On Sat 02 Feb 2008 10:16:17a, blake murphy told us...

> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:38:20 -0800 (PST), Jennyanniedots
> > wrote:
>>
>>The striations run the long way and are very visible, even with the
>>naked eye. I'm confused about the difference between sharpening the
>>blade and realigning the edge. Is that what causes the blade to dull -
>>misalignment? I'm envisioning the edge of the blade getting bent over
>>slightly in one direction or the other. Am I visualizing this
>>correctly? It sounds like I should buy a better knife sharpener.
>>Recommendations?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>-Jen
>>
>
> while we're on almost on the subject, does anyone use the chef's
> choice manual sharpener (the cheap one)?
>
> <http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...SIN=B0002I920O
> &AFID=Froogle&LNM=B0002I920O|Chef's_Choice_Knife_S harpener&ci_src=1411094
> 4&ci_sku=B0002I920O&ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001>
>
> i was almost all set to buy an accusharp, but now the hardware store
> has this one instead.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>
>

I have one of the Chef's Choice electric sharpeners and have been very
please with it. They make a quality product, and I imagine the manual
sharpener would do a good job.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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