Chef'sChoice EdgeCraft E1520 Manuel page 4

GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE
The Model E1520 (Figure 1) is a unique three stage sharpener with Stage 1 designed
exclusively to sharpen Asian style (15º faceted) knives. Stage 2 is designed primarily to
sharpen conventional American and European knives. Stage 3 contains the proprietary
EdgeCraft® ultrafine abrasive stropping disks designed for both Asian and
Euro/American blades to create a microscopic bevel along the edge and to polish it to
astonishing sharpness.
Asian knives (15 degrees) are sharpened first with fine diamond abrasives in Stage 1, and
then stropped and polished in Stage 3. Optionally for a stronger edge on Asian style
blades two pair of pulls can be added in Stage 2 to form a small second bevel, before
proceeding to Stage 3 which creates the third microscopic bevel and polishes the
resulting edge with micron size abrasive.
American and European knives (20 degrees) are sharpened first with fine diamond
abrasives in Stage 2, followed by stropping and polishing with micro abrasives in Stage 3.
Knives of the 20º design are not sharpened in Stage 1 unless as described later you wish
to convert this 20º edge facet to the smaller Asian angle of 15º.
Special procedures for sharpening serrated blades are included beginning on page 12.
All traditional-single sided Asian knives such as sashimi knives require special care and
must be sharpened primarily on one side of the edge as explained in later sections.
The Model E1520 is equipped with a manually actuated diamond cleaning system that
can be used, when necessary, to clean any accumulated food or sharpening debris from
the surface of the ultrafine abrasive Stage 3 polishing/stropping disks. We strongly urge
that you always thoroughly clean your knives before sharpening them. Unless you are
a heavy user of the sharpener, you will be able to sharpen for months or even a year or
more before you need to clean the stropping/polishing disks. Only if you sense a distinct
decrease in polishing efficiency in Stage 3 is there any need to use this convenient feature
described on page 13.
On/Off
Switch
®
Figure 1. EdgeCraft Sharpener Model E1520 designed to sharpen both Asian and the Euro-American
style knives.
MODEL E1520 SHARPENER
Sharpen
Asian
Stage 1
Left
Sharpen
Euro/American Stropping/Polishing
Stage 2
Right Left Right
English — 4
Stage 3
Left Right