Chef'sChoice Marine Sharpening Station 710 Manuel D'instructions page 6

This unique two stage design gives you an edge of remarkable sharpness and because
of the second angle bevel it creates, you will note knives stay sharp longer than those sharpened
by conventional methods. The following sections describe the general procedures for
optimal sharpening.
One of the important advantages of using the Model 710 is that you can strop and polish your
knives to razor sharp edges as often as needed and yet experience little knife wear compared
to older sharpening methods. Resharpening can commonly be done by using just the stropping
action of Stage 2 (see Resharpening Section).
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dressing pads that can be used if necessary to clean any accumulated food or sharpening debris
off the surface of the polishing/stropping disks. We strongly urge you to clean knives before
sharpening them. You will find you can go months or over a year before you need to dress these
disks. Only if you sense a distinct decrease in polishing efficiency will there by any need to use
this convenient feature described further in a subsequent section.
Each sharpening Stage is equipped with a flexible spring guide positioned over the sharpening
disks to provide a spring action that holds the face of your knife securely against the precision
guides in the right and left slots of each stage during sharpening.
Unless you have special blades designed to be sharpened primarily on one side of the edge
(such as Asian Kataba blades) you will want to sharpen equally in the right and left slots of each
stage you use. This will ensure that the facets on each side of the edge are of equal size and that
the edge will cut straight at all times.
When sharpening in either stage, the knife should, on sequential strokes, be pulled alternately
through the left slot and the right slot of that Stage. Generally only one or two pairs of pulls
(alternating in the left and right slots) will be adequate in each stage (see subsequent sections for
more detail). Always operate the sharpener from the front side. Hold the blade horizontal and level
and slide it down between the plastic spring and the guide plane while pulling it toward you at a
uniform rate as it contacts the sharpening or stropping disk. You will be able to feel and hear the
contact with the disk as it is made. Always keep the blade moving uniformly through each stage;
do not stop the pull in mid stroke. Consistently pull at a speed of about 5 seconds per stroke for
an eight (8) inch blade. The time can be less for shorter blades and more for longer blades.
Never operate the sharpener from the back side.
Use just enough downward pressure when sharpening to ensure uniform and consistent con-
tact of the blade with the abrasive disks on each stroke. Additional pressure is unnecessary and
will not speed the sharpening process. Avoid cutting into the plastic enclosure. Accidental cutting
into the enclosure will not functionally impact operations of the sharpener or damage the edge.
Figure 1 identifies each of the two stages as described further in the following sections.
READ ThIS BEFORE yOU START TO ShARPEN
Your Marine Sharpening Station is supplied with two different detachable power cords for use
with different power outlets. Once you have positioned the sharpener in a dry, stable location,
make sure the switch is in the off position (to the right) and remove the power port cover. Plug
the power adapter into the sharpener before it is connected to either a wall outlet (120VAC
adapter cord) or a cigarette lighter type outlet (12 Volt Auto/Marine adapter).
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Model 710 Knife Sharpener is equipped with manually activated diamond
ShARPENING INSTRUcTIONS
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