Razor Sharp: The Best Knife Sharpeners In 2022

With the Chef’s Choice 4643, your knives can be sharpened down to the tiniest detail. Once sharpened, the knife can then be honed and lastly polished with no rough or jagged edges left behind. The handle offers stability and extra grip for safety.

Both domestic kitchen knives and pen knives can be sharpened with ease in the three sharpening slots. With its high-speed performance, this top-notch sharpener has been designed to enhance the edge of any type of knife with a smooth cut. This kitchen knife sharpener works very well with Asian, European, and Western knives with 15 and 20 degrees knife edges. For more useful kitchen gadgets like this, check out our selection of the top electric can opener.

A well-sharpened knife’s edge is not as dangerous a dull edge, contrary to popular belief. Keep your knives safe to use and give them a smooth edge with the incredible Kitchellence 3-Stage Knife Sharpening Tool. This tool sharpens almost any type of knife you might have in your kitchen and comes fairly priced. It works wonders on dull knives and sharpening either right-handed or left-handed is easy with a non-directional handle.

Kitchellence, the manufacturer, cares about its user’s safety with the addition of a pair of protective gloves that can be worn throughout the sharpening process. This ensures a steady grip offering you total control and leaving no room for the sharpener to slip. All in all, this is a great tool that will bring your war with dull unworkable knives to an end. You are assured of nothing but the best and if you are not satisfied within 30 days of purchase, there is a money-back guarantee.

Sharpen your favorite straight edge and serrated knife using the Smith’s Consumer KitchenIQ 50009 Edge Grip 2-Stage Knife Sharpener. This sharpener comes with two slots; one coarse sharpener for working on damaged and dull surfaces, and a fine honing slot for honing and polishing the knife’s edges. With a few pulls through the slot, you are left with a brand new knife, ready for work. Although perfect for most types of knives, it’s important to note that this sharpener works best with straight-edged and double-beveled models. You can sharpen your good-steel serrated blades too, but do make sure you’re gentle.

Designed to give users a smooth finish, this knife sharpener boasts a firm base for sturdy and safe use leaving no marks on your sharpening surface. It also promises smooth results with no uneven edges in sight after sharpening. This is due to the fact that it can lay flat on any surface to prevent the dragging of the knife in the sharpening process. As for storage, the sharpener can be easily stacked away in any available space such as the kitchen cabinets thanks to its compact size.

Sharpening dull knives at home using manually operated knife sharpeners can be tiring for your arms. With the Presto 08800 Eversharp Electric Knife Sharpener, running electricity is all that is needed and in under one minute, a shiny and sharp knife is revealed. This electric knife sharpener comes with sharpening wheels that create a polished blade that won’t dull easily and will sharpen your favorite paring knives quickly.

All you need to do is place the knife blade in the correct sharpening position, you don’t have to worry about the required angles for optimum results. All in all, a fantastic electric sharpener is that’s probably one of the best of its kind, offering quick and effective results, justifying its price in every respect.

The Sunrise Pro Sharpener is not the most glamorous or expensive sharpener on our list but it does one thing extremely well: it sharpens just about any kind of knife to whatever level of precision you’re after. It’s easy to use and mounts securely on your countertop or table to help eliminate slip-related accidents. Versatility is what makes this sharpener shine.

The Sunrise Pro doesn’t have the pedigree of some other knife sharpeners on our list but it performs as advertised and that’s all that matters. For a relatively cheap price, you get to restore all the knives in your kitchen, steak knives and meat cleavers included, to near pristine condition. On top of that, you can also sharpen your pocket knives, paring knife, fillet knife, chef’s knife, and more! It’s easy to use and the nice strong suction cup on the bottom means you can put the band-aids away and sharpen knives quickly.

The Chef’s Choice 476 2-Stage Sharpener transforms your weary kitchen, pocket and hunting knives into razor-sharp cutting instruments with dependable ease. The sharpener is simple in concept, solid in its fabrication, and reliable in the way it goes about its business. The design is also free of right-hand bias which is good news for the lefty chefs out there.

The kind of tech we love: compact, reliable, durable, attractive, and cheap. Purists may feel that other sharpeners will produce a more perfect result but for 99% of the human race this sharpener will be everything the doctor ordered. Your blades stay sharp for a good long time thanks to the 2-stage sharpening process and if you’re a left-handed chef, you’ll love the fact that it works just as effectively for you as for anyone else.

Our second entry from Chef’s Choice is the 463 Pronto Santoku. This manual sharpener is super simple to use and delivers fast, sharp results every time. While this is a “2-stage” system there’s nothing complicated about it. One slot is for coarse sharpening and the other for honing. Both stages utilize diamond abrasive surfaces so your blades will retain their edge for a long time.

For this type of handheld manual sharpener the 463 does an extraordinary job thanks mostly to the diamond abrasive wheels. You get an edge that’s both razor sharp and burr-free as if you spent an hour working the edge on an oil stone. If people make a mistake with the 463 it’s that they assume more pressure is needed than actually is. Keep in mind though that it really shines on serrated and straight-edged, double bevel Asian-style knives.

DMT has a long history of creating industry-leading knife sharpeners and associated products that are known for their quality and reliability. The DMT CS2 12-inch Ceramic Stick is another fine example of their ability to create simple, affordable and dependable products that are easy to use and get the job done with minimal fanfare.

A great sharpener and honing device for all your kitchen knives, the CS2 also makes a smart addition to a family camping trip. It will also do a bang-up job on your hunting, pocket, boning knife, and more. As mentioned, it does require just a bit of getting used to in order to achieve optimal results but nothing too involved. A simple, effective, no-frills sharpener that sharpens knives quickly and rid you of that dull blade.

The final Chef’s Choice sharpener on our list is the 316 Diamond Sharpener. This one is at its best when used to sharpen Asian-style knives and it does so with unflinching effectiveness and speed. This is a compact, 2-stage electric sharpener that produces the 15-degree edge so favored in Asian cutlery. Ideal for the preparation of sashimi or sushi.

The Chef’s Choice 316 sharpener will restore your dull knives to professional sharpness. It’s a great, reliable, well-built kitchen appliance that requires no special knowledge or setup. The precision guides of the 2-stage system make sure the blade is firmly held at the correct angle so that optimal sharpening is realized with minimal fuss. Great for your Asian-style knives, like Santoku knives and sushi knives, or those you’d like to endow with an Asian-type edge for some precision cutting.

The Whetstone 2-Sided Sharpening Stone is made from professional grade corundum and will sharpen everything from a razor blade to a cleaver and even a machete, should you happen to have a machete lying about that needs sharpening. I have one, don’t you? This knife block is the simplest type of sharpener but there is obviously a great deal of thought put into the product.

This may not be the easiest-to-use sharpener, but once you get up to speed, you’ll likely enjoy the process and achieve professional quality results time and again. Sure, it’s not fancy and doesn’t have a sleek, chrome plated design but it works. A well-cared-for Whetstone can last you for years, if not decades.

The AccuSharp Sharpener is proof that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. While it looks like something used to attach buttons to shirts it’s actually one of the most cost-effective means around for restoring a professional edge to your dull knives. It’s compact, screwed together rather than glued so it’s sturdy, and its diamond coated tungsten carbide wheels create an edge that will last.

This is a great sharpener for budget conscious cooks. You can use it with equal facility whether you’re right or left handed, it has a convenient finger guard to cut down on accidents and most important, it only takes a few swipes on a regular basis to keep your knives in tip-top condition. It’s not glamorous. It won’t add anything substantive to your kitchen decor. But it will ensure your knives are always ready for whatever dish you have in mind.