That's it. I think my stone is a Chef's Choice. I didn't get the electric because my Ken Onion was still working at the time. Between my Chef's choice stone and my Dexter steel I could keep my knives sharp in the field.I use a Chef’s Choice electric sharpener and a steel for touch up.
I have a knockoff one and it's good if I let a knife get really dull. I use a sharpie on the blade to set the angle then away you go. There real deals are pretty steep though.I sharpen all my knives with my Wicked Edge system, spendy but worth it!
The sharpie trick works well!I have a knockoff one and it's good if I let a knife get really dull. I use a sharpie on the blade to set the angle then away you go. There real deals are pretty steep though.
I bought a Ken Onion when I worked the Camp Chef cooking demos at the Sportsman Shows. I bought their demo model from them with a huge discount at the end of the last show of the season. It died and have had a hard time spending the money for one. But really biting my lip to buy another. The blade it puts on is incredible.Worksharp. I'm far too lazy to spend more effort than that.
Probably wouldn't be my first choice if I owned truly high end knives, but I don't, so it's not an issue.
I bought a Ken Onion when I worked the Camp Chef cooking demos at the Sportsman Shows. I bought their demo model from them with a huge discount at the end of the last show of the season. It died and have had a hard time spending the money for one. But really biting my lip to buy another. The blade it puts on is incredible.
They work pretty much the same. The Work Sharp are fantastic. I know I wasn't warned when they went through and sharpened all my knives. CeeDub, who I was working with, had them do mine while I went out on break. I cradle my knives a certain way and they put a razor sharp blade on my paring knife. First time I grabbed it, knowing how I had it sharpened before they resharpened it, the blade sunk deep into my thumb like a hot blade through butter. Had cut cleaned and glued and tossed a glove on. Went straight to their booth and told them I wanted one. They told me to hit them up at last show and they'd sell me the demo cheap. I really miss that sharpener.I never had the Ken Onion but I'm on my 3rd standard model. Really does work extremely well. I've had mine specifically for fillet knives. When I was deckhanding I brought my knives home nearly every night for a sharpening. Took me all of about 2 minutes to have my knives insanely sharp. The speed was important to me as I was constantly tired and lacking spare time, and the sharpness is crucial for quality finished product and speed when filleting customers fish. I'm definitely a fan of the product.
I still have one but now that I'm the captain I don't fillet many fish so it doesn't get nearly the use my previous ones did. As such it's lasting a lot longer.