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How to use the appliance
Your Andrew James knife sharpener
will sharpen carbon, alloy and
stainless steel knives.
It is designed to sharpen kitchen
knives and most sporting knives.
Do not attempt to sharpen scissors,
serrated electric knives, or any blade
that does not fit freely in the blade
guides.
For best results, moisten the bottom
of the suction feet of the knife
sharpener and place the unit on a flat
stable surface. Connect the power
plug to a suitable power outlet and
turn the unit on by pressing the ON/
OFF switch.
The knife sharpener has two stages of
sharpening, for precision grinding and
fine honing. The precision slots are
situated on the left of the ON/OFF
switch and the fine honing slots are
situated on the right of the ON/OFF
switch. Each function has two slots to
sharpen each side of the knife. When
using the knife sharpener on your
knives for the first time, begin with
the precision grinding.
Precision grinding
1.
Precision
grinding
begins
by
sharpening and creating a precision
angled edge.
2.
Slowly draw the knife towards
yourself through both blade guide
slots in stage 1 (Fig 1) three times,
alternating passes between the two
slots.
3.
The knifes cutting edge should be
kept parallel with the table or
counter top (Fig 1) and drawn
through the slots without using any
downward pressure. To sharpen the
tip, lift up the knife handle slightly as
the curved portion of the blade is
drawn through the blade guides.
4.
When drawing the blade through
the blade guides, allow approx. one
second for every two inches of
blade. For example 6 inch knife = 3
seconds for each pass.
Fine Honing
1.
Complete the knife sharpening
process by honing and polishing the
knife to a precise razor sharp edge.
2.
Slowly draw the knife through the
