This little gizmo was featured in Good HouseKeeping Magazine, and I’ve recently gotten to try it out for myself! Maybe you don’t have the room or the need for a full-sized electric sharpener. Now you can have knives that are sharpened to perfection safely and easily with the Edge Grip! I’m very happy with mine: although I hone my knives frequently to keep the edge from curling under, every so often they need to be truly sharpened, and this gadget did a great job!
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Smith’s Edge Grip 2-Stage Knife Sharpener is lightweight, portable, and easy to use on either a flat surface or the edge of your countertop or table. Carbide blades and crossed ceramic rods feature pre-set sharpening angles that provide the proper sharpening angle every time. Carbide blades (coarse) provide quick edge setting capabilities, and the ceramic rods (fine) are used for the final edge honing. Two stages of sharpening offer the capability to put a razor sharp edge on very dull or damaged blades and touch-up already sharp blades.
It comes with non-slip rubber feet and a soft grip rubber handle for comfort and steadiness when sharpening. The V-Grip bottom allows for added stability and comfort when using the sharpener on the edge of your countertop or table.
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Smith’s Edge has a lot of different styles:
http://smithsedge.com/
I have been looking for knife sharpener like the one you have but not available in my area or at least no store carry it. I would love to get one to show to my friends. Thanks.
P.S. Stropping also helps with “keeping the edge from curling under”, which is why the old-time barbers used it for their straight razors.
I use a similar sharpener as the one pictured above for very large knives myself sometimes, too – especially the ceramic rods, they are good for honing.
If you’re interested in learning how to sharpen with a stone (I recommend the Arkansas stones they are great), here’s how some old-timers taught me. Start with a cheap knife!
Rub some honing oil (or water if that is your preference) on the stone. I personally prefer oil.
Basically all you do is try to ’shave’ a thin slice off of the stone, starting from the portion of the sharpened edge of the blade closest to the handle and moving towards the tip.
Try to keep the blade at around a 20° angle, but don’t stress too much over the angle at first – you will get the hang of it.
Do this around 6-12 times and then turn the blade over and do the other side the same way. Repeat until ‘paper slicing’ sharp.
Once you get good at this you can make a nice convex edge that is extremely sharp. My left forearm has very little hair on it to prove it.
However, if you want the knife truly shaving sharp, Google ‘Leather Stropping’.
This removes the microscopic burrs left on the blade from sharpening, making it even sharper.
The sharpener above should work pretty well for people who do not want to learn traditional sharpening methods, however.
I desperately want one. I never win anything but my luck is going to change!
Oh please pick me!! I am always buying good knives and then they get dull because I have NO talent with a stone.
I need my knives sharpened badly. Actually, I was starting to research this, so thanks for helping me out.