Others say...

"Knife Noobie"
I pulled this set out of my mailbox at 2pm on a Saturday, and by 3pm, I was happily "air-slicing" apples with any of 25 completely sharpened knives. It takes about 5 minutes to open the container and see what's in the box. They include a quick start sticker on the inside of the box.

There was a CD and a book, but it was bad enough that Rachael Ray was going to be getting some of my money, having to suffer through a RR-narrated "congratulationsthanksremembernotto" had absolutely 0 appeal when a drawer full of knifes was waiting. So I took a cheap OXO knife that I've had for 12 years and ran it through the sharpener stage. That seemed to go well, so I ran another cheap 10" knife through about 10 times. After that, I went through my new forged set, and I thought that was it.

I tried cutting some apples, and it was much better than before, but then I noticed the honing fingers. Went through each knife about 12 times each with the honing fingers, and I could not believe that I was using the same knives.

I still wonder if the $29 dollar sharpener also includes all three stages, but I really like how sturdy the handle is on this one, and I think I would have been very happy with just the sharpener if I hadn't tried the honing blade. Until the hone, the blades were sharp, but the honing adds some sort of "micro-serration", and I'm amazed that I can pull a sharp blade across fruits with such ease..

"This thing can't slice a tomatoe!!"
After many years of old dull kitchen knives I went to our local kitchen shop and purchased a very good and expensive knife which came with a very techie sharpener. I tuned up all my other knifes and was successfuly cutting tomatoes. I was a happy chopper.

After moving to Maui for part of the year I again needed that techie sharpener. Voila!! Searching and there it was on Amazon and all the better it was a product endorsed by one of my Cooking Chanel favourites, Rachel Ray.

An all around good and a very complete and efficient system. No more cutting or chopping frustrations.

Thank You Lorraine Hawe



"This is a good product for sharpening knives; I like it!"
This system is easy and effective. I recommend it highly. It is quite easy to sharpen in just a few seconds.

"Does the Job"
Sharpens very well and extremely easy to use. I keep it on counter to use every time I use a knife.

"Not an expert, but very pleased anyway!"
Reading some of the other reviews makes me believe that I'm probably the least experienced in sharpening tools. I'm just a home cook; not a professional or expert. But I found this product extremely easy to use and I have to say, it took my most damaged knife and put it razor sharp in no time at all. The instructions are easy to follow. If I have one (very minor) concern, it would be the plastic handle. It catches when I try to rotate it open and I'm afraid it might break fairly easy. I just leave it open all the time. Other than that - I would recommend this sharpener absolutely!