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Knife Advise

Post by markiver54 » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:18 pm

My wife loves to cook but constantly complains about dull knives. She lived in Japan for almost ten years. Her late husband was career Air Force.
Anyway, she acquired a lot of beautiful Japanese kitchen knives. She also has some nice Stainless Steel knives as opposed to carbon steel.
She wants a knife sharpener for XMAS preferably electric. I have Whet stones that her Dad left behind, but to be honest, I am not into doing them all by hand. Don't know how those who do maintain a 15 degree angle. Have researched some electric models, the best being pretty expensive. That's ok, however I want to be sure I am not wasting my money on a " Chefs' Choice " for &200.00.
I want electric for her weak wrists so she can do it if I'm not around. I have some folding and straight blade hunting knives I'd like to sharpen as well!
Soo, any advise from you knife pro's would be much appreciated! XMAS is not far away.☺
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by CT_Shooter » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:47 pm

markiver54 wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:18 pm
I want to be sure I am not wasting my money on a " Chefs' Choice " for $200.00.
I have a Chef's Choice 110 diamond sharpener. It has sharpened and honed my knives for several decades. Love it.

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Re: Knife Advise

Post by markiver54 » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:53 pm

CT_Shooter wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:47 pm
markiver54 wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:18 pm
I want to be sure I am not wasting my money on a " Chefs' Choice " for $200.00.
I have a Chef's Choice 110 diamond sharpener. It has sharpened and honed my knives for several decades. Love it.

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Do you know if they still make that model? If so, although you say decades, can I ask what you paid?
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by CT_Shooter » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:08 pm

markiver54 wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:53 pm
Do you know if they still make that model? If so, although you say decades, can I ask what you paid?
Yes, they do still make the 110, and it was a gift from my wife's parents, so I didn't buy it. It's available from Amazon for $115.
https://www.amazon.com/ChefsChoice-Prof ... 00004S1B9/
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by markiver54 » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:13 pm

CT_Shooter wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:08 pm
markiver54 wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:53 pm
Do you know if they still make that model? If so, although you say decades, can I ask what you paid?
Yes, they do still make the 110, and it was a gift from my wife's parents, so I didn't buy it. It's available from Amazon for $115.
https://www.amazon.com/ChefsChoice-Prof ... 00004S1B9/
Thank you very much Stan! I might just go with that one.
Actually though, I just realized that one says for 20 degree blades. Through my research, I have read that the Asian knives and now most others have gone to 15 degree blades.
You stated that you love yours, so I'm not sure how significant the angle is.
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by CT_Shooter » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:35 pm

Sorry, Mark. I don't know about the angle. Here is a manual that might help, though I don't see any reference to angles in it, either.

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/docume ... manual.pdf
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Post by markiver54 » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:39 pm

Wow! Thank you again Stan! Will print that out and study it tomorrow.
I appreciate your time spent to help!
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by dave77 » Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:29 pm

Worksharp has a culinary knife sharpener that splits the difference and sharpens to a 17 degree edge. Also has a upgrade kit that allows for 15 and 20 degrees and has an assortment of different grit belts. I have a older Worksharp for my outdoor and pocket knifes which I really like but am tempted to get one of these for my Japanese 15 degree blades.

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/sha ... sharpener/

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/abr ... grade-kit/
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by markiver54 » Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:41 pm

dave77 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:29 pm
Worksharp has a culinary knife sharpener that splits the difference and sharpens to a 17 degree edge. Also has a upgrade kit that allows for 15 and 20 degrees and has an assortment of different grit belts. I have a older Worksharp for my outdoor and pocket knifes which I really like but am tempted to get one of these for my Japanese 15 degree blades.

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/sha ... sharpener/

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/abr ... grade-kit/
Thanks Dave!
Now Ya got me thinking twice about which way I was leaning.🤔
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Re: Knife Advise

Post by GunnyGene » Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:30 pm

You do know that not all kitchen knives should have a bevel on both sides, right? Some knives should only have a bevel on one side and flat on the other depending on what it's used for and whether you're right or left handed. :)
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