What do you think about the Victorinox RubiCut sharpener?

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arnof

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I got it as a present. Allegedly the sharpening wheels are ceramic. Is it any good? Should I try it, or I'm risking to ruin my knives?

This is a description off the web: "Victorinox Rubicut Sharpener has two sharpening disks of synthetic ruby (hardness factor 9) and are positioned offset with a floating action in the sharpening part of the device, That places the sharpening disk at an ideal and constant angle for a fine edge."

What do you guys think?

Arno
 
Try it out on some kitchen knives first, it looks like any other pull through sharpener to me.
 
It is not a carbide scraper type so it has that going for it.

Might be good for maintenance on blades that already have an angle that matches.

If the angle doesn't match you might need to tilt a blade to get one side and then tilt the other way for the other side.

I would also recommend testing it on a blade you do not have much emotional attachment to.
 
I have another type which combination of stick ceramic sharpener and V slot (diamond coated) from Victorinox. Works well for general touch up.

The one you show looks like ceramic, so it'll work, only it won't give your knives the polish and hair splitting ability ;)
 
Hard H2O-think about what you said. Tilting the blade won't work.
The cutters are synthetic ruby-not ceramic. Ruby is harder and will cut much better.
I am interested in seeing how this one works out.
Where is it available?
Bill
 
Personally, my first question would be whether it's designed to scrape (like the carbide sharpeners do; I would consider the disks being aligned so that the blade passes over only an edge, not a surface, to be a hallmark of this kind of sharpener) or to abrade (like the Sharpmaker or other crock-stick sharpeners do.) If it was the latter, I'd be interested... otherwise, it has all the same problems as a carbide sharpener.

As for altering the angle, it WOULD work if you were to hold the edge off the intersection of the disks, so that only one side of the blade was making contact.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Hard H2O-think about what you said. Tilting the blade won't work.
The cutters are synthetic ruby-not ceramic. Ruby is harder and will cut much better.
I am interested in seeing how this one works out.
Where is it available?
Bill
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SMKW lists it for $15.

I'm curious about it too. I've tried a Fiskars sharpener that uses a canted ceramic roller. It's simple and clever, and works well for knives that have an established edge. I recommend it for things like kitchen knives that usually only need a quick sharpening. I've seen them sold in home/garden centers.
 
My question with these type of ceramic/ruby sharpeners is how do you keep them clean and prevent clogging?
 
Until somebody can give a hands on review for this one, I'm going to stick by the mantra: Pull Through Sharpeners = Evil.
 
db said:
My question with these type of ceramic/ruby sharpeners is how do you keep them clean and prevent clogging?
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I don't know about the Victorinox, but the Fiskars allows the roller to be popped out and cleaned like any ceramic stone.
 
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