Edgecraft Chef's Choice 130 - Manual (Page 4)

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Chef’SChoICe ® SharpenIng StatIon ® model 130
The unique Chef’sChoice ® Sharpening Station Model 130 is designed to sharpen each knife
according to your intended use, whether it be gourmet food preparation, butchering, dress-
ing of game or filleting of fish. You can sharpen knives made with either straight or serrated
edges. This novel three (3) Stage Sharpening Station
® has a precision conical disk sharpening-
stage with fine 100% diamond abrasives, a revolutionary precision steeling stage and a precise
polishing/stropping stage, which uses proprietary flexible abrasive disks. These stages can be
used in different sequences to give you either astonishingly sharp, smooth faceted edges for
effortless cutting and presentations or edges with a selected amount of “bite” along the facets.
You will find that such “bite” can aid substantially in the difficult chores of cutting fibrous foods,
meats, stalky vegetables, dressing of game or household chores such as cutting cardboard,
leather, carpet, etc.
The following sections describe the general procedures for optimal sharpening in each stage
and suggest how you can optimize the knife edge for your intended uses.
Unless you do a lot of heavy duty cutting you will need to use Stage 1 only infrequently.
One of the important advantages of using the Chef’sChoice ® Professional Sharpening Station ®
is that you can steel and polish your knives to razor sharp edges as often as needed and yet
experience little knife wear compared to older sharpening methods.
Because the Professional Sharpening Station ® is extremely versatile, you will quickly find
the perfect edge for each use. The Model 130 is, however, designed to easily create three of the
most popular but different edges as follows:
1. The Ultimate Fine Edge
To create an astonishingly sharp and durable edge – better than the conventional “factory-
edge” – you need use only Stage 1 and Stage 3. In this two step process the edge is first
sharpened with 100% diamonds and then gently stropped and polished with ultrafine abrasives
to hair-splitting sharpness, perfect for preparing decorative platters and for precision slicing of
more delicate foods.
2. Professionally Steeled Edge
The Sharpening Station incorporates the latest breakthrough from Chef’sChoice ® – an easy
and precise method to steel the sharpened edge to a better than professional level. The edge is
first sharpened in Stage 1 and then steeled in Stage 2 at a highly precise and controlled angle
to create an exceptionally effective microscopically serrated (steeled) edge, the type preferred
by professionals for the more fibrous foods.
3. Steeled and Polished Edge
For those who prefer the ultimate steeled edge, the steeled edge prepared in Stages 1 and
2 can be given one quick pass on each side of the edge through Stage 3 to refine and further
enhance the sharpness of the steeled edge (See page 10).
The Professional Sharpening Station is equipped with a manually activated diamond dress-
ing pad that can be used, if necessary, to clean any accumulated food or sharpening debris from
the ultrafine abrasive surface of the Stage 3 polishing/stropping disks.
We strongly urge that you always thoroughly clean your knives before sharpening them. You
should go months or even a year or more before you need to dress these disks. Only if you
sense a distinct decrease in polishing efficiency in Stage 3 will there be any need to use this
convenient feature described further in a subsequent section.
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