Chef'sChoice FlexHone/Strop Professional Electric Knife Sharpener 20-Degree Straight-Edge and Serrated Knives, 2-Stage, White

Amazon.com When your favorite knives start squishing ripe tomatoes instead of slicing them, it's time to sharpen your blades. This knife sharpener is remarkably easy to use on both straight-edge and serrated knives. Simply plug it in, turn it on, and feed knife blades through the stages. The first sharpening stage uses 100 percent diamond abrasive disks to hone the knife's edge while the second stage incorporates polymer disks to polish and strop the edge to hairsplitting sharpness. Straight-edge knives should go through both stages, while serrated blades should only be used in the polishing stage. The internal elastomeric spring guides hold knife blades at just the right angle to the sharpening surfaces, making sharpening easy. The instructions are easy to follow, and maintenance is limited to removing the metal dust shavings from the clean-out tray once a year or so; no lubrication is necessary for the motor, bearings, or sharpening surfaces. Guaranteed not to detemper, the sharpener has a two-year warranty for home use. --Ariel Meadow Stallings Product Description The latest knife sharpening breakthrough from Chef'sChoice! This new lightning-fast compact professional electric knife sharpener for kitchen knives uses completely new technology to sharpen fine-edge (straight-edge) and serrated knives. The Chef’sChoice FlexHone/Strop has advanced features, that until recently, were available only in EdgeCraft's commercial models. Extremely easy to use, anyone can put astonishingly sharp, long-lasting edges on knives in seconds. You can select extremely sharp hair-splitting edges that slide smoothly and effortlessly through the most delicate foods like smoked salmon... or alternately, edges with varying amounts of "bite" for more demanding jobs, like cutting tough fibrous foods and meats. 100% diamond-coated conical disks in Stage 1 form the first bevel of the edge. In Stage 2, a revolutionary flexible stropping disk polishes the sides of the first bevel to form sharp cutting flutes that enhance the cutting action on both sides of the edge. Built-in high precision angle guides eliminate guesswork, and guarantee hair-splitting sharpness time after time. This new breakthrough system resharpens with less metal removal than conventional means even less than sharpening steels. The unit features resilient elastomeric feet that hold the unit securely to the work surface and requires no sharpening oils or liquids. From the Manufacturer The latest knife sharpening breakthrough from EdgeCraft! This new lightning fast compact professional sharpener uses completely new technology to sharpen fine edge (straight edge) and serrated knives. The Chef’sChoice FlexHone/Strop has advanced features, that until recently, were available only in EdgeCraft's commercial models. Extremely easy to use, anyone can put astonishingly sharp, long lasting edges on knives in seconds. You can select extremely sharp hair-splitting edges that slide smoothly and effortlessly through the most delicate foods like smoked salmon... or alternately, edges with varying amounts of "bite" or more demanding jobs, like cutting tough fibrous foods and meats. 100% diamond-coated conical disks in Stage 1 form the first bevel of the edge. In Stage 2, a revolutionary flexible stropping disk polishes the sides of the first bevel to form sharp cutting flutes that enhance the cutting action on both sides of the edge. Built-in high precision angle guides eliminate guesswork, and guarantee hair-splitting sharpness time after time. This new breakthrough system resharpens with less metal removal than conventional means even less than sharpening steels. This new sharpener is ruggedly built and is backed by a limited 2-year warranty. The compact unit features resilient elastomeric feet that hold the unit securely to the work surface. The Chef’sChoice Diamond Hone FlexHone/Strop Model 320 requires no sharpening oils or liquids. UL approved. Made in the USA.