Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I just received this sharpening system, and I had taken the time to read through the manual in PDF format before it arrived. I just sharpened 10 of my knives to razor sharp edges in hardly any time at all. It worked on a dollar store pairing knife and a 1955 Sabatier K Chefs Knife equally well. I had to read through the manual again when it got here, just to pay close attention to how to properly use it. I noticed that on a lot of the one-star reviews, there are a lot of complaints about it not sharpening properly, or not sharpening Japanese knives. It seems to me that most of these people didn’t take careful time to properly read the manual. I did have a bit of trouble at first - turns out, I was making some mistakes, and once I checked the manual, I had sharp knives. You need to know when to use slot 1 and when NOT to. You need to have a good burr on slot 2, before proceeding to slot 3, or you won’t have a sharp knife. If you don’t pay attention to these simple things, you will probably dislike this device. As it is, I found I could take an old dull knife and have it pass the paper and tomato tests in under 2 minutes once I got the hang of using it. America’s Test Kitchen kitchen is right - great sharpener.