Edgecraft Chef's Choice eXact-V 415 - Manual (Page 6)

motion. Always insure intimate contact of the blade face with the guide through
each sharpening stroke.
Pull the blade alternately along and down the right guide face and then the left
guide face in order to sharpen alternately the right and left facets along the
blade edge. For knives with relatively small facets on the edge, make a total
of about 20 pulls along the abrasive rods alternating pulls on the left and right
abrasive rods, always using the guiding surface to retain accurate alignment of
the blade. The edge must be sharp enough to cut paper well before taking the
next step. If the edge does not cut paper well make another 20 total pulls and
test the edge again. If the knife still is not sharp increase the sharpening
pressure by raising the spring tensioner (8) and continue the sharpening pro-
cess until the edge will cut paper well.
The sharpener is not designed to produce knives or to sharpen blades that
do not already have established facets along the edge. If that is the case or if
the knife is excessively dull, it will save time to first sharpen it with a power
sharpener at an angle of 20˚ or less on each side of the edge. Then proceed in
accordance with the procedure described above.
After sharpening with the “Coarse” abrasive side of the abrasive rods, lower the
spring tensioner. Remove both rods, rotate and reinsert them so that the “Fine”
abrasives face each other. Use the knife guiding surfaces to align the blade
faces precisely, and make 20 total pulls of the blade with the knife edge in slid-
ing contact with the ultra fine abrasives, always alternating left and right sides
of the blade edge and holding the face of the blade in intimate contact with the
guiding surface. Only light downward pressure is needed against the abrasive
surface. Test the edge by cutting paper and as necessary make additional pulls
along the “Fine” abrasives until you can cut the paper smoothly and with ease.
Do not attempt to sharpen very large blades such as machetes, hedge clippers,
or scissors of any kind. Such blades will, if too heavy, damage the eXact-V and
because the sharpening angles for scissors and shears are commonly very
different from knife edges, their cutting edges will be seriously damaged.
Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 4a.
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