Illustrated below is the angle the roller needs to be moved to sharpen this knife all the way to the tip. The newly developed assembly, incorporating ball bearings, give it a smooth rolling feel and an ultra-sharp knife. It offers interchangeable grinding discs, and a Magnetic Angle Support with a 15 grinding angle for a filigree edge, and a 20 grinding angle for a robust blade.

If the tomato bends and squishes under your blade, then it’s time to sharpen for up to a minute and hone for a similar amount of time.The roller allows you to sharpen your blades with a fixed diamond sharpening disk by making a simple rolling motion, which also eliminates any whetstone soaking time. The views expressed in this summary table are from the point of view of the reviewer’s personal use. Next, set the roller on the counter next to the knife blade roll the coarse abrasive slowly along the edge of the knife—I’ve found that 30–45 seconds per side is enough. If you are someone who, for whatever reason, is not sharpening your knives every month or two, this is absolutely a problem solver.

If for some reason we are unable to deliver within this time, we will contact you to let you know when to expect them.Deputy food editor Hana Asbrink said of her experience, “What I love about the Horl is that it takes out the intimidating guesswork (math work! The secret to quick and effective sharpening is maintaining the correct angle of both the sharpener and the blade.

Epicurious may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. It performs great, and for someone who was not great, and maybe lacked some confidence when it came to sharpening knives, this product hits the mark for me. The HORL 2 comes with two sharpening discs: a diamond-coated sharpening disc (J400 grit) and a ceramic sharpening disc (J1000 grit).

Its integrated grooves ensure a smooth knife edge and eliminate any loose metal particles that remain. This introduces challenges of maintaining the edge angle all through the sweep of the edge on any sharpening system. So you have probably gathered from reading this article that I am a fan of the Horl 2 Knife Sharpener.