circleshooter
Ultimate Member
I love a sharp knife, but alas, have never been any good, AT ALL, with using sharpening stones. Oh, I've tried. My father is superb with stones and has tried many times to instruct me in their use. I have many fine qualities, but "mechanically inclined" is not among them.
I've owned a Chef's Choice sharpener for years. It's fine for kitchen knives but sucks for everything else. Well, it died. So after seeing it mentioned in a couple of threads here during a forum search I decided to get one.
Holy Sh*t!! This thing puts an edge on a knife like nobody's business. I sharpened about 10 kitchen knives of all sizes and shapes in about 15 minutes. And they are...sharp...as...hell! Then I changed the guide and set to work on my Armand Palacio balisong. There's kryptonite or something in the steel that renders it impervious to sharpening. It took longer than the kitchen knives, but I got an edge on it that takes the hair off your arm with ease. Not bad.
So next up will be a serrated bread knife, an awesome left-handed, single-bevel Japanese sashimi knife and a dull pair of scissors that annoys me greatly.
Nice tool.
I've owned a Chef's Choice sharpener for years. It's fine for kitchen knives but sucks for everything else. Well, it died. So after seeing it mentioned in a couple of threads here during a forum search I decided to get one.
Holy Sh*t!! This thing puts an edge on a knife like nobody's business. I sharpened about 10 kitchen knives of all sizes and shapes in about 15 minutes. And they are...sharp...as...hell! Then I changed the guide and set to work on my Armand Palacio balisong. There's kryptonite or something in the steel that renders it impervious to sharpening. It took longer than the kitchen knives, but I got an edge on it that takes the hair off your arm with ease. Not bad.
So next up will be a serrated bread knife, an awesome left-handed, single-bevel Japanese sashimi knife and a dull pair of scissors that annoys me greatly.
Nice tool.