Chef's Choice EdgeSelect-Pro Diamond Hone 125 Instruction Manual
instruction manual
EdgeSelect-Pro™ Diamond Hone®
Knife Sharpener Model 125
Read instructions before use.
It is essential that you follow these
instructions to achieve optimal results.
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imPortant saFEGuarDs
When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be
followed including the following:
1. Read all instructions.
2. To protect against electrical hazards, do not immerse the Chef’sChoice
®
Knife
Sharpener in water or other liquid.
3. Make sure only clean knife blades are inserted in the Chef’sChoice
®
Knife Sharpener.
4. Unplug from outlet when not in use, before putting on or taking off parts and
before cleaning.
5. Avoid contacting moving parts.
6. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or after the appliance
malfunctions, or is dropped or damaged in any manner.
U.S. customers: You may return your sharpener to EdgeCraft Corporation for service
where the cost of repair or electrical or mechanical adjustment can be estimated. When
the electrical cord on this appliance is damaged, it must be replaced by EdgeCraft
Corporation or other qualified service to avoid the danger of electrical shock.
Outside U.S.: Please return your sharpener to your local distributor where the cost of repair
or electrical or mechanical adjustment can be estimated. If the supply cord of this
appliance is damaged, it must be replaced by a repair facility appointed by the
manufacturer because special tools are required. Please consult your EdgeCraft
Corporation distributor.
7. CAUTION! This appliance may be fitted with a polarized plug (one blade is wider than
the other). To reduce the risk of electric shock, this plug will fit in a polarized outlet
only one way. If the plug does not fit fully in the outlet, reverse the plug. If it still does
not fit, contact a qualified electrician. Do not modify the plug in any way.
8. The use of attachments not recommended or sold by EdgeCraft Corporation may
cause fire, electric shock or injury.
9. The Chef’sChoice
®
EdgeSelect-Pro™ Knife Sharpener is designed to sharpen kitchen
knives, pocket knives and most sports knives. Do not attempt to sharpen scissors,
ax blades or any blade that does not fit freely in the slots.
10. Do not let the cord hang over edge of table or counter or touch hot surfaces.
11. When in the “ON” position (Red flash on switch is exposed when “on”) the
Chef’sChoice
®
Knife Sharpener should always be on a stable countertop or table.
12. WARNING: KNIVES PROPERLY SHARPENED ON YOUR CHEF’SCHOICE
®
KNIFE
SHARPENER WILL BE SHARPER THAN YOU EXPECT. TO AVOID INJURY, USE AND
HANDLE THEM WITH EXTREME CARE. DO NOT CUT TOWARD ANY PART OF YOUR
FINGERS, HAND OR BODY. DO NOT RUN FINGER ALONG EDGE. STORE IN A SAFE MANNER.
13. Do not use outdoors.
14. Close supervision is necessary when any appliance is used by or near children.
15. Do not use honing oils, water or any other lubricant with the Chef’sChoice
®
EdgeSelect-Pro
™
Diamond Hone® Knife Sharpener.
16.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
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rofessional chefs and serious cooks rely on the Chef’sChoice®
EdgeSelect-Pro
™
Diamond Hone® Knife Sharpener Model 125
to maintain high performance edges on their favorite knives.
With your Chef’sChoice
®
Knife Sharpener you will share the same professional advantage with knives of astonishing sharpness and durability.
The Chef’sChoice
®
Knife Sharpener incorporates the latest sharpening
technology, to create advanced performance edges on all your fine-edge
and serrated knives.
You will find the Chef’sChoice
®
Knife Sharpener extremely fast, simple
and safe to use on all quality knives. Please read this instruction booklet
thoroughly before using the sharpener to optimize your sharpening results.
Chefs acknowledge the value of a fine cutting edge for elegant food
preparation. As an owner of the Chef’sChoice
®
EdgeSelect-Pro™ Diamond
Hone
®
Knife Sharpener Model 125 you have the means to create edges of
perfection, sharpness and durability previously unobtainable with even the
world’s most expensive commercial sharpening systems. You will find it is a joy
to sharpen and use your knives but also remember, the edge is incredibly sharp!
The Chef’sChoice
®
EdgeSelect-Pro™ Diamond Hone® Knife Sharpener
Model 125 creates demonstrably superior multifacet edges on knives of
any steel – carbon, stainless or alloy of any hardness. Edges sharpened
on the Chef’sChoice
®
EdgeSelect-Pro™ Diamond Hone® Knife Sharpener
Model 125 are much sharper and stay sharp longer than conventional and
hollow ground edges.
You can easily and very quickly sharpen the entire cutting edge of your
favorite knives, from the tip to the handle or bolster. The highly precise edges
will reward you with years of superior knife performance.
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DiamonD honE® kniFE sharPEnEr moDEl 125
The unique Chef’sChoice® EdgeSelect-Pro™ Diamond Hone® Knife Sharpener Model 125 is
designed to sharpen each knife according to your intended use, whether it is gourmet food
preparation, butchering, dressing of game or filleting of fish. You can sharpen knives with
either straight or serrated edges. This 3-stage sharpener has two precision conical sharpening/
honing stages with fine 100% diamond abrasives and one polishing/stropping stage using
flexible abrasive disks. These stages can be used in different sequences to give you either an
astonishingly sharp, smooth faceted edge for effortless cutting and presentations or one with a
selected amount of residual “bite” along the facets. The edge is ultra sharp and non-serrated.
This residual “bite” is created by precisely polished micro flutes that are formed on the facet
surface by the ultra honing action of the stropping disks in Stage 3. You will find that these sharp
micro-flutes on each side of the ultra sharp and non-serrated cutting edge aid substantially in
those difficult cutting chores experienced with fibrous foods, meats, stalky vegetables, dressing
of game or household chores such as cutting cardboard, leather, carpet, etc.
The sharpening and honing/polishing actions are controlled by using precision angle guides for
the blade and precisely matched conically shaped abrasive disks. The sharpening angles are
several degrees larger in each successive stage.
Fine diamond-coated conical disks in Stage 1 create microgrooves along the facets on each
side of the edge, establishing the first angled bevel of the edge.
In Stage 2, finer microgrooves are created across the facets immediately adjacent to the edge
by still finer diamonds as they establish a well defined second bevel on the facets that is a few
degrees larger than the bevel developed in Stage 1.
In Stage 3, ultra fine abrasive disks are set at a third and slightly larger angle. They polish and
strop the facets immediately adjacent to the edge creating a third micro bevel and establish a
microscopically thin, straight and super polished edge of astonishing sharpness. The stropping
action simultaneously polishes and sharpens the boundaries of those microgrooves created by
the diamond abrasives in Stages 1 and 2 adjacent to the edge until they become sharp micro
flutes that will assist the cutting action of “difficult to cut” materials.
This unique 3-stage design gives you an edge of remarkable sharpness and, because of the
triple angle bevel it creates on each facet, you will note knives stay sharp much longer.
The following sections describe the general procedures for optimal sharpening in each stage
and then suggest how you can optimize the edge for your intended uses.
Unless you do a lot of heavy duty cutting, you will need to use Stage 1 only infrequently. One of the
important advantages of using the Chef’sChoice
®
EdgeSelect-Pro™ Diamond Hone® Knife Sharpener
Model 125 is that you can strop and polish your knives to razor sharp edges as often as needed and
yet experience little knife wear compared to older sharpening methods. Resharpening can usually
be done in Stage 3. Use Stage 2 less often for resharpening and use Stage 1 only for the heaviest
duty applications. (See Resharpening Section).
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