Top positive review
5 people found this helpful
Well-designed and sturdy. Use was pretty straightforward. It does a great job on the scissors and knives I've sharpened.
By healthcare advocate on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
I spent some time looking at all of these gadgets and some of the reviews, and I'm glad I settled on this product. I have been able to successfully resurrect some "hopeless" scissors that couldn't cut very well after several years of use opening up those plastic security packages so many things come in nowadays. It took me a while to practice and get the right technique for sharpening the scissors, and now they're really sharp and function much better. I have since sharpened almost all of our regular kitchen knives, pocket knives, and so on. My wife and I are quite pleased with how well this sharpener works, though I have not yet tried to sharpen any serrated knives. Since I'm left-handed, I turn it around "backwards" (to sharpen knives) but had no issues using it properly. About the only thing I would improve was the limited printed instructions---they were only on the box it came in. Overall, it exceeded my expectations.
Top critical review
27 people found this helpful
Great for knives, terrible for scissors.
By Stephanie F. on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017
I bought this to keep my knives sharp and to sharpen a ton of scissors we've had sitting in a drawer for way too long. It did not come with instructions, so I googled up some youtube tutorials, watched them and went to work. It's fairly straightforward in it's use, and on the knives it did better than expected! I dug out a set of carving knives that were my mother's before she passed, and at this point they were so dull I could grip the blades with my hands tightly and not be cut, after a good 2-3 minutes of running through each coarseness, they were sharper than I ever remember them and fully functional rather than just sentimental drawer fillers. I am very pleased with the knife portion. I sadly did not have good results with the scissor sharpener, and that's mostly why I bought this particular product, I watched the youtube clips and mimicked their motions, I tried about 5-8 different pairs, of varying metals and quality, and none were made sharper, in fact, my cheaper pairs were made duller, which I will put down to poor materials. I googled more looking for an answer about why I was having issues with sharpening my scissors, and could find nothing helpful. It seems a few people have good luck with it sharpening their scissors, but many people seem to have the same issues I did. Still looking for something to save my drawer full of dull scissors... Anyway, I would give it a higher rating, possibly even 5 stars if I had just wanted a knife sharpener, but I really wanted something for scissors. If you're looking for a good and easy to use knife sharpener, by all means, purchase this one, but if you're looking for something for your scissors, I'd look elsewhere.
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