W sthof Knife Sharpener - 2-Stage

For 30 years I've never been happy with our kitchen knives because they are always dull, and the few times I have tried to do something about it I have failed to find an acceptable solution. I have tried using the steel regularly, manual knife sharpeners which look similar to the Wüsthof, electric sharpeners, and paying a professional knife sharpener to grind them, but nothing had lasting sharpness with reasonable cost and effort. A few months ago I set about figuring this out once and for all and did an hour of on-line research (electric vs. wet vs. dry stones, etc) and spent an hour in the garage grinding on one of our knives but had little success. I disregarded devices like this Wüsthof because of the previous failures of two similar devices of another brand. Then my friend Seth told me of his success with this device. 10 minutes per knife while watching TV and the knife is SHARP! One word of advice: when using the first stage, don't be shy about pressing hard enough to get some resistance as you draw the knife through. Now, for the first time in 30 years, I am satisfied with a solution for the maintenance sharpening of my kitchen knives! Thank you Wüsthof and thank you Seth! Read more

This sharpener works really great -- easy to use, easy to hold -- just use moderate to light pressure and the results will be there. I pair it with a strop to knock off any burrs that might occur. Read more

If you own quality Knives, I highly recommend this maintenance sharpening tool. I found out about this tool when attending a recent cooking class. Before we began any prepping, the instructor took us thru a brief overview of the knives ( work tools ) we would be using for different functions and how best to determine if the edges were in proper form. Heads up, this will not sharpen a dull knive. I've tried, yet if you have you knives ( of good quality ) professionally sharpened, this tool will definitely help maintain their edge quality over time. I have used this successfully on everything from pairing to cleavers. Read more

We purchased a Wustof knife, and it is very good quality, but I wasn't impressed with the sharpness of the blade. We got this sharpener a few weeks later, and just a few strokes on it with the blade made a world of difference! Now the blade is super sharp! Read more

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This is a purpose driven sharpener. It is made to use on the Wusthof 14 degree exclusive to Wusthof non Asian knives. They also make one for Asian knives or a 4 spot that does both. This works perfectly fine for maintaining sharpening needs. Does not get any simpler than this. Keep knife straight up and down draw thru sharpener no need to bear down on knife. Read more

We use this on our set of Wusthof Classic Ikons. Works great, nice to have that "Fresh out of the box" sharpness back. Can't comment on how they sharpen other brand knives but as long as they aren't Japanese style I can't see it being just as good. Read more

Same item we had but wore out after umteen years. Great sharpener. Read more