What? It in no way works better. It’s faster, and takes less attention, but the edges they give are crap, and don’t last well.
Even the workshop belt systems aren’t better than stones.
Hell, if you want to factor in damage to the knife, any of the motorised home sharpeners are horrible. Until you get into stuff like a tormek, you’re heating the edge as you work, and that means you have to sharpen sooner, which can reduce the life of the knife by years over time.
I’m not saying you can’t do what you want with your knives, but there’s too much actual data on the various sharpening methods to call any of the available electric sharpeners better by any criteria other than speed.
People who buy electric sharpeners also buy cheap shit knives and store them loosely in a drawer with all the other kitchen stuff so it all balances out in the end.
Yeah, the way I see it; if you buy a fancy kitchen knife or two, you better also buy whetstones and learn how to sharpen properly. Those knives can be great, but they also need good care.
If you buy the cheapo IKEA knife set of 3 for $12, you might as well use a rubbish sharpener. It’ll do the job, and the knives are borderline disposable. The lifetime of them won’t really matter much in the grand scheme of things.
What? It in no way works better. It’s faster, and takes less attention, but the edges they give are crap, and don’t last well.
Even the workshop belt systems aren’t better than stones.
Hell, if you want to factor in damage to the knife, any of the motorised home sharpeners are horrible. Until you get into stuff like a tormek, you’re heating the edge as you work, and that means you have to sharpen sooner, which can reduce the life of the knife by years over time.
I’m not saying you can’t do what you want with your knives, but there’s too much actual data on the various sharpening methods to call any of the available electric sharpeners better by any criteria other than speed.
People who buy electric sharpeners also buy cheap shit knives and store them loosely in a drawer with all the other kitchen stuff so it all balances out in the end.
This is true
Yeah, the way I see it; if you buy a fancy kitchen knife or two, you better also buy whetstones and learn how to sharpen properly. Those knives can be great, but they also need good care.
If you buy the cheapo IKEA knife set of 3 for $12, you might as well use a rubbish sharpener. It’ll do the job, and the knives are borderline disposable. The lifetime of them won’t really matter much in the grand scheme of things.