1 and Stage 2 are designed for only sharpening knives, not for sharpening scissors
or other tools.
CAUTION! Always keep fingers behind the guard rib. Handle the
sharpened knives with care - - they can be extremely sharp!
hOw tO uSe Specialty diaMOnd Sharpening padS
The Chef’sChoice
®
Diamond Hone
®
480KS come with auxiliary diamond sharpen-
ing or honing pads that provide additional sharpening capabilities. It also features
a magnetic holder on the handle (See Figure 2) so sharpening pads can be easily
interchanged. Their use is described below.
diaMOnd abraSive Sharpening padS
The Chef’sChoice
®
480KS with the coarse diamond abrasive pad (mounted on
top of the handle) can be used as a sharpening stone to presharpen extremely
dull knives, before sharpening them in the two-stage sharpening section. Put the
sharpener on a secure work surface. Hold by the two-stage sharpening section
(not the handle!) with fingers safely behind the guard rib.
Position the knife blade at about a 20° angle to the pad (See Figure 6). Pull the
blade in a smooth motion
away
from the edge. Use only light pressure. Alternate
sides, sharpening one side of the edge
then the other. Continue until the edge
is reasonably sharp. Then use the two-
stage sharpening section to produce
a razor-sharp edge. Diamonds can-
sharpen any material, including stain-
less steel alloys and tool steel. The
coarse diamond abrasive pad mounted
on the model 480KS can also be used
like a file to sharpen hatchets and other
cutting tools (Fig. 7).
Figure 7: Sharpening an axe with the
coarse pad.
Figure 6: Pre-sharpening a knife with
coarse pad: correct angle and motion.
Figure 5: Auxiliary coarse pad (on
handle) and fine diamond pad.
