Features:

  • Professional 3-stage sharpener for super sharp edges on your 15 and 20-degree class knives
  • 100 percent diamond abrasives are used in all three stages. The initial stages sharpen and hone using 100 percent diamond abrasives while the third stage polishes the edge with micron sized diamond abrasives
  • Sharpen straight edge and serrated knives as well as sports and pockets knives
  • Chef’sChoice advanced CrissCross sharpening technology delivers an extremely sharp edge by using diamond abrasive wheels which sharpen simultaneously for a superior burr-free edge that cuts effortlessly
  • Precise bevel angle control creates ultra-sharp 15 and 20-degree edges
  • Separate sharpening and honing/polishing stages for a razor sharp, arch-shaped edge that is stronger and more durable
  • Features a Soft Touch comfortable handle for an easy and secure grip
  • Compact and convenient
Very impressive Sharpener if you follow the instructions.

I presently have quite a few Wusthof Classic Knives that I have for approximately 10 years. Recently added Dalstrong Shogun series knives. The Wustof knives are moderately sharp and despite trying many different sharpeners I could never improve that. The Dalstrong knives are incredibly sharp and the Wustof couldn't compare with them. I purchased this sharpener with the thought what the hell if they are not as advertised what do I lose. After receiving the sharpener I tried it following the instructions religiously. Wow!!! The Wustof knives are now comparable to The Dalstrong. I am amazed and quite satisfied. The key is following the instructions to the letter as they are different then the manual sharpeners most of you are familiar with. I proceeded to order one for my son. The.only thing I can't guarantee is the period they will hold this sharpness, The Dalstrong hold their edge very well.

Great for home kitchen use

What a simple and great knife sharpener. Never had a knife sharpener. But used this to sharpen all of my dozen or so high-end Shun kitchen knives in about 30 minutes. All came our razor sharp. Saved hundreds of dollars compared to sending the knives to Williams Sonoma for custom sharpening. Have also used this to sharpen kitchen scissors and various cheap paring and steak knives, all with excellent results. Small; fits in a kitchen drawer. Not expensive. Easy to use. Good looking too. If you need to sharpen knives and scissors for your home use, well this will do the trick quite well. Highly recommended.

I am spoiled and can tell if my knife is not at peak sharpness

I use this every day with my kitchen knives with the polishing grove. It's quick and quiet yet keeps my knives very sharp. I used the asian coarse slot once to get the edge shape right. Now, I find I am spoiled and can tell if my knife is not at peak sharpness. If not, a quick couple passes through the polishing grove and it's great again. Paper thin tomatoes, salami, garlic, etcetera. Yay! I find I have to keep a towel next to the sharpener to wipe off a dark residue after I polish my knife. I certainly don't want that in my food. I don't believe it does much good for my serrated knives, but I wasn't expecting too much for those. I do use a Lansky PS-MED01 BladeMedic to help with my serrated knives, but that is a lot less convenient.

Noticable Difference that Makes My Kitchen Work more Pleasurable

It made my 11 year old Wusthof knives cut like pros again. It didn't make them like new probably, but the difference is amazing! No more tearing tomato skins or crushing oranges with the knife blade! I'm not sure if the difference would have been as noticeable if I hadn't neglected to sharpen my knives for a decade, butit was pretty dang huge. And EASY!! Even though these are German knives, I used the 15 degree setting to get them extra sharp. Plus, I think these Wusthovs are originally made at 14 degrees anyhow. Anyways, this was a great purchase that has made working in the kitchen more pleasurable.

Good sharpener that will rescue your old blades

This sharpener rescued some old straight-edge beat-up steak knives from the mid-60s that have been banging around in the drawers for decades (I practiced sharpening on them as a kid, and I didn't do a very good job). It's put a very sharp edge on every knife I've used it on so far, but it's not necessarily the prettiest edge due to the micro abrasions it leaves behind. For that reason, I've been reluctant to use it on my "fancy" knives. Also -- and this is very important -- if your knife isn't already ground to exactly the angle of whichever slot you use (and pretty much none of mine were), it will take what seems like an excessive number of strokes (as in, up to 20x or more what they recommend in the instructions) to actually re-grind the blade so that you can put a good edge on it. Just keep grinding away, though; you'll eventually get there.

Good Product

So far so good. Follow the directions. Reviewers who had problems either had a defective product or they did not follow the directions. 4-5 lbs of downward force on smooth back-and-forth strokes of the knife. Have used a Lansky stone set forever, but it takes a while to sharpen a knife and with a longer kitchen knife, I always had trouble with maintaining the sharpening angle. And there was the burr. This tool is really easy to use. If you have ever used a hand stone, you can feel the roller stones working in this tool. And it is a smooth back and forth run over the roller stones. The instructions say that for a dull knife it could take more than 20 strokes....a few knives have needed 50+, but you can feel when the edge is getting close. I have a set of old (30 + years) German knives, Hoffritz, and several others accumulated over the years. In abut 7 minutes per knife they were all back in service really sharp. Recently have bought a couple of TUO Cutlery, German Steel, 15 degree knives, and this tool keeps them razor sharp. It is not a "3-stage" sharpener. There are only 2 "stages". There is a single, course, grinding stage slot for 15 and 20 degree blades. And a polishing stage that works for all knives, 15, 20 and serrated. I am interested to see how long this holds up but so far it is 100% worth the price.

Easy knife sharpening for dummies

I wanted something simple to rejuvenate my knives, and this worked perfectly. I ended up buying three, one for myself and one each for my mom and sister. Sharpening was simple and only took a few minutes per knife. Only issue was how hard to press - instructions said 5 lbs of pressure so I tried to estimate but ended up just pressing as hard as I could - this seemed to work fine. All my knives are now sharp!

Great Sharpener.

I am a retired chef and have always sharpened my own knives with a sharpening stone which was a long and tedious process. This device is quick and sharpens my knives better than the old way. Be sure to exert downward pressure when using the unit and use more strokes than they recommend. I highly recommend wiping the knife clean after each step and be sure to clean the sharpened blade before using it.

Best Home Sharpener for Kitchen Knives Ever!!!

Kitchen newbies to experienced cooks will love this sharpener. I have a large collection of European (Henckels & Wustof) and Asian (MAC) kitchen knives and want them very sharp for ease of use and safety. I also have a large collection of manual and electric knife sharpeners that I never use because: 1) they don't make knives wicked sharp 2) they take lots of time and skill to use 3) they don't work on both Asian and European knives, and 4) .they are big and stored away in a closet. I have tried the manual stones, CrockStick, Accusharp, Chantry, Fiskars Rollsharp and at least 3 earlier Chef's Choice manual and electric models spanning 25+ years and this one works as fast and more easily than all of them. Plus it is 1/3 the price of some of the electrics and it works on both Asian & European knives. The latest Chef's Choice I have is Model 120 and is works well on my Euro knives but you have to be quick with the coarsest grinding stages otherwise you will grind in a divot near the bolster. And, the 120 only works on Euros. I recently fell in love with MAC knives from Japan which are so hard they stay sharp longer than my Henckels, but the Rollsharp recommended by MAC wasn't able to remove microchipping of the edge created after several years of use. Instead of buying a dedicated electric Asian or a Asian/Euro model from Chef's Choice I did some reasearch about this model and other brands and bought one as a gift for a relative setting up her kitchen. I tried it out at Christmas and loved it, she tried it and loved it, her Mom tried it and loved it. Since then I have given four more as gifts or as recommendations to friends and family whose knives I sharpen annually at Thanksgiving or Christmas on my electric Model 120. Only rave reviews so far. I've now sharpened about 50 knives with my Model 4643, including several Shun's and carbon steel chinese cleavers and it still restores a hair popping edges on my heavily used MAC 8 1/2" chefs knife. I can now cut ripe tomatoes and crusty bread without a serrated knife because the blade is so sharp. So small, it stores in a drawer for handy access. Sharpens both sides of the blade on both forward and backward strokes. It is easy to use, but please read and follow the instructions. Unlike some sharpeners, a moderate amount of pressure is recommended (3 tp 5 lbs, use you kitchen scale to get a feel for it). If your blade is curved, rotate the handle up or down to keep the portion of the edge in the sharpener parallel to the table, otherwise you may cut into the plastic body and undo your sharpening. A reviewer of the Asian only Model 463 said they liked the Minosharp ceramic roller sharpener much better because the Chef's Choice because it uses flat diamond plates instead of double-sided rollling cones like the Minosharp. Older and less expenisve Chef's Choice manual sharpeners do use flat diamond coated plates but the Models 4643, 463 and 464 all use double sided-cones like the Minosharp and Rollsharp, but, the Chef's Choice cones are diamond coated metal instead of ceramic. The only cons I find with this manual model is that it takes longer than an electric to sharpen a very dull knife, that said, it has eventually sharpened every knife I have tried, no matter how dull, wicked sharp. Just keep sharpening in the first stage until it shreds paper, then finish in the second stage. Not suitable for thick bladed Japanese knives sharpened only on one face. Chef's Choice sells over a dozen manual sharpeners, the older ones cost less, but they don't work nearly as well as the Model 4643, 463 or 464.

Seems to work better than the electric sharpener I have.

I also have the ChefsChoice model #463 for Asian knives and wasn't too happy with it until I found out that I was using it totally wrong. I found out from one of the reviews that these sharpeners require a sawing motion to sharpen knives rather than swiping in one direction. I didn't have the user instructions handy, so I downloaded the .PDF instructions. When I used the sharpener correctly, it worked surprisingly well. So, I decided to order this sharpener that works for both Asian knives and Euro/American knives. I have an electric sharpener that has good reviews, but these hand sharpeners seem to work more effectively, and they are much more handy. As soon as i got this sharpener, I tried it out on some old Chicago cutlery steak knives we have. They were so dull, I could not have cut my finger if I wanted to. It took 20 swipes on the Euro/American slot and 10 on the polishing slot, but these knives were razor sharp and passed the paper test. Then I tried this sharpener on one of my most used Shun knives using the Asian slot and the polishing slot. The knife was restored to like new sharpness. This sharpener seems to do a lot better job of sharpening knives than my electric one. If you decide to get this sharpener, you have to keep in mind that you need to put 4-5 pounds of pressure on the knife as you sharpen it. You also need to use a saw motion rather that the one-directional motion used for most sharpeners. If you use it correctly, this sharpener will sharpen your dullest knives.

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