MODEL 320 Instructions FlexHone/Strop® Diamond Hone® Sharpener Read these instructions before use. It is essential that you follow these instructions to achieve optimum results. © 2013 EdgeCraft Corp.
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® in water or other liquid. 3. Make sure that only clean knife blades are inserted in the Chef’sChoice®. 4. Unplug from outlet when not in use, before putting on or taking off parts and before cleaning. 5. Avoid contacting moving parts. 6.
You Made a Good Choice Professional chefs and serious cooks world-wide rely on Chef’sChoice® Diamond Hone® sharpeners to maintain high performance multi-bevel edges on their favorite cutlery. Now with your Chef’sChoice® Professional Model 320 you will share the professional advantage with knives of astonishing sharpness and durability.
Understanding the Model 320 Diamond Hone® Sharpener The unique Chef’sChoice® Diamond Hone® Sharpener is designed to sharpen knives with either straight or serrated edges. This two (2) stage sharpener has a precision conical sharpening / honing stage with fine 100% diamond abrasives and a unique polishing/stropping stage using proprietary flexible abrasive disks.
Unless you have special blades designed to be sharpened primarily on one side of the edge (such as Asian Kataba blades) you will want to sharpen equally in the right and left slots of each stage you use. This will ensure that the facets on each side of the edge are of equal size and that the edge will cut straight at all times. When sharpening in either stage, the knife should, on sequential strokes, be pulled alternately through the left slot and the right slot of that Stage.
as possible to its bolster or handle. If the blade is curved, lift the handle slightly as you sharpen near the tip of the knife, keeping the blade edge approximately parallel to the table. Sharpen the entire blade length. For an eight (8) inch blade each pull should take about 5 seconds. Pull shorter blades through in 2-3 seconds and longer blades in 6 seconds. Next, repeat with one full length pull in the right slot of Stage 1. Note: Each time you insert the blade, simultaneously pull the blade toward you.
Optimizing the Knife Edge Gourmet Food Preparation: Where the finest and smoothest cuts are preferred in preparing smooth, unmarked sections of fruits or vegetables, sharpen in Stage 1 and 2 as described above and make extra pulls through Stage 2. Three or more pairs of pulls with each pull alternating in the left and right slots of Stage 2 will refine the second facet and create remarkably smooth and sharp edges, (Figure 7) ideal for the gourmet chef.
edge of these teeth. Generally five (5) to ten (10) pairs of alternating pulls in Stage 2 will be adequate. If the serrated knife is very dull more pulls will be needed. If the knife edge has been severely damaged through use, make just one fast pull (2-3 seconds for an 8” blade) in each of the right and left slots in Stage 1, then make a series of pulls in Stage 2, alternating right and left slots.
3. Always pull the blades at the recommended speed and at a constant rate over length of blade. Never interrupt or stop the motion of the blade when in contact with the abrasive disks. 4. Always alternate individual pulls in right and left slots (of any stage used). Specialized Japanese blades are an exception and are sharpened primarily on one side of the blade. 5. The edge of the knife blade, while sharpening, should be held in a level position relative to the top of the counter or table.
SERVICE In the event post-warranty service is needed, return your sharpener to the EdgeCraft factory where the cost of repair can be estimated before the repair is undertaken. Outside the USA, contact your retailer or national distributor. Please include your return address, daytime telephone number and a brief description of the problem or damage on a separate sheet inside the box. Retain a shipping receipt as evidence of shipment and as your protection against loss in shipment.
