Yeah, you’ve got the knives you love, but you probably don’t really take care of them.

Maybe they’re some fancy collection of deadly German crafted instruments you picked up from William-Sonoma instead of saving for your kid’s college tuition.  Maybe you’re like us and you collect reasonably priced, but perpetually mismatched knives from discount stores.  Hey, maybe you’re one of those jokers still trying to hold onto the mythic lie about the brutal cutting power of the Ginsu…

Either way, regardless of the dollars you invested, without semi annual sharpening your knives are probably about as dull as a baseball bat.  And I don’t know about you, but you can’t make proper sashimi with a Louisville Slugger.

Face it, you need knife sharpening and the ChefsChoice 130 electric sharpening station made by Edgecraft dumbs down knife maintenance to the point that jokers like us can recover a razor sharp edge with just a few minutes of painless work.

The first pass uses a diamond wheel to grind down the nicks and knocks and reestablishes a proper edge ready for honing and polishing.  It’s a bit disconcerting the first time to hear the scream when your knife touches the wheel, just take your time and drag slowly several times on each side as the directions advise.  The second stage drags the blade past a non-moving honing bar to refine the edge, while the final stage polishes the edge on both sides to the point where you can carelessly draw your own blood.

This thing gets knives sharp.  We mean SHARP – we have the cuts to prove it, but we also now have the ability to slice tomatoes as thin as potato chips with knives that had trouble attacking butter.  Trust us, you can’t HAVE knife skills if your knives aren’t sharp…so consider picking up this bad boy (and a pack of band-aids while you’re at it).

Oh…and if you’re the person in that third category…still using the Ginsu…buy some real knives while you’re at it.

ChefsChoice 130 Sharpening Station – $134 at Amazon.com