ZWILLING Knife & Scissor Sharpener

One of the better, easy to use knife sharpeners we've tried over the years. Just a draw through the fine side hones a nice, sharp edge on your blade. We've only had it for a few weeks but I'd have to give it a big thumbs-up based on the preliminaries! Love the non-slip, rubber base and the handle/grip is designed very ergonomically.

I have a set of Henkle knives with a scissor, which I've used for a handful of years. A set like these are very nice to begin with and just needed some TLC since I actually use them. I firmly believe in using the honing steel for the knives before going to a sharper, which led me to this purchase. With a few slides through the coarse and then fine sides, wipe off any burrs which might have been generated and BAM! Like new sharp knives! The design is stupid-simple and just requires you to apply firm pressure on the coarse and then lightly drag through the fine. The bottom comes with a non-slide surface, which is important, so you don't wind up slipping and slicing off your favorite digit. The scissor sharpening is simple too, as you just need to use scissor/pull action to sharpen The only con I can think of, which really isn't one, would be the potential for the knife to slip onto the plastic as it slides out of the sharpener. Better that it be a softer surface like this, rather than something that hard that would dull the blade. Oh, just in case you have a pair of japanese knives, this is not the tool you're looking for. Thankfully, our mighty Zwilling conglomerate overlords have a specific tool for that. In the end, this is a little more expensive than I really think it should be, but it's a good sharpener and fits the job and does it right. No regrets!