth had an additional one that was a super fine butcher steel grade, still the same design, two steels in a V shape. She sharpened my Swiss Army pocket knife, and it was SHARP. You brace it against your counter and sharpen that way. It's quick and works well, and angle stays the same every stroke. I should have bought it in Vancouver, because they are more money down here, and don't come with the butcher steel, but I found one at Swain's in Port Angeles for like $12.99


I've also got a couple of those plastic pocket sharpeners that have two different coarsnesses of ceramic in V-shapes in them (buy the silver ones that have two V's, the red ones only have one) These are a great compliment to the other sharpener and work great on touching up already-sharp blades. I keep one on my boat, since it doesn't rust from the salt water.

-N.