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Hand Held Sharpeners
Restore Your Edge Without the Downtime
In a professional kitchen or high-output butcher shop, you don't always have thirty minutes to soak a whetstone and work through a progression of grits. Our collection of hand-held sharpeners is curated specifically for chefs and trade professionals who demand a functional, razor-sharp edge in seconds rather than minutes. These aren't the generic pull-through sharpeners found in big-box retail stores; these are precision instruments from metallurgical leaders like Friedrich Dick, Wusthof, and Idahone.
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Global 2-Stage Ceramic Water Sharpener
Sharpening on whetstones takes practice; the G-91/SB does not. Global’s handheld water sharpener holds two ceramic wheels at a fixed angle, a coarse white wheel to restore a dull edge and a fine pink wheel to refine it. Fill the reservoir with water, draw the knife back and forth through each stage a few times, and the edge is sharp again.The fixed angle removes the guesswork that makes freehand sharpening difficult, so it suits cooks who have never sharpened a knife. It works on most smooth-edged, double-bevel kitchen knives as well as Global’s. It is not intended for serrated knives, ceramic knives or single-bevel Japanese knives such as a yanagi, and a knife with a chipped edge or broken tip needs a whetstone first.Use the fine wheel alone for a quick touch-up, and save the coarse wheel for knives that have gone dull. That removes less steel over the life of the knife.
Sharpener or Rod?A rod maintains an edge that is still in good condition. The sharpener restores one that has gone dull. Between sharpenings, keep the edge aligned with the Global Ceramic Sharpening Rod. Learn More
