“It overheats edges which drastically reduce edge life, and it removes way more material than neccesary which reduce the life of the knife by a lot too.”

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“It overheats edges which drastically reduce edge life, and it removes way more material than neccesary which reduce the life of the knife by a lot too.”
“I use it with the grinder attachment and think it's great.”
“have to be REAL careful with the more course bands because even at slow speed they take a lot of material off 8cr”
“Without the Blade Grinder Attachment, the guided knife apparatus has a tendency to scratch the edges of blades & if your not careful, will round off tips.”
“The blade grinding attachment I've found works incredibly well with the finish work for axes”
“It works but the steel is just poor quality and they don't hold a edge.”
“I ran my Kerduaw through it at the time, and the sucker came out looking like a kukri with the amount I took right off the belly”
“when I first used it I had it set to fastest instead of slowest speed aaaaaaaand I wore down a part of the blade near the handle”
“which I love …. And does a ridiculous job of creating an edge”
“waste of money for me. mines just collecting dust. only convex edges and it can scratch your blades up bad and round the tip if you dont know what youre doing.”
“It works great, and comes with very high grit belts. However, I don't want a convex edge on my kitchen knives. I also don't want metal shavings flying all over my kitchen.”
“All on a work sharp Ken onion edition.”
“I use a whetstone kit from Amazon, Work Sharp Ken & Onion edition (I have 3x now)”
“it's going to remove more steel than necessary from the blade. For someone in love with their blades, removing more steel than necessary is unthinkable.”
“Don’t buy a worksharp, invest in this instead. It’s a bit more, but it won’t destroy your knives”
“Sooooo worth it.”
“It's not for me. Removes too much too fast and I just prefer stones for more control.”
“it doesn't get a good working edge on a big knife in 30 seconds. Have to be careful not to take to much material off at once though.”
“I like the Work Sharp Ken onion edition knife sharpener.”
“I definitely shredded a couple knives the first year I had my sharpener. I actually lost more edge using a stone though.”
“I can't remember but I think one of the sides has a serious clearance issue.”
“I do it very fast with the work sharp, otherwise it gets very hot and takes off too much material.”
“razor sharp and better then new”
“I collect sharpeners and I wouldn’t even think to buy this!”