Wusthof Electric Knife Sharpener – Easy Edge Sharpener for Kitchen Knives – Black

Great product!!! Worth the money!

Easy, just follow the instructions. Can do my whole set of knives in about an hour. No need to pack them up, take them somewhere and not have them for some time.

This is mainly used to sharpen a set of about 9 Wusthof knives. I am happy with the purchase, but as an engineer, I always notice things that could be better. Plus: Because it uses replaceable sanding belts it should perform like new in the future, as long as nothing breaks. It took quite a while for the initial sharpening, but I was able to get the blades quite sharp, certainly better than with the "pull through the V" style Wusthof sharpener I had before. Unlike the V-style sharpener you can use it on a serrated bread knife, on the flat side only. I wasn't expecting much, but it actually made our bread knife (several years old now) much nicer to use. In addition to the Wusthof knives I sharpened some older Chicago knives with good results. I even tried a cheap paring knife with a very hard blade. That blade may have damaged my first V-style sharpener, but with the sanding belt I knew that there could be no long-term harm to this sharpener. Minus: The rotating sanding belt lifts the knife when you sharpen the left side of the edge and sucks it down when you sharpen the right. I'm still learning how to hold the blades so they get just the right amount of pressure. There is no guide for this, it is something you have to learn by feel. You also have to learn how to hold the blade flat on the one-sided guide which determines the sharpening angle. There is nothing to prevent you from doing this wrong, but if you are careful it works fine. It took a long time to initially sharpen our knives, which makes me suspect that the angle is different than before. It even seems likely that the angles are asymmetrical, given the asymmetrical behavior of the sanding belt. Nevertheless, I'm happy with the end result and I expect that maintaining sharpness will be easy.

I've used this for years and just bought one for my daughter. I have purchased nearly every type of knife sharpener available, including thousand-dollar honing wheels, etc. But this is my go-to sharpener.

If you have Wusthof knives, this sharpener is a must have for easily maintaining them. If you have any of Wusthof's Asian style knives, be sure to get the "Asian" guides for this sharpener since the edge angles are different from Wusthof's non-Asian style knives. The sharpener is easy to use. Belts are easy to change.

Been looking for knife sharpener that actually works. This knife sharpener did a great job sharpening my knives! The only drawback that I have to say about it is that there's a little bit of a learning curve. Other than that, I am very pleased with it.

Me likes it. However, it would not power on this morning. I bought it a little less than eight months ago, and it has sat unused for the last three. I haven’t abused it or used it much. I’ve have yet to replace a belt. After troubleshooting: I discovered the transformer no longer passes current. It is a pretty lightweight transformer, me thinks the sharpener should have been packaged with a stronger or more robust one. So beware folks. I like the sharpener. I would’ve given this review five stars, but the transformer is stupid cheap.

Work great and I love that I can now do it at home when needed. Easy to use but make sure you use as supposed to (don’t ruin your expensive knives!).