The recently launched Worksharp Professional Precision Adjust has once again been a winner for the folks at Worksharp Tools. When they launched the original Precision Adjust it totally changed the way that people sharpened knives. Quoting from Worksharp Tools website:-
“For those wanting full control of the sharpening experience, the Precision Adjust Knife Sharpener™ is an angle adjustable, three abrasive grit, knife sharpening system that delivers precision and repeatability by controlling both the edge angle and the blade in unison.
Sharpening Angle can be easily adjusted from 15° to 30° in 1° increments to sharpen every knife you own. Tri-Brasive® includes 320 grit coarse and 600 grit fine diamond plates to quickly restore a sharp edge, and a fine grit ceramic stone to hone an incredibly keen edge on your knives.
Innovative V-Block Clamp™ design quickly and safely secures the knife and rotates 180° at the push of a button when sharpening to make it faster and easier. Sharpening base provides a stable platform for benchtop sharpening.
From your favorite kitchen knife to your hard working EDC, the Precision Adjust can handle them all and deliver incredible results every time.
– Rod and clamp sharpener designed with ease and safety in mind
– 15° – 30° Angle Guides”
A lot of thought was put into The Worksharp Professional Precision Adjust and it has added many improvements over the original Precision Adjust. Again quoting from the Worksharp Tools website
“The Professional Precision Adjust™ is a complete angle adjustable knife sharpening system using metal construction, a digital angle indicator, and seven abrasive grits to bring rigidity, repeatability, and precision to your knife sharpening needs. The sharpening angle easily adjusts from 15° to 30° using a digital angle indicator to accurately and repeatably set your sharpening angle. The 1” x 6” abrasives include a full assortment: 220, 320, 400, 600, and 800 grit diamond, a ceramic honing plate, and a leather strop that polishes your edge to mirror sharp. The abrasives are easily interchanged using a common handle, which includes a ceramic rod for honing serrations. The innovative V-Block Clamp™ quickly, securely, & repeatably secures your knife. The weighted base provides a safe and stable platform that allows rotating the knife without removing the knife or clamp. The included small knife table attachment allows you to sharpen small pen knives down to a 15° angle. 3-Year Warranty.
- Professional-level sharpener with metal construction
- Includes seven (7) abrasive grits: 220, 320, 400, 600, and 800 diamond, Fine Ceramic, Leather Strop
- Adjustable Angle from 15-30 degrees with included digital angle indicator.
- Small knife table attachment allows sharpening small ‘pen knives’ to angles as low as 15°
- Abrasives are user replaceable
- Sharpens Kitchen Knives, Pocket Knives, Hunting Knives, and Outdoor Knives.
- 3 Year Warranty”
The hinged base allows for the easy rotation of even large knives. It’s possible to just rotate small blades by pressing the red release button without using the hinge feature. To do this though the support must first be removed which means your fingers getting really close to the edge of the knives. Using the hinge and rotate feature means that the support stays in place and the rotated clamped knife just comes to rest back on the support.
The common handle is magnetic and screws into place. The abrasive plates then just magnetically attach to the handle making progressing through the grits very easy. Before rotating the handle slides into a holder keeping it out of the way which is a great feature.
The electronic angle guide assist in making sure that the correct angle is set. This can change depending on where the blade is clamped making the electronic guide more accurate than the mechanical measure indicated by the white arrows.
We used the Worksharp Professional Precision Adjust to sharpen everything from a medium sized Honey Badger Wharn Cleaver all the way up to an 8″ chef’s knife. It is a much more solid and stable unit than the original Precision Adjust and the results speak for themselves. One slicing chef’s knife we sharpened to 17 degrees per side and went all the way down to a polished ceramic finish. The other 8″ chef’s knife we stopped at a toothy 400 grit and just finished it off with the leather strop.
Another winner from Worksharp Tools
