Japanese knives tend to be lighter and sharpened to a finer angle. Historically, that edge was about 20 degrees, but nowadays, some German knives are coming factory-sharpened to a finer, 15-degree angle, as is the case with our Henckels knife. German knives tend to be made from thicker steel and are sharpened to a broader edge. Henckels Forged Premio 8-Inch Chef’s Knife, which is a German-style knife, and the Global G-2 8-inch Chef’s Knife, a Japanese blade. To assess knife sharpeners, I took two standout knives from our recent test of the best chef’s knives: The J.A. Here’s a quick look at the sharpeners I evaluated: In each case, I looked for top-selling, highly rated items, and scoured all corners of the internet to find the sharpeners that home cooks seem to love. I also included the Work Sharp Precision Adjust Knife sharpener, which operates on a similar principle to the Wasabi but costs about $60 less. And in a nod to my early obsession with infomercials, I had to include the Wasabi Knives’ Iki Ruixin Pro-a fascinating tool that resembles a medieval torture device and has been dominating the ad space in my Instagram feed for about a year now. I also wanted to include at least one traditional whetstone, since it’s how I first learned, and frankly, it was the only way to sharpen knives for thousands of years.
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I knew that would include traditional offerings you see at retail, like electric countertop and manual sharpeners from big brands such as Chef’s Choice and Presto. To find the best knife sharpeners out there, I wanted to try models that were distinctly different in design. That’s not to say any knife is fine-we found significant differences and clear favorites in CR’s evaluation of chef’s knives.īut I’d rather cut with a crummy knife that has been recently sharpened than a stellar knife with a dull blade. I’ve used hundreds of knives-in culinary school, working in professional kitchens, and now as the resident chef at home-and I can tell you that the real magic isn’t always in the knife so much as in the sharpening.
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