Is this an electric knife sharpener?
1570243
No , you just pull the blade through the washers by hand and get a razor edge
1570244
No it is not electric. It is a very simple sharpener. You can look it up on youtube and see exactly how it works. Very simple and very effective.
333679
Do not use it on shun knives because they are ground to a different angle than most knife sharpeners. Shun does make an electric sharpener designed specifically for Shun knives. I have it and it works very well on my set of Shun knives. I am a cheff and can not tolerate knives that are sharp.
909856
Doesn't appear to be but knives are very sharp! Buy the knife sharpener which also sharpens electric knife blades and any knife you have
653305
No. This is not a good sharpener. It breaks the tips off pencils frequently. You would better off with a manual sharpener
1194623
yes..its a great machine. Used to pay someone to sharpen knives, costing $15 to $20 per knife--this does a far far better job, and its always available. Love it, actually!
939338
The thing you call a "little white plastic thing" is the knife sharpener. It is not an electric sharpener. Just drag the knife blade between the little white pieces manually and it sharpens the knife. The little white pieces are probably ceramic or similar material. The sharpener works, but it's not exactly great. You can see a picture of this sharpener in use on the Hamilton Beach web site.
1149676
Yes it works well. I sharpened my pocket knife and a few of my cutlery knives.
194875
Yes, this is an electric autoharp. It works great and has a wonderful sound. Only problem I have had is one of the keys sticks once in a while.
98296
No, but it is really simple to use. I was able to sharpen all my kitchen knives in just 10 minutes.
1156747
Yes, it is electric and on my third use of it, it quit working. kaput. dead. gone.
1467805
No, it doesn't but it's so sharp that you won't need to sharpen it for a while, and the price is worth buying a knife sharpener separately (if needed). I've only used it for Sushi so it's still pretty sharp.
1633728
I've never used any other electric sharpener. I always used the Norton triple stone system. Since I've bought this sharpener my knives haven't been this sharp since I bought them. I have Wustoff knives but I also have various knives from other brands as well as pocket knives. This sharpener works on all of them perfectly.
1824779
No, it's a great sharpener for steel knives and scissors. Ceramic blades require a diamond stone and should be powered for best results. The other issue with ceramic knives is their tendency to crack or break off due to stress cracks formed by pressure and loose bits. I leave mine to be be done by the manufacturer or other professional. Steel knives, no problem, I do it myself with products such as this one.
580570
I have not attempted to sharpen it. I use it for cutting and scraping dough.
841546
no it is powered by ac adapter only..Great unit..It has self sharpening blades so no need to worry if the blades will go dull..I just bought a second unit for my other house..i recommend it if you want to prevent cross contamination
159409
No it is not, it is sharp but not hand sharpened and not sharp enough for immediate use. However it is easy to sharpen if you are slightly expeienced.
510546
Sure, but I wouldn't recommend it. I bought it for the cheap house knives at my restaurant. I sharpen all of MY knives by hand still