Wusthof Long-Term Knife Care Kit

by Wüsthof

Product Features

• Set consists of honing tool, cotton towel, blade polishing towelette
• Honing tool has wood handle, ceramic sharpening wheels
• FZ brand towelette polishes stainless steel and other metals
• Soft, 11-1/2-by-18-inch towel wipes blade after polishing
• Sharpening guide, knife-buyer's guide included

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 3.8 x 2.3 inches ; 14.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005OAS0
• Item model number: 2901
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,943 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Maintaining the blade edges of world-class Wüsthof knives protects the lifetime investment these kitchen instruments represent and keeps them at their most useful. This kit provides essential tools for proper care. Central to the kit is a honing tool consisting of a wood handle and ceramic wheels. Holding the tool with the left hand and drawing a knife several times between the wheels with the right hand hones the blade edge, which is the final step in a professional sharpening process. (A sharpening steel only realigns an edge, which is also essential to knife care.) Using the honing tool prolongs the period between full sharpenings. Accompanying the honing tool is a FZ brand towelette for polishing a stainless-steel knife blade (the towelette polishes other metals, also), and a soft, cotton hand towel (11-1/2 by 18 inches) for wiping the blade after polishing. A sharpening guide and a knife-buyer's guide are also included. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

179 of 182 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work, November 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Wusthof Long-Term Knife Care Kit (Kitchen)

I'll start with - I know how to sharpen knives. I purchased the Knive Care Kit to take care of my Wüsthof collection and I now have to take my knives to the hardware store for re-sharpening. The Wüsthof kit made my knives dull and even chipped a section out of my wonderful Chef's knife. I expected much more and ended up disappointed with somethin I can't use...

149 of 152 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sharpener is terrible - it actually dulls the blades, February 20, 2002

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M. Larsen "diamond" (Vernon Hills, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wusthof Long-Term Knife Care Kit (Kitchen)

I have about 22 Wusthof knives, and so this kit looked like a great idea so that I could personally take better care of my knives. I was using a sharpening steel that was doing a great job, but I thought their ceramic system might be an improvement.

I am very good at sharpening knives, usually. However, no matter how gently I ran the blade through or at what angle, it felt as if it was scoring the blade. Sure enough, it was. The blade had marks near the bottom from the sharpener, and it actually dulled the blade! I tried resharpening it with the steel, but it wouldn't resharpen now. I had to sent it to Wusthof for resharpening, and although they got it sharp again, the scoring was permanent.

The polish and cloth are nice, but not nearly worth the price of the kit. You can get those at any hardware store. I would definitely avoid the sharpener, however. Purchase the Wusthof sharpening steel if you need to sharpen your knives or send them to Wusthof.

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If I could give it less than one star, I would...., April 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Wusthof Long-Term Knife Care Kit (Kitchen)

My beautiful Grand Prix Wusthofs are the best knives that I've ever owned, and I've persuaded friends to buy them as well, just by letting them borrow one. Even the cheaper stamped Wusthofs that I had for a while are worlds better than any other knife that I had before. So why did Wusthof put their name on this damaging piece of hardware? I used it on one knife, and knew after that that it would never get near one of my knives again. It dulled it so much that I had to take it in to get professionally sharpened. Don't purchase this set! You will regret it!