Chef’sChoice Professional Electric Knife Sharpeners Sharpening Station With 100-Percent Diamond Abrasives And Precision Angle Guides For 20-Degree Straight-Edge and Serrated Knives, 3-Stage, Silver

This product is terrificI have used it just two times because the knives stay sharp for a long timeThought about buying an electric sharpener for yearsGlad I finally did

Bought this after it received very high ratings on America's Test Kitchen. I have previously purchased their recommended items and have been very pleased. This is no exception.Very easy to use. Turn it on, use the course slot and the fine slot, then done. In the center is a slot for serrated knives which I haven't had to use yet.I would normally have made three passes per side of the blade on both the course and fine wheels, but since my knives have never been sharpened I chose to do two sets of three passes each.Everything has turned out great from large knives to small knives. Even did a pocket switchblade that I had found last year that was dull. Everything had very sharp edges when I was done.In the future I only anticipate having to do one set of three passes regularly.Grocery store meat departments used to provide knife sharpening for free, but I am not familiar with any that do that any longer. Never had any luck with any type of manual sharpeners.Didn't see any decent affordable sharpening services near me, didn't want to pay to ship them out and possibly risk them getting lost. This was a big one time investment that I feel was worth it.

I am reviewing: Chef’sChoice 130 Professional Electric Knife Sharpening Station for Straight and Serrated Knives Diamond...I purchased some wet stones and am still trying to learn how to use them. But until I master the technique for using them I use this all the time. I do like this but it is not the dream sharpener that I was hoping for. However, today I just sharpened one knife and it did a really good job, it may be just learning the technique.What I like:1. It takes a really dull knife and puts and edge on it that can cut.2. It is easy to use and quick3. It does work better than any other sharpener that I have owned, and I have six.What I do not like:1. It is not the magical sharpener that other reviews have said it was.2. Even after sharpening exactly as instructed the knives don't cut tomatoes like they should.3. It just does not get my knives as sharp as I would like.

For DECADES (literally) I have been wanting a knock-your-socks-off knife sharpener, but up until recently, I could never get myself to pull the trigger on spending the more than $100 it would require - especially when plenty of other knife sharpeners were available out there for $5 to $20.So over the years, I tried maybe a dozen different cheaper sharpeners, and whenever I saw a new one in a store, I had to go check it out. Ask my wife. When you ask her about me and knife sharpeners, she'll smile and nod and probably roll her eyes.First, it is much more important than most people realize that your knives be sharp. I don't mean just kinda sharp, I mean really sharp. Not only do sharp knives work better, they are also much safer. Because with a sharp knife, you can let the knife do the work and not have to press so hard. If you stop to think about it, you should agree that most knife injuries are caused by kinda-sharp knives where you had to press too hard to make it cut, then it suddenly did, and ... OOPS! Ouch!For me, the two main things that make a knife sharpener useful are (1) how sharp does it get the knives; and (2) will you actually use the thing?I finally got to the position where I was fed up with all those cheaper sharpeners, and did the research (thankis to all Amazon reviewers!) and decided on this Chef's Choice 130 sharpener.And I must say, I am DELIGHTED!The booklet that came with the unit did an outstanding job of not only explaining HOW to properly sharpen a knife, but also WHY it needs to be done that way. I learned more about the theory behind knife sharpening from this booklet than I ever expected, and am very happy to know this.When the device arrived, I couldn't wait to use it. But I read the booklet first, and I'm glad I did.Once I unpacked the thing and turned it on, I was pleased to hear it runs fairly quietly, and is heavy and sturdy enough to sit solidly on the counter while doing its job.I got out all the supposed-to-be-sharp knives in my kitchen - the good ones I use regularly, and the older dull ones from the bottom of the knife drawer. The long ones, the medium ones, even the short paring knives and the huge meat cleavers. I dived into the knife-sharpening task, and had a blast.I didn't count, but there were probably close to two dozen knives all together.It took me two knives of sharpening to begin to feel natural and comfortable with the process, but once I got going, it didn't even take two minutes per knife - maybe about a half hour total for all of them - to complete the task.So how sharp did it make my knives?The product information says it will make knives sharper than when they come from the factory, and I have no reason to doubt that. This device put an amazing edge on every single one of my knives, from the meat cleaver to my 1 1/2" pocket knife blade. The booklet says the way to test an edge is (NOT WITH YOUR FINGER) to hold up a piece of paper by the edge, and try to slice it with the blade, about half an inch from where you're holding the paper. Every single one of the knives I sharpened, including the meat cleaver, went through the paper like it wasn't even there.Needless to say, I am hugely pleased with this device. I will probably get it out twice a year and redo the edges on all my knives.And if anyone asks if they should get this, I will answer with a resounding YES!