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Originally Posted by masraum
Be careful of the powered versions. It's really easy to end up grinding one spot of the blade down to nothing. I was a member of a knife sharpening group on FB, and they were always showing photos like the one below where hamfisted folks had used the powered pull-through sharpeners and ended up with wonky edges.
Lansky is greatish, but not exactly fast.
Basically a fancy version of a Lansky. I think those are often called "fixed angle sharpeners". They work well. |
If it is already sharp, the strop or steel. If it is mostly sharp, then the honing stone and strop.
If it isn't sharp then it is time to stream a few shows and sharpen.