Spent $400 on a 'professional' knife sharpener that just wrecked my edges

It was a slick online ad, but the angle guide was off and it ground my best boning knife down to nothing. Anyone know a good local sharpening service in the Cleveland area?

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sandra41211d ago

Ugh, that "professional" sharpener story hits home. I was all about those gadgets for years, swore by my pull-through sharpener. Then I watched a guy at the West Side Market fix a knife with a chipped tip in like two minutes on a stone. The edge was way better than anything my gadget ever did. Totally changed how I see it now.

wendyc5311d ago

Hold on, I've had the total opposite happen. My local guy butchered my chef's knife, took off way too much metal. That expensive sharpener with the fixed angle? Once I got the guide set right, it gives me a perfect, repeatable edge every single time. Sometimes the gadget is just more reliable than a person having a bad day.