Knife Notes – Chris Hyde

I get a lot of questions about knife sharpeners. The basic question is “What is the best knife sharpener?”. Although there is no one product that I would say is the best, of the ones I have used there are a few I would recommend.

It is important to keep in mind that it is not necessarily just the sharpener that makes the difference; it is as much the habit of keeping your knife sharp on an ongoing basis. That’s why I recommend using a simple sharpener every time you use your knife. Depending the model you’ll only need to give your knife a couple of swipes.

This works to insure that you always have a sharp knife and a knife that will rarely need to have a more “profound” sharpening.

What I use for my every use sharpener is called a Warthog V-sharp. It’s easy to use, takes up little space and the spring trension design is easy on your blades. I don’t have any affiliation with this company, but I got one 10 years ago or so and really like it.

I wanted to mention that there was an article in The Washington Post that I was a part of that goes further into depth on this. You can see it here:

Washington Post Knife Sharpening Article

For those of you who don’t keep up with the “eternal edge” idea, your knives are going to get to a point where you will have to pull out the bigger guns.

There are a lot of good electric sharpeners out there and I have not used them all. Of the ones that I have used I like Chef’s Choice 130. It is worth reading the instructions for the best results. For the purposes of full disclosure I mention that I do sell this on my website. But I sell it because I bought one and really liked it.

Thanks for reading,

Chris Hyde

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