Simple, Inexpensive and Effective

Our favorite utility knives receive heavy use and some abuse with multiple knives being stored in a single tray in a knife drawer. Up until recently, the most frequently used knives were regularly sharpened by a professional service.

I had used manual knife sharpeners before without much success. They seemed ineffective even after multiple sharpening sessions. Fortunately, America's Test Kitchen had favorably reviewed the AccuSharp and I decided to give it a try.

The AccuSharp Knife Sharpener was first used on a heavily (ab)used 9" utility knife with a number of nicks in the blade. This knife is NOT a fine cutting implement although it is a favorite and frequently used because of its size and weight.

A single pass of the AccuSharp demonstrated it to be fairly aggressive at removing knife blade metal. The knife blade is quickly brought to a wedge shaped cutting edge. The side/edge of the blade where metal is removed appears rough when viewed under a magnifying glass. Approximately 12 passes were necessary to bring this very dull and dinged knife back to a sharp cutting edge.

In use, the newly sharped knife is now much more effective at cutting carrots, cucumbers, onions and even tomatoes. This knife is a pleasure to use again.

Because the AccuSharp is aggressive at removing metal, I would not use it on my fine kitchen cutlery but for bringing everyday utility knives back to life, the AccuSharp is an excellent choice and very reasonably priced.

Best of breed

I first used these on fishing knives. Then tried them on on more expensive 0kitchen knives.. they are no substitute for machine sharpening and re-beveling. but for in-between sharpenings, this gizmo is tops. cheap, too.

Sharp...SHARP...VERY SHARP

This is the best and easiest to use knife sharpener. It's not fancy. It just works exceptionally well. Try it. You'll like it.

It worked okay, but I would like to have known the angle of the blades. I did not see it labeled anywhere.

I think most of my knives have an angle of about 22 degrees, but the angle of the sharpener seemed bigger.

Good Job!

It did a good job on my knife.

Peppy and cheap . .and it works

Seems to work well on my kitchen knives. I'm a little hesitant to use it on my Shun knife since I think the angle is different from more standard Western knives.

Great portable knife sharper

My first one was given as a gift I took it to work where most of our knifes are always dull, since then everyone at work were amazed as to how sharpe the knifes got after using it since then I had to get another one for a stand by

For the price it is the best knife sharpener I have ever had. It does everything I wanted it to do. It does all kinds of knives large and small

Sharp knives

It is so simple and the results are quite good.

saw this on Americas Test Kitchen. works okay. Had to grind alot off my knifs to get them sharp. Not sure if my knifes were that dull, or if the angle of the tool was just diffrent then my knifs

This unit is especially effective in sharpening serrated blades.

knife sharpener wonder

sharpened knives with ease

Best little gadget that I have used.

Foolproof for sharp, clean cutting

The AccuSharp knife sharpener is a fantastic value and does a great job just as described. I saw it on America Test Kitchens as a recommended buy so I took the minimal risk to purchase the sharpener. It's simple to use and the directions are very clear. No guessing on angles in holding the knife or sharpener. I sharpened my favorite knife then used it to chop onions, celery, potatoes and peppers in making soup. The knife made clean cuts without any hand pressure - just guided the knife through the vegetables. Easy to make dice of similar size. If the sharpeners ever become dull, the directions show how to reverse the blades for good-as-new second life.

Easy to use

If you have any kind of arthritis you could still manage to use this tool with NO problem! It's light weight and doesn't require heavy pressure and works like a CHARM!!

An awesome product

Being an unskilled knife sharpener, this little gadget has saved my life. It does a great job of keeping knives sharp.

This is the best knife sharpener I've ever owned Love it

excellent sharpener

This is the best sharpener I have ever used. Easy and safe. I highly recommend it.

Great sharpener for the money!

It appears to be a good product.

Easy to use and does a good job. However, I was under the impression it ws electronic from the description on the web site.