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gettIng to KnoW Your Sharpener
Before using your sharpener you may wish to become familiar with its features (Figure 1).
1. Place Chef’sChoice
®
Diamond Hone
®
Sharpener on a level table or kitchen counter surface.
Do not plug the sharpener cord into an outlet.
2. Pick up a kitchen knife (Figure 2) and place the heel area of the knife blade in any of the
sharpening slots (Figure 3). Loosen your grip. You will notice that the knife will be pulled to the
side of the slot and down into the slot by a magnet.
3. Then, while holding the knife with a secure yet relatively loose grip as in Figure 4, pull the
knife blade towards you while allowing the knife blade to lie against the magnet. Let the magnet
establish the blade angle. Except when sharpening the tip, keep the knife blade level with the
table. This is the sharpening grip to use.
Figure 2. Typical kitchen knife.
Heel
Bolster
Handle
Edge
Tip
Figure 3. Magnets control the blade angle.
Figure 1. Chef’sChoice
®
Professional Model 100.
Stage 1: Pre-sharpening slots
Left
Left
Left
Right
Right
Right
Stage 2: Sharpening slots Stage 3: Honing slots
On/Off
Switch
Clean out plug
Cover for
pre-sharpening
slots
