Kitchen Devil Roll Sharpener

It was my sister that bought this little gadget for knife sharpening as a gift for our mother. The knife sharpener is from the firm Kitchen Devils so I had expected it to be a quality product. I usually sharpen the kitchen knives and normally use a steel or a stone, and in the case of extreme bluntness both.The problem started when we first used it. Even though the instructions were followed the knives ended up completely blunt and several hours had to be spent with the sharpening stone and the steel in order to get an edge back on each knife.I was also disappointed with the quality of the sharpener. If I hadn't known it was from Kitchen Devils I would have assumed it was a cheap no-name company. It is plastic and appears cheap and tacky - significantly less than I expect from this company. The grinding wheels are poor quality, which I would normally have blamed from the blunting of the knives; however, I believe that this is a good idea badly produced.

After reading the reviews on Amazon I thought it would be useful to add my own experience with this knife sharpener.I have owned this product for approximately 2 years. We own 3 sets of knives, 2 of which cost between £150 and £200. This isn't a huge amount to spend on a set of knives thus this knife sharpener being very good. However, we do also own a more expensive set now that cost double the amount of our other 2. The sharpener does not sharpen them well at all! Infact, it blunts them completely!This sharpener is a great buy if you own cheapish knives otherwise, it is useless.Hope this helps.

What an absolute load of rubbish!I tried sharpening one knife which genuinely ended up more blunt than it started off, it really is that useless!It's now back in the packet to be returned.