I’m looking for a good all around electric knife sharpener, from my EDC to kitchen knives.
Any suggestions or recommendations that are reasonably priced?
Thanks in advance.
I’ve had one of these for 35 years and it still works great. I use it on the kitchen knives, my hunting knives and my EDC. Very high quality and works great.
Little cheaper on Amazon.
Thinking I probably need electric, but thanks @ltrly
That is what i use. Best on the market IMO.
Does the job. I did have to fashion a small piece to slide under the clamp that holds the blade to keep it perfectly still. It’s about as idiot proof of a sharpener out there.
I’m not planning on spending that much
@Don_Keedix
Hell I was guessing like $50-100
Bought this one a while back. Does the job on anything except smaller pocket knives.
That’s the barebones version of the one I posted above.
It’ll work, but again you’ll want something under the clamp to hold it steady. You’ll probably also want to use a different clamp (some are made on Amazon to specifically fit that sharpener) to hold down the base.
It also only comes with two levels of grits and a finisher, so you’re more limited on the sharpening you can do.
Like I said, it’ll work, but the cheapness comes with some design flaws.
I personally use this one Amazon link. It does a bang up job in very little time, but you have to be careful not to round the tip, or deform the blade. Some people complain that it gives more of a round edge, but it works for me. I wouldn’t use it on a super nice blade. For that I would use a traditional wet stone.
I’ve been using the Chef’s Choice 15 for close to a decade, and it helps me sharpen my blades with ease. I would highly recommend it.
On your post I researched this unit and it had almost universally good reviews, so I dropped the 160 and bought it.
I took a cheap 20 year old 7" chef’s knife that was dull and intentionally sanded the edge down to nothing. Ran it over a sweet pepper and it wouldn’t do anything but put a dent in it. Proceeded to completely reprofile it to 15 degrees with the XV and sharpen, took about 15 minutes.
The knife then completely glided through the pepper. Mind you, that was my first ever attempt using an electric sharpener, I’m sure my technique wasn’t perfect and could be better, but the results were still excellent. I normally sharpen my knives by hand with the Work Sharp posted above, but anything with a 15 degree edge I’m going to use this thing now. Just quicker and easier, almost idiot proof. Very happy with it, thanks for the heads up.
Glad to hear that, buddy. I’m sure you’ll get used to it in your next attempts. Cheers!
I have the older Mk 1 version of this,
Back when I picked it up it was 2 seperate pieces. The guided sharpener and motor then I added the Ken Onion griding attachment.
A buddy got the updated Mk 2 version and likes it better than the Mk 1 variant due to better speed control.
I’ve used it on pocket knives, fixed blade field knives, machetes, axes, and kitchen knives. I got a set of after-market belts at some point and would have to do some searching for the brand name. They are a reputable abrasive belt manufacturer, and it was 2 sets of belts for around the same cost as the Work Sharp single set of belts for the Ken Onion grinding attachment.
It might seem like a lot for the current Mk 2 kit, but the amount of time saved reprofiling splitting mauls and neglected axes vs had viling stoning and stropping was worth it. I used to interact with a custom sheath maker who swore by this and just kept his setup in his shop.
Overall, if you do a lot of sharpening this is worth it, in opinion.
That one also gets universally praised. I plan on picking one up eventually since you can use it for tools, larger utility knives, axes and whatnot, the ChefsChoice above will only be for my kitchen knives.
