Timeline for How well do counter top knife sharpeners sharpen knives?
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| Mar 13, 2016 at 8:37 | vote | accept | Bar Akiva | ||
| Mar 3, 2016 at 17:13 | comment | added | Paulb | Counter top sharpeners are not very good. If these are expensive knives that you care about, I suggest you use a professional sharpening service. Cutlery stores in your area could give you a lead. Google works also. For reference: I found one near me that will do up to 10 knives for $35. I'm going to try it, then steel faithfully thereafter. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 18:57 | answer | added | peterengland | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 7:43 | comment | added | Bar Akiva | @derobert when it was new it was ok. Not as easy and effortless as the chefs do it (and yes I know the technique). I am using a Chef's knife to do everything chopping or dicing related. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 5:59 | answer | added | DonPineapple | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 4:51 | comment | added | Catija | What size knife are you using? Cutting through a 4-inch onion with a paring knife is never going to be easy... and, yes... I've seen people try it... If you're cutting onions, I hope you're using a chef's knife. | |
| Feb 22, 2016 at 19:40 | comment | added | derobert | Just to confirm: was it easy to cut through an onion when the knife was new? | |
| Feb 22, 2016 at 14:33 | comment | added | Escoce | As @WillemvanRumpt indicated these can remove a lot of material at once. I only sharpen knives to repair knives that have been damaged. If you use a honing steel religiously, it will keep the knife sharp without needing a whetting stone or sharpener. | |
| Feb 22, 2016 at 6:56 | comment | added | Willem van Rumpt | I can't say for each and every sharpener, but I've found the sharpeners from Vulkanus to do a good job. I only use them for cheap knives, as they usually remove quite a lot of metal from the knife when sharpening. I use Japanese waterstones to sharpen the knives I actually care about. It gives results no counter top sharpener can give you, but you have to like to do that sort of thing, and be willing to spend time on it. | |
| Feb 22, 2016 at 6:22 | history | asked | Bar Akiva | CC BY-SA 3.0 |