electric knife sharpener recommendation

[BIG]

Anyone. Looking for a good electric knife sharpener, thanks for recommendation.

[steve schmidt]

I have had the Mister Twisters...3 of em...but last year bought the one by Rapala. It is grey and works much better. It has a longer plug in cord and isnt "coiled" like the Mister Twister. About $25 bucks at Farm and Fleet

[steve schmidt]

Oops....missed one word.(sharpener) so my reply doesnt fit your question. I have a knife sharpener, in fact this is my second Chefs Choice. Bought through Cabelas. I like it...some of my friends say they do not...dont know why?

They do an excellent job sharpening knives with "minimum blade loss" Some of those hand held ones "peel" a lot of the blade away. You can actually see the trimmings.

Chefs choice for me. I bought a molded plastic box with locking handle (about the size of the old ammunition metal boxes)
And the sharpender sits in the lower section perfectly. Use the upper part with tray for the knives etc.

[steve schmidt]

Oops....missed one word.(sharpener) so my reply doesnt fit your question. I have a knife sharpener, in fact this is my second Chefs Choice. Bought through Cabelas. I like it...some of my friends say they do not...dont know why?

They do an excellent job sharpening knives with "minimum blade loss" Some of those hand held ones "peel" a lot of the blade away. You can actually see the trimmings.

Chefs choice for me. I bought a molded plastic box with locking handle (about the size of the old ammunition metal boxes)
And the sharpender sits in the lower section perfectly. Use the upper part with tray for the knives etc. Good Luck

[BIG]

thanks for the reply...Gander sells 3 different models of Chef's Choice...the most
expensive is $159 - kind of pricey....

[MJCatfish]

You should be able to buy replacement blades for about $7 bucks or so.

MJ

[BLACKJACK]

I would heartily recommend the Chefs Choice, I got one for Christmas. Sharpened all my kitchen knives and fillet knives in less than 1/2 hour. How long would it take you to do 10 knives with a hand sharpener? Get the one with three stages, one stage is for dull knives, the second stage is the medium sharpener, the third is for fine tuning, once your knives are are sharp, you only need to run it thru stages two and three. I think my wife ordered it from Cabelas for about $120. Well worth the money.

[loosegoose]

I would just go ahead and replace the blade. Easier and cheaper in the long run.

[Mike89]

for my electric knife I use a set of ceramic sticks, course first and fine last. The set of blades I'm using now have been around a long time!! the sticks work great on all knifes. Mike

[BLACKJACK]

I think you guys are missing the point, BIG is looking for an electronic knife sharpener, not a way to sharpen the blades on his electric knife. Reread his posts.

[Finns]

Are you looking for an "electric" knife sharpener or an "electric knife blades" sharpener or something "electronic"? Finns.

[BIG]

I love you guys..........let me restate this question.......I am looking for an electric knife sharpener........I did pick-up a cheaper Chef's Choice at Target ($35), 2-stage......it works OK on filet knives but it really doesn't work at all on Chicago Cutlery knives, it doesn't sharpen pocket knives or serrated blades...I'm taking it back...12 below this morning...

[BLACKJACK]

BIG, my three stage did great on our Chicago Cutlery knives. They were really dull, so that first stage/the most aggresive stage, really helped, then I ran it thru the other two stages. From now on, I shouldn't have to use that first stage. Spend the money on a good one, the way I figure it, $120 divided by 30 years is $4 a year. It took about 20 minutes to do 10 knives. Or you can spend 2-3 hours trying to sharpen them by hand. NOT. My time is more valuable than that.

[BIG]

I'm back..........what could be better...
local butcher shop in White Bear sharpens
all knives except for serrated knives for
$1 each.............end of story....no need
for a sharpener...........

[Phred52]

Big, You might want to consider a steel for periodic maintinence, we got one with our Chicago cutlery set and it makes a world of difference. We won't be without one again. Try lightly (key word) dragging the blade over your thumbnail before and then after you do any amount of cutting. I'll guarantee you'll feel a difference. If it's sharp at the start, the blade will drag hard. After some cutting, it'll slide across. Try it

[BIG]

Thanks for the help guys.....by the way, the $1 butcher thing was only worth .50, I may end up with the Chef's Choice afterall....the butcher did give a tip however. When you use the sharpening steel (rod) USE A VERY LOW ANGLE (5 DEGREES)....