Official As Seen On TV Bavarian Edge Kitchen Knife Sharpener by BulbHead, Sharpens, Hones, & Polishes Serrated, Beveled, Standard Blades

I had a block full of dull knifes and was considering buying all new, but I seen this sharpener on my brother-in-laws counter.. we were getting a brisket trimmed for a smoke . He swiped the knife a few time and it became razor sharp. I immediately ordered it. My knifes are finally sharp!!

Many of the reviews for this product are negative, but my suspicion is that people may have used very dull knives that have never been sharpened or have been sharpened badly. If a blade is not sharpened properly, it will not have a good bevel on the edge, and using this sharpener as recommended will not overcome a badly beveled edge It may be necessary to use many more swipes than the recommended ones to restore a good bevel.Once a good bevel has been achieved, the recommended number of passes using the "Fine" instructions, followed by the recommended honing passes can leave a very nice, serviceable edge.In the pictures, you see two knife edges under a 10x magnifying loupe. The edge on the right is a "reference" edge, which is the edge of a Wusthof paring knife that has been well cared for but this knife was reasonably sharp to start with, and I used the recommended number of passes to get the edge you see in the picture.The knife on the left is an inexpensive paring knife that has seen hard service with little care. When I first sharpened it, because the edge was in bad shape and the bevel was kind of thick, the initial edge was simply to fat to be able to put a good bevel on with the six or seven passes the instructions recommend. In fact, it took me maybe 25 or 30 passes with inspection under the loupe before I felt like a new bevel had been created. From here, I did about 10 passes using the "Fine" edge instructions, then about the same number using the hone directions (knife level to the ground with back and forth strokes rather than just the draw strokes used for coarse and fine edging. The result is actually quite good! The primary difference here between this job and a professional sharpening is in the polish. The Wusthof shows that it has a much smoother edge, but the angle and the bevel on the cheap knife is now quite identical and while it lacks the mirror finish one could achieve with an 8000 grit whetstone, it is very questionable to me if this would be worth doing. I mean if it was a professional, at the prices charged, I would expect a mirror finish, but now that the cheap knife has been re-beveled and honed, it is cutting like new again. This is a cheap knife and will likely not hold a sharp edge for long, but now that it has a good bevel on it again, just a few moments of time when it is starting to loose the fine edge should quickly and easily make it serviceable again.I am not a professional knife sharpener, but I do use a whetstone on my knives and I have to say that it is a lot of work and it requires patience and skill to get a superior edge, but of the home sharpenters I have used (including electric), I have to say that the Bavarian Edge really surprised me. While it did not sharpen this badly blunted knife with the minimal effort that would be needed to maintain a good blade, I was still able to relatively easily bring this knife back to a very sharp edge and this sharpener seems like it will make it very easy to maintain that edge.I think it is an excellent value and better than that, for someone that does not have the skill and time to use a stone to get a mirror finish, this is maybe as good as you are going to do sharpening knives at home. I am very impressed with this because it is easy to use, and in my opinion, if you take the time to make sure you have put on a good bevel, this device will give you a very sharp and serviceable edge.

This is the perfect gadget to have. We use it all the time.

Amazing ! read the directions and youll have sharp knives again

Takes Time To Set The Edge - I have been using this device for 6 months. It is great. Some of the other posts show manufacturing defects and failure of the item, but mine is well made and holding up just fine to daily use. I do not sharpen serrated knives on it. I do sharpen High Carbon and Stainless kitchen knives just fine. On a few blades I had to redress the angle of the edge to about 15° to accommodate the devices sharpening edges. I used a more aggressive sharpening stone to do this. If not at 15° you just wear the device out trying to get down to the proper edge angle. Now all my straight edges are sharp with just a few stokes. I will get another before they get hard to find.

This knife sharpener definitely gets a knife sharp. However, we are butchers and use constantly. This sharpener does not last very long at all - under constant use. I would recommend for the occasional user, but not to be used continuously.

The label on the bottom of the sharpener tells you exactly what you need to know! Somehow I missed this label, which is bright yellow and should stand out. Once I did though, I learned how to coarse sharpen the blade, which made the fine sharpening go really, really well. All my kitchen knives are sharper than they were when brand new. I wish I had discovered this style sharpener years ago!

Didn't think something like this would actually work as well as it does but this thing is no joke. It only takes maybe 15-20 seconds to sharpen each knife, and I would say the results are about 90% as good as using a sharpening stone.In addition to successfully restoring all my frequently-used knives with ease, I tested it on a dull kitchen knife that I rarely ever use, and I can't believe that I got it effortlessly slicing pieces of printer paper, with so little work on my end. What's especially impressive is that it even works on serrated knives, this is the first time that my bread knife has worked this well since I bought it.My one complaint is the fact that this is mostly made of plastic, I would have been more than happy to pay more for a version made of more durable materials. But, I am truly impressed, I figured it would work but I didn't realize it would work so well, so quickly, and on so many different kinds of knives.