Price: $69.99 - $38.56
(as of Oct 17, 2024 07:59:25 UTC - Details)

Professional EverSharp Electric Knife Sharpener works great on kitchen knives, hunting knives and fillet knives. 120 volts, 60 Hz only.Suction cup feet for added stability when sharpening.
Easy 3-stage sharpening system for professional results at home, anytime.
Sharpens kitchen and sport knives, even Santoku knives.
Blade thickness selector adjusts guides to optimum sharpening angle.
Select thick for hunting knives, medium for chef's knives and standard kitchen knives, and thin for light blades like fillet and paring knives.
Blade guides hold knife at the perfect angle for no-guess sharpening.
Extra-fine-grit ceramic wheel fine hones the blade to a razor-sharp edge.
Three Stage Sharpening system for professional results at home.
Reviewer: Mattski
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great tool!
Review: Simple to use and great results. Do practice on an old knife which will allow you to learn the proper technique and break in the stones a bit.Update: after 2 weeks of ownership and 30+ knives sharpened, I am completely satisfied with this product. I have sharpened all of my knives, slicing and serrated, and am compiling a nice set for each of my two sons who are moving out and need basic kitchen tools. My new hobby is to rescue unwanted quality knives at yard sales, and give them new lives as high performance tools. The results are truly awsome and it is such a pleasure to work with sharp tools again.Update after approximately 1 month of use. I have sharpened close to 100 knives for friends and family with fantastic results. Some of the negative comments mention the motor to be underpowered. Either the motor is faulty on their unit, or they are pushing down too hard. A very light pressure works best. I would again recommend using one old knife to practice on, which will also break in the stones and perhaps reduce any over aggressive grinding. It is important to position yourself so that you are pulling the knife in a straight line towards yourself to keep the knife along the guide and at a consistent angle to the wheel. Since this is done at a slight angle to the unit, I move my body left or right accordingly. When I am using one of the sharpening slots, I angle my body so that my shoulder and arm are in line with the direction of knife motion. I also count the number of seconds that it takes me to complete the motion to make sure that I am not going too slow or too fast. So for an 8" blade, it should take me about 4 seconds to do one pass. For knives which have a curved tip, you have to raise the handle as you are pulling the tip across the stone to get the proper grind. On a long knife, I often will steady the tip with my other hand until it reaches the back of the unit. It also helps to have a good high intensity light to see the edge for inspection and to see the wheel that you are using so that you can locate the knife precisely. I work in the medical device industry where we sharpen surgical needles which penetrate human tissue, so I am very familiar with what a good edge looks like. I also have a 10x loupe which makes edge inspection very easy. A dull edge will reflect light while a sharp one will not. So if you have a light directly over the edge, if you see specs of light reflecting back at you, that means that those areas are not yet sharp. If you can get a hold of a magnifier, hold it close to your eye, steady your hand by resting it against your cheek, and move the knife towards the magnifier until it comes into focus. Most people hold the object to magnify at arm's length, and move the magnifier until it is in focus, which is incorrect. If used properly, you will have a larger image to inspect.Under magnification, the edge has micro serrations which make it very sharp. My company used to polish our needles so that they were very shiny with a smooth edge, but after developing a test for sharpness, we realized that a dull surface with a micro serrated edge is much sharper. We now use a process which keeps those micro serrations. When I am done sharpening a knife, I pull it very lightly across a finger and can feel it "biting" into the skin. Scary sharp!I have also read on some knife forums that grinding an edge can de-temper the steel and make it weak. I reached out to one of my Metallurgists and was told that unless I can see visual heat lines, which I do not, de-tempering is not occurring. Although when sharpening stainless steel I do not get any sparks, carbon steel does spark a little, which is also a good test to see what type of steel it is if you are not sure. I recently bought a Vintage 10" Chef's Knife which was advertised as "stainless" but it had some light staining on the blade so I suspected that it was made from carbon steel. It did spark during sharpening so this confirmed that I got a carbon steel knife and a real find!Now, some purists will argue that hand honing gives the best results. Perhaps, but I am not collecting priceless knives, but merely buying great knives and turning them into fabulous kitchen tools in a fraction of the time that it takes to hand tone. This sharpener is one of my favorite tools.

Reviewer: Tom B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Aggressive but fast and very effective.
Review: This is a great sharpener for people who don't believe in babying their knives. I just want to put decent, usable edge on them, no fuss, and this will sharpen a knife in 10-20 seconds. I've always been disappointed by the leading brand "C C" which is recommended by all the cooking shows. They are SLOW, sharpening a knife is like a 15 minute adventure, you have to go right, left, up down etc.This thing is more old-school, it has a v-shaped grinding wheel spinning really fast, a coarse and a fine. I was worried it would be too aggressive and coarse, but it actually works great if you use light pressure.We have about 20 knives in our block and I put an edge on all of them in probably 10 minutes which is great with me.

Reviewer: Tim B
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not top flight, but works well
Review: This is very useful for a quick easy sharpening session. The knives have a large discrepancy as far as the angle of sharpening goes, meaning they do not fit in tightly to one specific angled position. There is a lot of slop and I havent figured out if they should lean one way or the other for the perfect angle. That said they do not get knives hair cutting sharp, but they do get them very sharp, and much better than nothing, and it is very easy to use.

Reviewer: Mike E.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Sharpener for the Money
Review: I've been sharpening knives for over 40 years using good stones and honing steel rods. But I hate doing it. It's laborious, and there are other things I'd rather do. But I can always get a very sharp knife.Unfortunately, my wife does not know how to sharpen or hone a knife, nor does she care to learn. She dulls them and expects that I will sharpen them.I wanted something both of us could use, that would make life easier when it comes to knife sharpening. My knives range in quality from very high quality to low quality, but regardless I want them sharp!So I started buying a lot of different hand-held knife sharpening gadgets. They all suck. Don't bother.Next I spent hours reviewing electric knife sharpeners - narrowing my choices down to two; (1) Chef's Choice 120 Diamond Hone 3-Stage Professional Knife Sharpener for $120.00, or (2) the Presto 08810 Professional 3-Stage Electric Knife Sharpener for $43.00 (that's what I paid).I watched a lot of videos and actually saw the Chef's choice demonstrated live at a show; even had the guy try it on my own pocket knife. For $120, I was unimpressed with the Chef's Choice. Don't bother.So instead, I bought the Presto 08810 Professional 3-Stage Electric Knife Sharpener for $43.00.As with all knife sharpening systems, technique is needed, so read the instructions. Done right, you can get an amazing edge with very few passes; very sharp. I try not to over-sharpen. When it's sharp, I stop - mission accomplished. Continuing to make more passes after the knife has reached sharpness can possibly dull the blade. I only repeat if sharpness was not achieved after proceeding through the stages the first time.For my first try with the Presto 08810, I used a very crappy, very dull kitchen knife. It was so dull, I knew I needed to start with the coarse Stage 1. The directions said to make "three" alternating passes each side. I stopped after only "one." I already had a nice edge after just one pass each side. Don't over do it if you don't need to. Once you have a good edge, stop and move on.I test my knives by cutting into the edge of a piece of paper. The instructions say to test on vegetables. Paper is cheaper, especially when sharpening many knives in a session.If you do test sharpness on vegetables, you must clean the knife before putting back into the sharpener or you will ruin the sharpening wheels.I proceeded to Stage 2, making only about two passes, and also two on Stage 3. After only a couple of swipes, the knife was already super sharp. It sliced clean through a full sheet of paper like it was nothing. It was razor sharp. Wow!All this time I've been sharpening by hand (the hard way). I felt like a dope. The Presto 08810 is my new quick and easy sharpening tool.Granted, very expensive professional belt drive sharpening systems with leather stropping can probably achieve surgical scalpel sharpness, but who cares? Or who wants the cost and complexity of such machines for their average daily use? I'm not "shaving" with my knives, nor performing surgery.The Presto 08810 made my knives super sharp (VERY sharp). More than enough for the kitchen.[My Recommendations]Wipe your knife blade clean of any metal tiny filings after a couple of passes, and absolutely before proceeding to the next sharpening stage. This will keep the blade guides clean and free of any particles that could scratch your blade.That being said, I sharpened a bunch of knifes, and not one knife was ever scratched or marred (like the Chef's Choice is known to do).For most knives, I even recommending skipping "coarse" Stage 1. You can re-sharpen, or touch-up knives using only the "fine" Stage 3, or by sharpening in Stage 2 and finishing in Stage 3. I only used all three stages, starting in "coarse" Stage 1, for knives that had completely lost their edge.For those with small pocket knives and sport knives... yes, it sharpened mine. The smallest knife I sharpened so far was a 2.5" (9 cm) blade on a pocket knife. Because of the thickness of the handle, the Presto 08810 could not reach the final quarter inch (0.25" or 0.5 cm) of the blade, near the hilt/handle. But I was Ok with that. It was better than I expected.This was my exact same pocket knife used by the guy in the demonstration on the Chef's Choice. I can tell you for a fact, the Presto 08810 sharpened my knife better.I also sharpened my USMC KA-Bar knife with a black painted blade (gutsy, I know). Not a scratch in the paint. But remember I tend to wipe off the metal filings with each pass, just to be careful. I don't plan to do that again, as I suspect the blade guides will ultimately wear or scratch the paint if subjected to frequent passes. I just wanted to give it a try at least once.As for my stainless kitchen cutlery, no worries, all my knives were just fine. No marks, no scratches. Just sharp!Although it didn't happen to me yet, I do see the potential that possible scratching or marring of the blades could occur, depending on the knife, not resting the blade against the blade guides, or simply a build-up of filings on the blade guides.If it does happen to my kitchen knives, I'm not that overly concerned. They're just tools to me, not decorations. As long as they're usable and sharp, I'm Ok. So far, after sharpening many knives, it hasn't been a problem.[Summary]I'm so glad I didn't spend $120 on a Chef's Choice 3-Stage. What a waste that would have been. Save your money. I paid $43 (on sale) on Amazon for the Presto 08810 (3-Stage) knife sharpener, and it works just as good, if not better, as I discovered.I've seen the Presto 08810 for as high as $48, and usually for $45. Check also on eBay if Amazon is too high. But either way, it's cheaper than the expensive Chef's Choice.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This products works with 120 V and UAE has 240 V. They shipped a product that doesn't work in the destination county. Now, I have a new product in a box that I can't use, and I don't see an option how to return it 🙁

Reviewer: Herrmann
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Das Spannungsnetz in der EU ist zu stark dafür. Hat mir direkt den Motor zerstört. Rückgabe ist auch unnötig kompliziert

Reviewer: jackyprive
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Moteur un peu faible mais aiguise bien si on ne force pas.J'apprecie qu'il aiguise les couteaux a dents aussi.Pas encore essayé les couteaux céramique.

Reviewer: Lonnie Nunweiler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have some of those manual, pull through sharpeners and they get the knife sharp but it does not hold the edge.If you look at the edge you see horizontal grooves on the edge due to the V-notch the knife is pulled through. The very top of the edge is thin and thus does not hold the edge.This device uses wheels. Stage 1 takes about 2 passes on each side. This is the starter edge. Stage 2 begins to produces a true edge, and it takes about 2 or 3 passes on each side. Stage 3 is a fine wheel that hones the edge. A good magnifying lens will show it is not absolutely polished but WOW, is the knife ever sharp. I'll leave it like this and see how long the edge holds up. I know I could always take a ceramic to the edge and really polish it. I prefer to see how well this stands up with no additional tweaking.The good old paper cut test is nearly as easy to do as a fresh razor knife.I'm impressed and do not hesitate to recommend this. I did not give any marks for sheerness simply because I have no idea what it is.So rather than buying an Asian knife with a 14 degree edge that will be hard to get back, I now have all my decent knives sharp as I desire and I can easily return the edge any time I wish.Update:Well disappointment has struck. Initially the fine wheel for honing vibrated a bit. The other wheels are smooth. Well, after doing about 7 knives the fine wheel (#3) chatters and the knife almost jumps around. It seems the fine wheel is disintegrating.Either I got a defective or damaged unit, or the fine wheel is poorly designed. Note I am quite sure I have not used it wrongly by applying too much pressure. By the time it gets to the fine wheel I figured that almost no pressure was necessary as its job is to polish and that never works with pressure.If the company will contact me with a plan to fix this I will wait before doing a return.

Reviewer: avtdvt
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I bought this knife sharpener on the Amazon UK website. I plugged it in: It ran for a few seconds, then a loud bang, smoke and it stopped! Turning the machine over, the bottom plate states 110V AC and no way to switch to 230 V AC. It is for the USA market only!It is shocking that this is advertised on the Amazon UK website and priced in Pounds sterling.Returned for a full refund.