I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
sharpeners any good?

I'll buy the top of the line models. Commercial, even. I don't care.
Heck, if I can spend $150 on one knife, I can afford to spend that on
a sharpener that will sharpen all my knives. I may get the 1520.
Does both German and Japanese knives. Or the Trizor XV. The one that
resharpens German 20° knives to Japanese 15° knives. Anyone have
experience with this resharpening claim?

On Father's Day, today, I'm treating myself to pico de gallo supremo.
That's with two onions (grn/wht) and fresh garlic, plus avocado. Good enough
to eat on its own. Yum!

nb

On 15 Jun 2014 18:26:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
> knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
> sharpeners any good?

It's fine. I have a really old one, two slots... so I sharpen them on
the chef's choice and finish up with the stone. Most of the time, my
knives aren't very dull - so I just give them a few strokes on the
stone and I'm all set to cut tomatoes.

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On Sunday, June 15, 2014 1:26:40 PM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
>
> I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
> knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
> sharpeners any good?
>
> nb
>
>
I have the 3 slot model and I am very pleased with it. My knives are now razor sharp and a pleasure to use. I've had mine about 3 years.

On Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:26:40 AM UTC-7, notbob wrote:
> I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
>
> knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
>
> sharpeners any good?
>
>
>
> I'll buy the top of the line models. Commercial, even. I don't care.
>
> Heck, if I can spend $150 on one knife, I can afford to spend that on
>
> a sharpener that will sharpen all my knives. I may get the 1520.
>
> Does both German and Japanese knives. Or the Trizor XV. The one that
>
> resharpens German 20� knives to Japanese 15� knives. Anyone have
>
> experience with this resharpening claim?
>
>
>
> On Father's Day, today, I'm treating myself to pico de gallo supremo.
>
> That's with two onions (grn/wht) and fresh garlic, plus avocado. Good enough
>
> to eat on its own. Yum!
>
>
>
> nb

I have two chef's choice manual sharpeners. One for straight blades and one for serrated blades. Had them for years. They work great.

On 6/15/2014 1:26 PM, notbob wrote:
> I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
> knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
> sharpeners any good?
>
> I'll buy the top of the line models. Commercial, even. I don't care.
> Heck, if I can spend $150 on one knife, I can afford to spend that on
> a sharpener that will sharpen all my knives. I may get the 1520.
> Does both German and Japanese knives. Or the Trizor XV. The one that
> resharpens German 20° knives to Japanese 15° knives. Anyone have
> experience with this resharpening claim?
>
> On Father's Day, today, I'm treating myself to pico de gallo supremo.
> That's with two onions (grn/wht) and fresh garlic, plus avocado. Good enough
> to eat on its own. Yum!
>
> nb
>
I have one I got several years ago. It's one step above the basic
model. Works fine.

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On 6/15/2014 1:26 PM, notbob wrote:
> I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
> knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
> sharpeners any good?
>
> I'll buy the top of the line models. Commercial, even. I don't care.
> Heck, if I can spend $150 on one knife, I can afford to spend that on
> a sharpener that will sharpen all my knives. I may get the 1520.
> Does both German and Japanese knives. Or the Trizor XV. The one that
> resharpens German 20° knives to Japanese 15° knives. Anyone have
> experience with this resharpening claim?
>
> On Father's Day, today, I'm treating myself to pico de gallo supremo.
> That's with two onions (grn/wht) and fresh garlic, plus avocado. Good enough
> to eat on its own. Yum!


I don't know anything about ChefsChoice for knife sharpeners, but I do
use the nice, inexpensive one I've linked below. It works very well
enough for my needs. HTH, and as always, YMMV

http://www.amazon.com/AccuSharp-1-00...nife+sharpener

or

http://tinyurl.com/nlorcep

Sky

On Monday, June 16, 2014 4:26:40 AM UTC+10, notbob wrote:
> I'm getting too old to care about whether or not I can sharpen a
> knife. I jes wanna knife that's sharp. Are those ChefsChoice
> sharpeners any good?

As far as electric sharpeners go, they're supposed to be good. Diamond, so they'll work on all knife steels. Sharp enough so that most people are happy (since it's much sharper than most people keep their knives, which is pretty blunt). Don't know if you'd be happy if you're used to really sharp knives.

IMO, their main fault (and of most electric sharpeners, and plenty of manual ones like the Accusharp) is that they remove too much metal. Which means that sooner rather than later, your knives will need a more serious reshaping (thinning behind the edge) to restore performance. That's the price you pay for convenience, ease, and speed.

I'd recommend the 1520. You can take a 20 degree edge to 15 with it, but you have the choice to keep them at 20. If I was to buy one, that's what I'd get.