When you sharpen your knife with a 'normal' sharpening stone, you move the knife over a sharpening stone. With a thriving factory in the Black Forest the brand is now expanding into the international market. With the rubber wheels on the roller gripping the work surface, this does need the user to force the roller to twist round and get the hang of following the angle near the tip. It's a bit smaller than I thought it would be and it's a bit tiring to use because of how it needs to be gripped.

All our products are intended for use in a commercial environment and are of a quality level demanded by professionals and serious cooks. You can see how the edge-to-stone angle is maintained and allows sharpening by rolling the sharpener backwards and forwards.Grip the rubber wheel firmly and simply unscrew the stone you want to change; then screw in the replacement.

As contributor Melissa Knific noted when testing knife sharpeners, the magnets that hold the knife in place on the Horl are much stronger. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The HORL ® S-Pad F or Stepless Flexibility In Grinding The combination of strong neodymium magnets and the HORL ® S-Pad ensures that the knife is securely fixed during sharpening.But, whenever you’re asking about whether a technology that offers an easier solution is good, you should be asking, good compared to what? Finally, the grinding disc and honing disc (which, on the Tumbler is stainless steel instead of ceramic), can’t be replaced like they can on the Horl. With a constant 20° grinding angle and proven combination of diamonds and stainless steel, it ensures precise grinding results every time. From the minute I saw the Horl 2 Knife Sharpener, I immediately thought what a great-looking product it is.

The Horl 2 consists of a barrel shaped, two-sided sharpening device and a magnetic angled knife holder block. To use it, put the magnet on a flat surface, hold it in place with one hand for stability and stick a knife on the angled side you want to use. Those first two are perfectly reasonable solutions, but they come with some well-documented downsides.

Just make sure to repeat the same motion and repetitions on the other side of the blade’s edge for consistency. It performs great, and for someone who was not great, and maybe lacked some confidence when it came to sharpening knives, this product hits the mark for me. Outdoors, also provides many pocket knives with a stable cutting edge and excellent sharpness for everyday use. The views expressed in this summary table are from the point of view of the reviewer’s personal use. The diameter of the Horl 2 is 2″ so as long as you don’t have a knife bigger than this the Horl 2 will work fine.