Andrew James AJ000010 Knife Sharpener - Manual (Page 6)

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How to use the appliance
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Your Andrew James knife sharpener will sharpen carbon, alloy and stainless
steel knives.
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It is designed to sharpen kitchen knives and most sporting knives.
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Do not attempt to sharpen scissors, serrated electric knives, or any blade
that does not fit freely in the blade guides.
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For best results, moisten the bottom of the suction feet of the knife
sharpener and place the unit on a flat stable surface. Connect the power
plug to a suitable power outlet and turn the unit on by pressing the ON/OFF
switch.
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The knife sharpener has two stages of sharpening, for precision grinding and
fine honing. The precision slots are situated on the left of the ON/OFF switch
and the fine honing slots are situated on the right of the ON/OFF switch.
Each function has two slots to sharpen each side of the knife. When using
the knife sharpener on your knives for the first time, begin with the precision
grinding.
Precision grinding
1. Precision grinding begins by sharpening
and creating a precision angled edge.
2. Slowly draw the knife towards yourself
through both blade guide slots in stage 1
(Fig 1) three times, alternating passes
between the two slots.
3. The knifes cutting edge should be kept
parallel with the table or counter top (Fig 1) and drawn through the slots
without using any downward pressure. To sharpen the tip, lift up the knife
handle slightly as the curved portion of the blade is drawn through the blade
guides.
4. When drawing the blade through the blade guides, allow approx. one
second for every two inches of blade. For example 6 inch knife = 3 seconds
for each pass.