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Chef'sChoice Trizor XV EdgeSelect Professional Electric Knife Sharpener with 100-Percent Diamond Abrasives and Precision Angle Guides for Straight Edge and Serrated Knives, 3-stage, Gray

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This is a fantastic knife sharpener *IF* you read the manual.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018

I just received this sharpening system, and I had taken the time to read through the manual in PDF format before it arrived. I just sharpened 10 of my knives to razor sharp edges in hardly any time at all. It worked on a dollar store pairing knife and a 1955 Sabatier K Chefs Knife equally well.

I had to read through the manual again when it got here, just to pay close attention to how to properly use it.

I noticed that on a lot of the one-star reviews, there are a lot of complaints about it not sharpening properly, or not sharpening Japanese knives. It seems to me that most of these people didn’t take careful time to properly read the manual. I did have a bit of trouble at first - turns out, I was making some mistakes, and once I checked the manual, I had sharp knives.

You need to know when to use slot 1 and when NOT to. You need to have a good burr on slot 2, before proceeding to slot 3, or you won’t have a sharp knife. If you don’t pay attention to these simple things, you will probably dislike this device.

As it is, I found I could take an old dull knife and have it pass the paper and tomato tests in under 2 minutes once I got the hang of using it.

America’s Test Kitchen kitchen is right - great sharpener.

978 people found this helpful

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Want to ruin your knives? Buy this!

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019

Like most people who are even considering this sharpener, I am an avid cook with nice knives, and wanted a tool to help keep them in top form. I did a lot of research, and used the ATK recommendation as the clincher for this sharpener. Despite reading some negative reviews, I figured there was some user error, and a chance I might receive a defective unit. Well, it was defective, but I really did not anticipate the defect being that this sharpener would gauge the sides of my knives. I did a practice run on an old knife, and had some initial problems getting the blade flush, so attributed the scouring to that. But after working out the kinks, I went to sharpen my trusted (more expensive) chef knife and the same thing happened. Sorry, but no sharpener, especially one at this price, should ever do this! If it's true that the company's customer service says you should tape the sides of the knife, then they have no business selling this unit. It will go back immediately, but I'll always have the gauges in my knife as an unpleasant souvenir of my Trizor XV.

292 people found this helpful

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This is a fantastic knife sharpener *IF* you read the manual.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

I just received this sharpening system, and I had taken the time to read through the manual in PDF format before it arrived. I just sharpened 10 of my knives to razor sharp edges in hardly any time at all. It worked on a dollar store pairing knife and a 1955 Sabatier K Chefs Knife equally well.

I had to read through the manual again when it got here, just to pay close attention to how to properly use it.

I noticed that on a lot of the one-star reviews, there are a lot of complaints about it not sharpening properly, or not sharpening Japanese knives. It seems to me that most of these people didn’t take careful time to properly read the manual. I did have a bit of trouble at first - turns out, I was making some mistakes, and once I checked the manual, I had sharp knives.

You need to know when to use slot 1 and when NOT to. You need to have a good burr on slot 2, before proceeding to slot 3, or you won’t have a sharp knife. If you don’t pay attention to these simple things, you will probably dislike this device.

As it is, I found I could take an old dull knife and have it pass the paper and tomato tests in under 2 minutes once I got the hang of using it.

America’s Test Kitchen kitchen is right - great sharpener.

978 people found this helpful

Be careful - this REALLY sharpens your knives!

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

We don't have super high quality knives, and while we would like to purchase a $500 set of knives, it's not in our current plans. So I purchased this, after reading reviews in cooking magazines and Wirecutter, and pulled out all of our knives to sharpen.

This comes with a warning: Your knives will be sharper than before so be careful. Yeah, yeah, great marketing. I get it, it takes your normal 20 degree edges for less expensive knives and sharpens them to 15 degrees. Fine, I just want to be able to cut a tomato instead of tearing it.

Well, pay attention to the warning. I took a knife after sharpening it with this, held a tomato in my hand (I know, stupid sign on my head) and cut it. The knife went through it so smoothly and quickly and easily I didn't even notice it kept going into my ring finger. Even then, it was sharp enough I didn't even really feel the cut in my finger at first, I just notice a line and blood!

This sharpener, if you follow the instructions, will truly make your knives SHARP. Sharp enough that I've cut my hand three times because I'm not used to having to be as careful as you have to be with REALLY sharp knives. We converted a set of relatively inexpensive Cuisinart knives into a very effective knife set. No, they aren't a $600 set of knives now but I wouldn't want them any sharper!

Exceeded my expectations.

408 people found this helpful

Want to ruin your knives? Buy this!

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

Like most people who are even considering this sharpener, I am an avid cook with nice knives, and wanted a tool to help keep them in top form. I did a lot of research, and used the ATK recommendation as the clincher for this sharpener. Despite reading some negative reviews, I figured there was some user error, and a chance I might receive a defective unit. Well, it was defective, but I really did not anticipate the defect being that this sharpener would gauge the sides of my knives. I did a practice run on an old knife, and had some initial problems getting the blade flush, so attributed the scouring to that. But after working out the kinks, I went to sharpen my trusted (more expensive) chef knife and the same thing happened. Sorry, but no sharpener, especially one at this price, should ever do this! If it's true that the company's customer service says you should tape the sides of the knife, then they have no business selling this unit. It will go back immediately, but I'll always have the gauges in my knife as an unpleasant souvenir of my Trizor XV.

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292 people found this helpful

Honest but true

Will damage you knife!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

I am very disappointed in this product. I’ve wanted one of these Chef’sChoice knife sharpener‘s for many years but could never justify spending the money since I have a perfectly good whetstone. Then like a sign from above, Amazon’s deal of the day was not only a Chef’sChoice but the exact Chef’sChoice I’ve been wanting. I used this deal as a way to justify the purchase and believe it might’ve been one of the worst decisions ever had. There is no nice way to review this thing, it scratches and gouges knifes that cost much more than this pile costs. Sure it sharpens like nothing else but I can’t used it because it damages th blades so. Also, upon first turn on this thing makes a weird sound around the buffer wheel, like it’s hitting on the inside. I should have returned it. This product can’t be used and the damage it causes is unacceptable.

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330 people found this helpful

Try this at home!

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2016

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

I am blown away by this product.

I appreciate good knives. Whether cooking, camping or hunting, I like them to be sharp. Razor sharp. I want to be able to shave with my pocket knife.

My local mobile sharpener recently went out of business, so I've been looking for a good sharpening tool. This arrived yesterday, and I've sharpened every knife I can find to a razors edge. I'm now trying to sharpen the cheese knives. I probably need to warn my girlfriend. Testing the knives I'm now bald and I've shaved half the dog. The cat now won't come near me. So far no stitches, but the cat might change that.

I started with a cheap Kershaw pocket knife that's never been sharp. 10 passes on each side through all 3 wheels, and I can shave a grasshoppers belly.

I moved onto an old Benchmade knife that had 2 blowouts on the blade from an electrical arc. 20 passes through the #1 wheel on each side, 10 each on 2 & 3, and I'm now clean shaven for dinner tonight.

On to the Wusthof Classic kitchen knives; the chefs knife can now shave garlic paper thin, the carving knives ....... well they're better than new.

In short, you're obviously looking for a good knife sharpener if you're reading this. If you're a cheapskate, I easily have 20 s***ty as-seen-on-tv options, or worse, that I'd happily send your way if you'll pay the shipping. If you want a good knife sharpener for quality knives, or even a good knife sharpener to make the best of that crap your in-laws gave you for Christmas in 1986, buy this. You'll love it.

965 people found this helpful

I think that it's best for quick use on knives that you "use"

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2018

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

I think that it's best for quick use on knives that you "use", utilitarian.

This sharpener for 15 degree edges... not the European 20 degree edges, unless you want to convert them to 15 degree, in which it is very capable of doing it.

It is not good for knives that you actually "love". It sharpens really well and give you as good an edge as you would have used a whetstone, but it is not precise of the insertion point. So it is impossible to cosmetically retain the exact shape of your knives.

I would recommend this only if you just want a really sharp edge but not for knives that you actually wanted to "baby", like a Shun or a nice hand-forge treasure.

208 people found this helpful

A very nice product, with some issues

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

The good:
The sharpener, if used properly is great, but knives don’t come out as sharp as some people claim. Sharpness is definitely, even if it shouldn’t, a subjective thing.
Not going to complain, knifes are sharper that how they come from factory, which is more than enough for me.
I love the effortless factor of using this method. Unless you are a sharpener freak, you’ll love this machine. You can’t beat how fast and how good the knives turn out. If you appreciate your time and life, get one of these.
The bad:
You don’t have to, but you should finish the knives with a steel sharpening rod etc. Which is an inconvenience. I you don’t do that, you might experience the knife like getting slightly stuck while cutting, but you have to be a bit picky to tell. Any normal human without knife sharping obsession syndrome will be ok with the results.
Converting the knives to the new angle is “hard”. You could need less, or more, depending of how your knife is made. As per instructions, you have to pass the knife 20 times each side in stage 1. A bit time consuming at first, but after that you will never have to use the stage 1 ever again in a previously converted knife. I think my IKEA knifes didn’t needed as much, but I did the 20 pairs passes anyway.
Metal dust. I am very picky with any kind of contamination, and even if is not a mayor issue, the metal dust goes everywhere, including the air, so if I was you I will be wearing a mask. I started to feel a bit sick after sharpening a couple of knifes. If you can, do it outside.
Other thoughts:
To talk about technicalities about this product and knife sharpening is absurd. You paid around $125, don’t expect miracles…
If I was you I would watch some videos first on how to use it. An important rule is to let the machine to guide the blade, you’re not in charge of that, except for pulling. A bit of extra pressure down, left or right, will scratch your knives. You hear is sharpening, don’t push down any further, and don’t even try to create an angle yourself, that’s what the guide angles in the machine are for. You can scratch your knives with any sharpening method anyway.
I also had those weird noises and vibrations at first, but it seems that everything tends to settle inside the machine, and those noises and vibrations go away, so just give the machine a chance before quickly returning.
The best purchase ever, you can't beat this for the money.

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121 people found this helpful

Very disappointed...

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2018

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

Sorry to say but very disappointed. Axel rattles...stones grided against guides and it doesn't take clevers well...to thick. I examined the blade under rhe telescope in my workshop...if that's a 15° blade...I think not. For $132 I expected more. I was between this and a $58 unit...should've gone with it. I choose this one because of the diamond stones...too bad.
Bottom line...not worth $132.

132 people found this helpful

Please read! Your “new” unit may be used

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2019

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

My unit was supposed to be new. If you want to be sure, underneath the unit is a small cover containing a magnet which catches the residual metal dust. Mine was completely covered with metal shavings!! Shame on Amazon!!

79 people found this helpful

Just what I needed.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016

Size: 3-stagePattern Name: SharpenerVerified Purchase

I am not a chef. I am not a knife connoisseur. I am just a regular guy that loves to cook, have a half dozen knives and like to keep them sharp. My lot consists of a Victorinox Santoku (my most expensive one), a Chicago Cutlery chefs knife that I love because it was mi first knife and it has a very comfortable wooden handle, a serrated bread one probably from Bed bath anb beyond, a smaller IKEA 5" chefs knife for my kids because it is perfect size for their hands and a couple 3" and 4" paring knives I got from my mother in law that have no brand and look very proletariat.

Really, that is all the knives I need. I never felt the need for any expensive knives as the ones I have were great...when they were sharp.
I do have a steel I use before using the knives, but they were not near where they should have been.

I have used flat stones. Found it difficult to keep the angle of the knife consistent and I never got decent results.
Searched for a better method and came across the Spyderco system. Got that as it seemed simpler since the angle issue was taking care of. I got better results, but still, not extremely sharp. Looked at videos to see what I was doing wrong, but still could not get good results. Then I read about the Trizor XV in Cooks Illustrated and I thought, hmmm, this looks like the thing for me.

So, it arrived today and I spent no time in getting to work on my knives. Love the heft of the apparatus, the functional, yet industrial design and best of all that it did not require me to take lessons from a Nepalese monk on some forsaken mountain on the third full moon of a leap year surrounded by happy goats and a couple oxen to get my knives sharp!

Man, this thing simply just works. My knives got REALLY sharp. I was able to find the infamous burr (which I never got with the other methods, even after lighting a few candles to the knife goddess). The directions are simple, the operation is simple, the knives get sharp. What else do any of us mere mortals need? I got some grapes (no tomatoes on hand) that were a bit too soft and was able to cut veeeeeery thin slices without applying any pressure, simply by the weight of the knife.

I am sure all the other methods out there are great and do an amazing job, they just don't work for me. As much as I would like to sit in my porch, a piece of straw sticking from my mouth while my hands massage my knife along a stone telling some punk kid in my best Australian accent "that is not a knife, this is a knife!" the reality is that between band practice, basketball practice, dance, Boy Scouts and all the other crap my kids get to do, I just need something a normal human can use and get awesome results in a sort amount of time.

If that is you, you should get this thing. It really works very well. The noise is just a humming sound and not loud at all, then again my son is a drummer and I think that is fine too, so. But really, fairly quiet.
Just pull on the left, then the right side. After a few times,12 in my first knife, I was able to feel the damn burr. Then unto stage 2, same thing, then stropping stage and voila, damn sharp knife!
Like all of you normal people, I was worried about all those comments the master sharpening people out there make about how much steel this things remove. Well, let me tell you that after doing 6 knives, the amount of shavings captured by the magnet were enough to build me a small steel cottage in the country. Seriously now, there were shavings, but what can I say, it will probably take a lifetime of sharpening to make it noticeable on the knives.

So take it from this middle age family man and stop wondering if you should get this mechanical, uncomplicated wonder and just do it. You won't be disappointed.

196 people found this helpful

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