I own a fancy electric sharpener, the top rated one at a certain test kitchen company. But I hate dragging it out to use it, don’t have counter space to leave it in a handy spot. And I don’t feel like it’s any better than my ceramic honing rod. But I felt like I might be missing an opportunity; my knives are never as sharp as they started, even when I use the rod, maybe bc I’m not nailing the angle each swipe. This thing is the simple answer. I bought a similarly priced, single slot, suction cup model, and loved it, until one day the suction cup detached and the thing broke, and became singularly useless. I decided to look for a different style. This one takes up more space, but has three nicely labeled slots—and one is to sharpen ceramic blades, which I need for my ceramic knife!!! I wasn’t using mine, because I couldn’t sharpen it; now I remember why a loved one gave it to me. It is much more fun to use now. It works just fine on my assorted steel knives, too. I still use the honing rod first on the chef’s knife, only take it to this thing to work on the tip better, but for all the paring and medium sized knives I use often, I use this thing first, and don’t have to do more. This is lightweight, does a good job truing the edge of the blades, and takes just a few swipes to see a change. I love how sharp my smaller knives are now. I do the chef’s on here, too, when I really want to be sure; it does make a difference in the edge quality. I’m not tossing the honing rod yet; it’s still fun to use and maintains my chef’s knife between uses of this guy. But I use it every day on the smaller, cheaper knives that won’t hold an edge long otherwise, and it makes them all useful again. (You could buy better knives, too. But my mom and sister love to give me knives they like, of varying quality and enjoyment, and I’m trying to use them all instead of buying something I might prefer, for now.) Read more
Great for manual inexpensive sharpener Read more
Easy to use and hold, left or right handed, insert rotates, does a decent job with good results. Read more
Very good product Read more
This is my third knife sharpener. My other two are electric and do a great job with my finer knives at my primary residence in NY. I bought this for my vacation/retirement home in Florida where I've bought a really cheap knife set to use until I relocate here full time. Being cheap, the knife set here is ridiculously dull. I figured a $7 investment in a "cheap" knife sharpener was a "no lose" proposition. Well, how surprised am I? While not as fast as my electric sharpeners, this little baby uses all the same materials and principles of my more expensive electric models. Just place it on a flat surface, hold the blade perpendicular to the table and raise the handle as you go so the blade keeps the same angle to the sharpening stones as you pull the blade towards you. In less than 10 minutes, I had a razor sharp edge on four knives. Could not have been better. If you can't get this to work properly, it's you. You are doing something wrong. The only question is, how well will this hold up over time. Being the sharpening rods are made of steel and ceramic, I expect this thing to last a very long time. It would easily be worth double the cost. Highly recommended. Read more
For home. Takes time to leave them very sharp . Read more
I was skeptical, but I didn’t need to be. It works just as advertised. I had a small cleaver I had decided couldn’t be sharpened because I had tried many times and it was still so dull it was unusable. Not anymore. I could perform surgery with it now. It is very sharp as are all my knives. The sharpener is easy to hold without danger of slipping and is sturdy enough to last a long long time. I couldn’t be more pleased. Read more
It's not fit for expensive knifes. I have a cheap $30 knife. First time sharpened on this, made a scratch on the sides as every other people reported. By which I mean, for the price ($4.99-on sale) it's a great value. It does the job. But it's not fit for expensive knifes. Read more
