Finally bought a knife sharpener

[Geronimo '74]

Quote de Geronimo '74

Does it produce V-grinds?

Or only convex grinds?

Nice piece of kit. Bit too expesive for my taste.

I bought some waterstones yesterday. 400, 1000, 3000 and 8000 grit.

I assume only convex. How much did 4 wet stones cost you?

2 combo stones 400/1000 and 3000/8000 cost me about 75 euro on sale.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by rusnak

The problem with the Worksharp is that it'll give you a perfect factory sharp blade in one pass. You'll go "huh?", can't be. And then sharpen it some more, which only removes more metal. It is that fast, and that good.

That's encouraging. It's supposed to be here Tuesday and I'm really looking forward to it. I tried to cut a grapefruit in half with a slicing knife this morning and it was so dull had to punch a hole in it with the tip to get started. Not good.

[wdfifteen]

The Worksharp arrived yesterday and I got a chance to use it today.
I like it.
It doesn't equal the zen experience of rubbing steel on stone, but it puts a great edge on a knife in no time. The instructions were clear and simple and there are several youtube videos showing how to use it. I put a toothy edge on my chef's knife, which gets used to chop vegetables against a cutting board. I went to town on the slicers that don't touch much of anything but meat and put a shaving-sharp edge on them. I have a favorite paring knife that I thought was pretty sharp and wasn't going to sharpen, but after seeing the edge on the slicing knives I went ahead and put a razor edge on it.
The sharpener puts its own convex profile on the knife so you have to hit them all with the coarse belt to get the profile. The first time you sharpen something it can take 5 or 10 minutes.
The biggest drawback is that it doesn't come with any kind of storage container, so I'm going to have to come up with something to keep it in.
Overall I'll give it 4 stars out of 5.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by slodave

Belgium has woods??

I didn't know they had sockets.