Chef’sChoice 15XV Professional Electric Knife Sharpener with Durable Metal Housing & 100-Percent Diamond Abrasives and Precision Angle Guides for Straight Edge and Serrated Knives, 3-Stage, Metallic

Follow the three-step process and your knives will have sharp cutting edges without annoying burrs or nicks. This product works beautifully. I like having sharp knives! This sharpener is easy to use and seems solidly built.

It's the closest to perfect I've found. I sharpened my high quality Japanese knives on whetstones for five years and never got the results I wanted. I tried the Work Sharp Pro system but it had problems; mainly that many knives wobbled in the holder. Keeping a perfectly consistent angle is the most important thing when sharpening knives.Which brings me to a tip on using this product. The manual is detailed and tells you exactly how to use the device, but there's one thing left out. The slots don't leave much wiggle room, but there is some. to get the sharpest edge, when you put a knife in a slot make sure to hold the knife firmly against the side of the slot farthest from the center to keep the angle perfect with no wobble. That one tip will help a great deal.Start with your less expensive and medium sized knives. There is a little learning curve how to insert it into the slots properly. Be patient, work slowly until you gain confidence. It is possible to scratch your good knives, but once you learn the technique you can trust this sharpener with your best knives even one with Damascus finishes. It is made for 15° sharpening so it is designed for Japanese knives. I have a couple of 20° German knives I successfully converted to 15° and they are very sharp now.One more tip. I bought the more expensive one which comes with the metal case instead of a plastic one. I'm glad i did. Besides being more durable the sharpener will get hot after working on 4 or 5 knives and the metal helps dissipate the heat.If there's a better product, I don't know what it is. 👍🏻Sharpness:I am able to get most knives to cut through paper. Usually not quite as sharp as brand new from the factory where a professional knife sharpener put the finishing touches on, but the closest I've ever got to perfection.

I had an older Chef's Choice 3 stage sharpener and really liked it but it was very old and not quite the angle I wanted for all my knives. I consider this model a major upgrade and it allowed me to take my knives to a 15 degree edge. Well worthe the price. I have lots of knives and I can now let sharpening keep me occupied and distracted from buying even more. I periodically run my knives through the 2 final stages and that keeps them very sharp. Can I get a little bit nicer edge with a whet stone? Yes, I think I do get a little bit better edge with a whet stone but this is much faster and easier. Buy this and make your old knives feel like brand new sharp knives.

I purchased Model 15XV from Amazon, and it works well. Be aware that that branding/labeling on the device is not exactly pictured as in the photo, and some differences in labeling (which I thought may be indicative of an imitation/fake). I did reach out to Chef's Choice support and they did indicate that the newest version as in these photos:1. Front of device has blank spot, does not include text "Model 15XV" where it is shown in older photos (and on older models).2. Model on Serial Number label shows "Model 15". Again, this is appropriate to Model 15XV.3. Manual shows "15 | Electric" on the cover, yet shows Model 15XV picture.As far as sharpening goes, I have an Edge Pro Apex manual knife sharpening system which I've used for 10 years (but infrequently) by comparison. The Chef's Choice definitely removes more material than the Edge Pro, and a lot more quickly. Is Chef's Choice faster? Arguably yes. I think the jury is still out on whether the end result is sharper. As another commenter mentioned, in the manual I received it does describe that this sharpens at 14 degrees per side (28 degrees total), so the 15 degrees is either a misnomer (or the manual has a typo).But in any case, I look forward to using it more, and updating my review once I've used it more.