Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We had some smaller paring knife types (NON serrated) that over the years had gotten quite dull. I tried one of the manual sharpeners, but even using a bit of water or oil didn't seem to change the sharpness for long. The Presto electric sharpener took these knives of ours to nearly razor sharpness; I was pretty impressed. I will say this: You need to be able to hold the knife steady and use a steady, no pressure added, pull - if you can do that, then this product will razor sharpen all your knives (Jury still out on the serrated ones though) PRO's: Not all that noisy, even when drawing a knife across / If you follow the directions, recommendations, sharpens very well CONs: Does not use oil or water to help with the sharpening and leaves a "rough" blade (Still sharp, so be careful) / Because it's a dry system, will leave dust from the wheels and the knife blades / Did NOT secure very well to my counter surface, so I had to also hold the machine while I was drawing the blade during sharpening / The sharpening angles won't work if you don't pay attention to what you're doing, and you can damage a blade if you put too much pressure (Or any at all, actually) when drawing the blade across during sharpening Last Thoughts: I've experimented with this a little; I used a damp cloth with water to "moisten" the blades prior to sharpening; seemed to work ok, but still a good deal of dust. Also tried some sharpening oil on a cloth to wipe on the blades prior to sharpening in the Presto: I noticed less dust and no realy discernible difference in the blade sharpness, but did notice that the blades weren't so "rough" after sharpening with the oil, and also, using the oil, there was a little less dust.