Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Most people think that a professional chef would know how to sharpen knives. Well, I'm here to tell you that is not true. Most of us do not. So, when my knives started to get dull (Shun knives), I needed someway to sharpen these knives. The Chef's Choice 15 Trizor was my choice after reading about it online. It is set to the Asian standard of knives of 15 degrees instead of the American/European standard of 22 degrees. Since the knives I'm using right now are Asian, this was perfect. It brought my knives back to really sharp. It was certainly better than my Shun Electric Sharpener. I was very pleased. When I read the instruction manual, it indicated that it could also take my European knives and change the angle so that they were just as sharp as my Asian knives. The only thing the manual indicated was that it might take more pulls through the slots than your Asian knives. And, they were right. When I did this, I was impressed. The most impressive sharpening came from my 11" carving knife. When cutting Prime Rib, it made very clean cuts. Very easy to cut. I was loving it. I now bring this sharpener to work everyday with my knife kit. I have become the official knife sharpener person for all my fiends. Even the some of the Sous-Chefs have borrowed my machine to sharpen their knives. But, because I have sharpened so many knives, I have already had to clean out the magnetized dust collector. You will know when you have to clean the magnet when you see black spots on your knife when you sharpen it. Also, if your knives are not as sharp as you think they are, remember this... It takes a while to whittle away the metal, especially the better quality knives. I have found that it takes many pulls through the sharpener for the Global knives. The metal is HARD. So, while it will take a while to sharpen, it will take longer for it to get dull. On the other hand, the really cheap knives with softer metal sharpen in only 2 or 3 pulls. They are just as sharp as the other knives, but do get dull faster. I'm glad I bought this sharpener, Impressive performance and really sharp knives are awesome. Review Part II: OK, so, my first sharpener finally broke. (Took a 3 foot fall unto concrete.) I still need sharp knives so after 4 years with this sharpener, I got its identical brother. Except, I had not realized that my other one had been worn down. (I can't be mad about that. Every time I brought out my sharpener for my knives, there were more knives in front of me.) So, I was surprised at how fast this one worked. Again, I highly recommend this sharpener for professionals and non-professionals.