VN3 Professional Knife Sharpener | 3-Action Streamlined Sailboat Design for Effortless Knife Sharpening - The Ultimate Tool for Precision 11 to 21 Degree Angles (Obsidian Color)

After fighting with dull knives for years and only using a typical steel sharpening rod / honing steel, I decided to give this a try given the very positive reviews (and the Black Friday sale price!). I first started with a couple of paring knifes that we use to cut citrus when making drinks and which essentially wouldn't cut through a lemon or lime skin without first poking the tip through the skin first and then cutting with the blade. The first test was only slightly successful but I figured it might be just learning how to use this properly. When I used this sharpener the second time my technique clearly improved and it cut through the citrus skin without issue. For those have commented that it doesn't work or doesn't do anything to the knives, work on your technique! Today I sharpened ~20 knives in about 30 minutes and you can see from the attached photo that indeed it has a clear effect of removing metal as necessary! (Again, that is roughly 20 knives worth of metal detritus, including a half-dozen serrated knives which other sharpeners do not do.) There may be other ways to sharpen knives better, but for a nice stylish product, heavy and well built, that can quickly and easily get the job done in less than a minute, this is well worth the cost!

We have a number of high quality knives and even with good care and maintenance, they eventually need to be sharpened. It would have cost me $100 to have them sharpened and this sharpener was half that price. It was easy to use, adjusted quickly to the correct angle, and worked really well. It did an excellent job of sharpening our knives and it did so quickly. It has more than paid for itself in the first use.

My husband loves this knife sharpener. Works great and is easy to use.

Easy to use well built. Sharpens great.Does an excellent job on serrated blades

I believe this may be my first review ever of a product. I use Wusthof Classic knives and some brand of steak knives that are not serrated. I have always used Chef's Choice electric sharpeners and have no complaints with them. I gave my daughter my parents TV Bavarian edge black diamond knife sharpener after they passed. I had used it several times when visiting her and cooking for them. I always thought this thing really does work. I decided to search these types of sharpeners on Amazon and decided to go with the Grihot. I sharpened honed or polished every knife I have tonight with it. 12 Wusthof and 8 steak knives. These knives are all now razor sharp. I had to use extreme caution when assessing the blade. The major benefit to me is this sharpener can sit right next to my knife block and be used with great ease. I don't have to pull my electric sharpener out of the drawer and plug it in for one knife. I give this product my total endorsement. I just noticed this review may get published under my daughter's name. I am her father and the actual reviewer. Follow up. I am getting ready to purchase this product for my son. I have noticed many reviews not feeling like the product works the way they anticipated. I just sharpened all my knives this evening and once again they are razor sharp. So what's going on? If you let your knives get so dull you are going to have to work them back into shape which takes a little extra time and effort. This sharpener is more than capable of restoring knives. I fully anticipate having to spend a little extra time on my son's knives as I am not sure he has ever sharpened them. I have restored plenty of my children's knives with this product and will again. Just may take a little extra effort. Since purchasing this product I have never had to use my Chef's Choice electric sharpener.

Great product just got it and used it. Effortlessly ,also came with an extra set of blades as a gift!

We decided to forgo the expense of continued professional knife sharpening in favor of investing in this sharpener. It does a beautiful job of sharpening our kitchen knives and it is easy to use. It is sturdy steel and well made so I expect it will last for a very long time.

sharpened my knives very well - so well that knives are extremely sharp, so be careful.