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BrainFlush
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May 30, 2017
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Ok MD. Now I might order. I know doing it by hand is best but I can't afford the labor time right now.
Anyone use this or have any suggestions? I've got 6 knives used heavily daily. Doing a knife exchange isn't good enough. I need daily maintenance.
May 30, 2017
Enekk
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May 30, 2017
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BrainFlushI own one of these. In my opinion, there is a bit of a cost vs benefit situation with this.
Situations: 1. You own a very expensive knife that you never, ever want to replace: Don't use this. Like all sharpening, it works by removing metal from the knife, but it takes more than a professional sharpener would. 2. You can bare the time or expense cost of sharpening knives by yourself or a professional: Do that instead. If you are only sharpening a knife two to four times a year, you'll get better results from a professional. 3. Your knife has some weird edge angle: This won't accommodate that. It is designed for the most common knives. 4. You require unbelievable sharpness: Go with the professionals. Don't get me wrong, this gives you a very good edge, but it will never do as well as a skilled professional. 5. You have mid to low (why?) quality knives: Use this, it works great and you'd need to replace the knives anyway. 6. You use the hell out of your knives: Same as #5 and, from your description, you'd have to replace your knives frequently anyway. 7. You cook with knives as sharp as butter knives and don't see why you'd need to sharpen anything: 1) Stop inviting me over to "teach you to cook", if I can't cut an onion with your knife, I'm not touching it. 2) Get this so you don't cut the shit out of yourself and try to remember to use it once in a while.
tl;dr: If you have expensive knives or have use cases with odd requirements, don't touch this. Otherwise, it is great, but it will wear your knives out quickly.
May 30, 2017
BrainFlush
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May 31, 2017
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EnekkOrdering one. Just deciding where from and if it's the exact same model.
May 31, 2017
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