Knife Sharpener?

[emcme22]

I would like to get BF a good knife sharpener for Valentines/our anniversary. I know one was recommended on here recently but I couldn't find it. Anyone have suggestions?

[MixedBerryJam]

Was this the thread? pandce.proboards.com/thread/506823/favorite-random-kitchen-tools

Someone in there rec'd this knife sharpener, but it's at amazon.

[emcme22]

Feb 13, 2016 18:26:47 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Was this the thread? pandce.proboards.com/thread/506823/favorite-random-kitchen-tools

Someone in there rec'd this knife sharpener, but it's at amazon.

Thank you so much. I never seem to have much luck searching. I actually planned to buy from Amazon so that's perfect

[dirtyred]

Feb 13, 2016 18:26:47 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Was this the thread? pandce.proboards.com/thread/506823/favorite-random-kitchen-tools

Someone in there rec'd this knife sharpener, but it's at amazon.

I wasn't the one who recommended it, but I have one and love it.

[lilac05]

I have that one & love it, too. It's perfect for me & my relatively inexpensive 10 year old knives. America's Test Kitchen recommended it once, I think.

BUT, if he's crazy about his knives & has really expensive ones, you may be better off finding someone who sharpens them professionally and get him a gift certificate there. I guess people who are really into knives say electric sharpeners aren't the best.

[cereal K]

H wanted something like this, but as a last ditch effort, I got him a honing steel ($30) for Christmas. He loves it. He sharpens the knives every day or so with a couple of passes over the steel and they come out sharp AF.

Just saying - if you're looking for a cheaper option, this might be the way to go.

FWIW, we had a cheapo ceramic-coated steel that sucked. The one I got this time was a Shun steel, which I selected because we use Shun knives.