Smith's 50005 Edge Pro Compact Electric Knife Sharpener - Yellow & Grey - Straight Edge 2 Stage Sharpener - Electric & Manual Sharpening - Blade Guide - Outdoor & Kitchen - Pocket & Filet Knives

I understand the utility of a Sharp knife, but as I get older, my hands are less able to handle extensive knife sharpening. I bought this because of the reviews and the price. Once it got here I went on a sharpening binge. I sharpened every single knife in my knife drawer in less than an hour. Beautiful edges, sharp enough to cut paper. Don't throw away your old knives, get this instead it is easy to use and will extend the life of your knives.

This is a terrific buy that you should not pass up. It easily sharpens both chinese stainless steel knives and high carbon steel. It is also nice not having to always turn it on to sharpen sharp knives using the ceramic rods. I have also had the Presto knife sharpener and it didn't sharpen well and the motor stopped if little pressure was applied. This one you actually have to put ssome strength in it to stop it. By by far this is the best, easiest, and durable knife sharpener I have owned. Overall if you want a sharpener that is great all around and getss the job done, then don't pass this one up.

This is a great knife sharpener for the price. It does what I need it to do. It is a bit rough of the blades but does include the fine ceramic bars for smoothing out the blade. I feel as though the bars dull down the initial sharpening though but this may be to my inexperience with that aspect of the sharpener. The grinding wheels will sharpen your knife within a minute but it does take a little bit of practice to get it perfect. I would suggest getting a cheap knife to practice with before putting your nice knives through the grinder. It does come with some instructions on how to operate the sharpener.

I had dull knifes in my knife block and was considering buying some new ones. I figured it was worth the money to try this thing out first and I am glad I did. Works like a charm!!! Just slide your knifes through the grooves letting it grind against the spinning wheel and finish it off with a few strokes on the small finishing groove on the left side and you won't believe the difference! This is definitely a must have for someone who is thinking of tossing out old knives due to the dullness. I should have bought this thing... oh I don't know... 20 years ago! Oh well... better late than never!

My old smiths electric knife sharpener pictured, went on the blitz so I thought I would get another but smiths doesnt make that model anymore which worked great after removing the plastic cover over the coarse grind wheels. SO I bought his one thinking it must be better and more powerful. Its not. Im rather disappointed. I mean it does sharpen a knife but it tends to chatter, and the grinding wheel is very coarse, unlike the abrasive on their older model. So what happened? I won't sharpen a good knife using the new one. The edge it puts on a knife is rather jagged. Like I said, the stone is rather coarse. I gave it three stars because it does work, and by n by gets an edge rather quickly on a blade, but the older version was 5 star compared to this one. So, What happened? Arent products supposed to improve? I guess not.

I work with a lot of other people who have to keep their work knife sharp. Everyone has their own device they use to keep their blade sharp, but hands down the best one was this electric unit. It was good to fix my dull knife and keep it sharp so I had bought my own. I have used it on several of my knives at home to restore their former glory.

It worked ok for the first couple knives. It is very coarse, so it makes a rough edge quickly. After that, the sharpening wheels degraded quickly. They disintegrated to the point that they barely touched the blade. This also left a mess of dust from the wheels. This happened the first day from sharpening six or seven knives.

I used it on my cheap knives to get to know it's "personality" before moving on to the good ones. Gotta say, for the price I'm pleased with the results. Index finger pressure and constant contact through the draw does the trick after only a minute. Seems to give knives a micro-seration which is fine with me for non-surgery. They draw through the tomato skin just with the weight of the knife now. Shoulda videotaped the before and after. But the best advice is I'm glad I did this in the garage near the shop vac. First use and a dozen knives left me with a about 2 tablespoons worth of very fine dust of metal and stone spread over a square foot I'm glad isn't in the kitchen.