Instruction manual

GENERAL DESCRIPTION - MODEL 2100 SHARPENER

The standard Model 2100 sharpener is equipped with the novel 3-Stage EdgeSelect

Sharpening Module that sequentially sharpens, hones and strops your knife edge to

perfection. The knife is sharpened in the 1st Stage with 100% diamond-surfaced

abrasives and then honed in the 2nd Stage with finer diamond particles. In the 3rd Stage

the edge is stropped and polished to hair splitting sharpness. This proprietary 3-Stage

sharpening system creates an essentially burr-free triple beveled Trizor

knife edge that

will stay sharp longer than conventionally sharpened knives. The Sharpening Module,

incorporating all three stages, is a self-contained unit that can be removed for washing

and sanitizing in a dishwasher or at the sink. It is removed simply by depressing the

release button (Figure 2) and sliding the module off the motor-drive housing.

A rugged and powerful motor is enclosed in the motor housing. Splined drive couplings

attached to the shafts of the motor drive and the Sharpening Module permit its rapid

removal or engagement.

In all three stages, the edge is sharpened with alternating strokes in the right and left

slots. Plastic hold-down springs stabilize the knife blade against precise angle guides

(Figure 3) in each stage as the blade edge is precisely aligned against the sharpening,

honing and stropping disks. The downward movement of the blade in each of the slots is

controlled by an Edge Stop Plate, made of a durable polymer that positions the edge

optimally and securely as it contacts each disk, without damaging the sharp edge being

formed. For best results, the knife edge should only just touch or lightly rest on the front

Edge Stop Plate. Excessive downward pressure does not hasten the sharpening process

and it will result in unnecessary cutting into the Stop Plate.

Figure 2. Sharpening module is inserted on rails and slid toward the motor-drive section until it engages

motor- drive. To disengage press release button and slide away from the motor-drive, see Figure 16.

On/Off Switch

Sharpening Module

Release Button

(in back)

Motor-drive Section

Knife Blade Guides