Review on ChefsChoice AngleSelect Sharpener 20 Degree 100 Percent by Brad Davis

This was dispatched quickly and arrived in good condition before the scheduled date. I've sharpened with wet stones, but I'm not an expert. I have both western and asian knives and this one works great with both. Although this device is well designed and has excellent manuals, I highly recommend reading the manual carefully as it is accurate and well written. I have used it to sharpen my entire kitchen knife collection. Not only does it provide a good and efficient sharpening for both Asian and Western knives, it also provides a good finish in the last step and can also be used when the knives are not fully sharpened but just need fine tuning. This is important because grinding wheels should only be used when the knives need a full re-sharpening: they will remove quite a bit of metal, but if your knives are made of decently hard steel they will only need to be re-sharpened from time to time. However, two notes; The last step does a good job of honing in relation to the final edge, but it doesn't polish the entire area that was rolled and secondly the process leaves some marks on the side of the blade. It doesn't bother me too much as I think of my knives as tools and focus on functionality (which is great for improvement), but if you're a prude about the look of your knives you might not be happy with that. These marks can probably be polished, but I don't care.