This is perfect for persons who have only one useable hand. its weight keeps it in place while you're sharpening. This is very well made.
First off I want to throw in here that I went to school for a Culinary Arts degree. In school we practiced knife skills up the wazoo and in order to be successful at amazing knife skills you need knives that are as sharp as a razor. This sharpener is the EXACT ones we used in Culinary school to hone all the blades we wielded in the kitchen. Anyway, I left school and worked as a chef in different kitchens and never came across this type of sharpener again. And I missed it dearly.
Years later I decided to leave the restaurant industry behind and move on to more private chef types of jobs. And it was then that I wanted, no, needed to find this sharpener again. And here it was all along. The step-by-step sharpening option is excellent for bringing old knives back from the dead. But if you stay on top of your sharpening as I do, you will really only need to use the lightest colored ceramic bar to sharpen. That particular bar feels as smooth as ceramic can get. You might wonder, "How is moving my blade across a surface like this sharpening my knife?" Trust me, its honing an edge on your blade like no other I have found. I use Shun knives and this is the only sharpener I will use on them.
So one caveat for you. This is a larger, sturdier and heavier sharpener than you may be used to. It feels like a tank. This does not mean you can treat it like its a tank. These are ceramic bars and if you are not careful, and you drop this thing wrong the bars will break. It happened to me once. What did I do? I bought another one because my knives can't live without it. You don't have to handle it like a petri dish infected with an ebola strain, but just be careful with it as it is pricier than most sharpeners, but well worth the money. If you have any questions, add a comment.
SIDENOTE: I have some outdoor hobbies and use this thing to sharpen hunting knives as well.
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Great for quick touch-ups and reestablishing an edge. I just wish the two heavier grits weren't quite so coarse. Even the change in grit from medium to fine is a little too steep, making a little too much work on the fine stone after establishing a brand new edge on really dull blades. That said, the fine stone works really well on slightly worn blades. Very happy with this.
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For years, I've been successfully sharpening my knives with a two-stage Crock Stick; the rod angles are set in the holder, all one needs to do is draw the knife down the rods, keeping the blade fairly perpendicular to the holder. With the Crock Stick rods wearing down, I thought I'd try this sharpener as a replacement after reading the user ratings. Alas, it doesn't work well for me; constantly holding the knife blade at the proper angle to these rods seems all but impossible for me. I was able to use the course, blue stone to bring back a costly but really abused paring knife blade, but I could only sharpen it to "perfection" by finishing with the Crock Stick; thus, I will look for new rods for the Crock, now.
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This is the best sharpener I have ever used. I've tried stones, diamond sharpeners, ceramic sticks, and, while all work, this one works the best and is the simplest to use, either in the horizontal or vertical orientations. Once a knife is prepared using the coarser rods, if necessary, all that's left is a very few light, very light, strokes along the finest rod to bring the blade to razor sharpness. You can feel the blade getting sharp, as the resistance to stroking decreases, once you get used to using this sharpener It cleans up easily and takes up little cupboard space for storage. My fishing buddy, who has an array of other sharpeners, is amazed at the job this sharpener does. I am, too. Well worth the money.
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This knife is sharp out of the box and stays sharp. It slices a lime as thin as you want or a sausage package right down to the end without mashing.
