HORL 2 Cruise Rolling Knife Sharpener for Straight Edge Knife Sharpening Kit for Kitchen Knives Engineered in Germany with Industry Diamonds for Steel of any hardness with 20 Degrees

I've struggled for years with whetstones on all of my kitchen knives. The Horl put a killer edge on my Wusthof, a knife I had given up on for lack of ability to put a decent edge on it, in a few minutes. I'm sure it will handle the rest with equal ease.This was reviewed in the WSJ some time back; a Miami chef was raving about it for her sous chefs, the time it saved getting a good edge without ruining the blade. I wish I had gotten it sooner. The price put me off but, really, it's about the price of a good whetstone.

Knife sharpener worked well

This is perhaps the best knife sharpener that I have ever used! I am a culinary enthusiast and appreciate a very sharp blade when preparing food. This is, perhaps, the simplest and most exact method for sharpening a blade for the home cook.My only criticism is that I wish that it had an adjustable guide bar/platform to keep my fingers further from the blade. For standard blades, the design is perfect! However, for smaller blades or extra large or tall blades, you have to be a little creative to protect your fingers.Overall, job well done! It’s a bit pricier than some of the other options but worth the investment. I have already recommended this product to several of my friends that also love to cook.

Easy to use and it does the job.

I could get a better edge on my kitchen knives using my whetstones, but it usually takes at least twenty minutes per knife. They are Scandia brand. There are better knives out there, but they are much more expensive, and the Scandia are fine for all around kitchen jobs. I got the Horl Cruise 2 roller sharpener. It works. It only took a few minutes, and I had seven knives, from a large butcher knife down to the boning and paring knives and my pocketknife done. I tried them on an overripe tomato. They were all able to make almost paper-thin slices. My only gripe is that the holding block for angling the blade has only a twenty-degree holder. Maybe I read the ad wrong, but I thought it came with a fifteen- and twenty-degree block. Not a deal breaker. Twenty degrees will get the job done.

I’m not great at finding Christmas presents for my cooking husband, but he even posted on Facebook about how cool this is. It really works and will help me since I can’t use the sharpening steel very well.

Average sharpener. You'll need a whetstone for a good edge. However, on knives with no edge, this unit will produce an decent edge. But you have to work at it.

Previously I had purchased a SHARPAL Diamond Sharpening Stone and spent a couple hours going through all my knives with it. I thought I did rather well, the knives were sharper and I was happy. I had kept going back and forth between a rolling sharpener and the stone and decided to save the money and get the stone. Well I watched a few videos on YouTube and the rolling sharpener just kept nagging at me so I decided to give it a try.As well as I thought I did over a few hours with the sharpening stone, I achieved a much sharper and more consistent edge with the Horl in about 3-5min per knife. I'm blown away at how efficient it was. I opted for the Cruise since it uses the same diamond disc as the standard and the stainless steel honing side will work fine with my knives.I am sure you can get an even sharper edge with time, practice and skill using a diamond stone but I'm not interested in putting in that effort when my main purpose is to keep my kitchen knives sharp. This was so effortless I will have no problem taking it out to tidy up my knives any time rather than the weight of having to dedicate time to use a stone.I gave this 4 stars because as well as this works, the materials/engineering does not warrant this price tag. $99 I feel would be more fair but as said previously, the performance worked very well so I will be keeping it.