What is it about men, I don't know what it is and a few of my friends have confirmed this about their husbands but when they moved in to their new houses all the men insisted on getting a set of knives. This was top of my husbands list too, a good set of kitchen knives and he spent ages looking for just the right ones, the right knife block etc. And so, we were the proud owners of a set of Global knives which of course after a while needed sharpening. These were razor sharp when we first got them, scarily so and I have to admit that they work really well. So when it comes to sharpening of course you can't just get a normal manual sharpener, you have to get an ...  Read the complete review

I was always very dubious over electric knife sharpeners and used to sharpen my knives with the standard sharpening steel, but after reading some good reviews and seeing the recommendations I took the punt and purchased this Knife Wizard KE198. I wanted a quality machine which could sharpen all types of knives even serrated knives and my more expensive ones, to the 15 degree angle I wanted, and this machine ticked all the boxes. At around £65 I expected good things from it - I wasn't disappointed. The machine itself is L 21.5cm x W 8.5cm x H 7.5cm and comes with a permanent connected plug, a simple on off rocker switch turns the device on, this activates ...  Read the complete review