WORK SHARPElectric Knife & Tool Sharpener Ken Onion Edition – WSKTS-KO Multifunctional Electric Knife and Tool Sharpener – World's Top Professional Sharpening Tool - UK Plug

ive owned the MK1 worksharp for years and its been superb (still is!)but i thought it was time to upograde to the Ken Onion edition and its upgrade of the belt grinder attachment.Is this as versitaile as a good set of waterstones? or a precision knife sharpener? no!can it get as good of an edge as hours spent on waterstones? yes and no.With time and practice therte is no reason this wont get knives shaving sharp in a few minutes! it really is that simple and eaqsy to use. However there are caveats; you will need to practice as it can ruin a knife very quickly; it is far less forgiving than a stone or other sharpener. It gives an "appleseed" edge..meaning they are sharp but they are convex and as such once youve sharpened and blade with this it will no longer be easy to sharpen wqith a stone or other flat grind sharpener. You can hone for a quick edge but if you wanted to return to a flat grind you would need to re-profile the edge.This edition has some great additions from the MK1 but not so many far removed from the MK2 so consider that as an option first unless you really really want the grinder attachment for bigger tools or more control. With the release of the MK2 there isnt much different now.All in all this an amamzing machine; bit expensive and can ruin a knife if you dont follow the instructions and practice a bit; but it is by and far the bext, quickest and most efficient sharpener ive ever used!

I begrudged paying for this as yes, it's expensive. I bought work sharp knife sharpeners before and they were very good, but the manual ones took a long time. With a large collection of kitchen knives, and now also doing family members, I had to ask myself how much I valued my time at.This IS the solution.It's exceptionally fast - I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said it reduced my sharpening time down to less than 10% of the time I was taking before. And the knives are consistently the sharpest knives I've ever used.If you're on the fence about buying one, please do - I highly recommend it.

I bought the base unit and then immediately bought the grinding attachment. Sharpening freehand using the guide is surprisingly easy to learn and very satisfying when you raise a burr, then gradually grind it off.Blades get a slightly convex edge due to the deflection in the belt but they are razor sharp. I have a mix of Wusthof and supermarket kitchen knives and they are all razor sharp now.

First attempt was good got easier and this thing works my only problems with this machine is two things firstly the guide wheels mark very easily I've wrapped tape around mine and will need changing after a few knives sharpened so ther is that to consider and secondly is the guide limbs they move too easily throwing you grind off on both sides they should be lockable after setting this worksharp should consider if they upgrade this gachine part apart from this the machine works great I like the grinder attachment more though even though you have to keep your arms from changing angle but today I figured that out sit comfortable second test the flatbed to belt and see if you can move up easy if not might be you sat too low or too high and keep your elbows locked in place once you master this you will have good grinds and sharp knives. I recommend this machine and grinder haven't stopped with it yet as belts haven't arrived but already the edges I've done have mirror polishes so will be interesting to see if sharpens even more or not will review them once I have them for a complete review.

The unit just died off a few uses. Fortunately still in the return from Amazon.