Yes it is a bit pricey, with other systems you have a large learning curve in order to get quality edges, they are much much more difficult to use especially for an average person, of course if your willing and able I would recommend stones or a fixed angle system
@@NickJayy212 yes correct. Definitely a great engineering technology but at a very expensive price. You can get a Tormek T1 for less and that’s an amazing powered sharpener with a honing wheel. Getting in the low 140’s on my PT50A edge tester with it. Been using one in my kitchen and love it. Also 2 minutes sharpening and honing where this takes longer and you only have a 15 or 20° option. I love the Work Sharp line too and very reasonable priced.
An interesting idea but seems very dangerous whether the magnet is strong or not what happened if you push too hard with the other hand the knife will then slip And cut you very badly and could potentially cause death
Can you compare this to the Tumbler knife sharpener that’s an exact copy of this design. RU-vid keeps showing me this Tumbler guys videos and he seems kinda sketchy
F**k that guy. I won't buy his product just because he's a POS. His system works, just a knock off of this real German made one. I think the main differences is the Tumbler uses a stainless steel hone, while the Horl uses a ceramic one, and can change the ends out on the real one. There are different versions and prices of the real Horl version as well.
I feel like this method is superior when compared to the free hand yet the fear of not being able to flex your free hand skills make it less desirable...
Would you recommend this over the spyderco sharpmaker? I’ll admit this is a bit easier for beginners. However, I think you can get much better results with the sharpmaker.
This is easier to use due to the fact you only have to watch how much tension you put on the knife going towards the tip, the sharp marker you have to really focus on holding the blade consistently at 90 degrees
You can use this tool on almost all knives . Tumbler USA is a RU-vid channel that sells a sharpener like this that may even be higher than this one. Anyway the channel promotes there product, so if you wanna know exactly where this things limits are, Tumbler USA is a good place to start lol.
the lower the angle the sharper, so a 15 is sharper than a 17, however there is a tipping point since the lower the angle the weaker it is. and it depends on the blade geometry what would be best
Unfortunately i don't think those with extremely obtuse angles on their knives will think it works. Sometimes for clueless people theyll likely need a (gasp) pull through sharpener to reprofile then something like this to maintain it. Freehand FTW though
Yes I wouldn't recommend for folding knives or knives you want premium edges on, get a fixed angled system in that case, the belt grinder is good for larger tools
Question...does placement of the knife on the mag block matter as far as forming the bur and shaping the angle? I ask due to blade deflection at the knife tip as noticed in the video. I've been hesitant on purchasing this sharpening system.
Watch my full review I go into good detail, you want it in a spot that allows you to give small pressure without popping off the magnacut which is not quite center, and the tip just requires very little pressure with a little extra work by itself, so Making small passes at tip works well
I’m pretty sure horl is the original but tumbler makes a ton of videos so it may be confusing I though horl was a knockoff until I looked into it a bit
This is a good knife sharpender but I have one the is just a good and it’s for soft steel knife and it a adjustable pull thru knife sharpener they are good for soft steel knifes and even better with a strop
No shilling these work great for chef knives, if you know how to freehand then it won't matter, but for people that can't or won't this works great I literally just posted a video with my brother who has never sharpened a knife in his life use the work sharp version you can watch the video, it's not the highest quality as I'm out of town but still
Horl is the original and according to the poster, a much better one. Tumbler tried to make the system and make it much cheaper, and thus weaker magnet, not much choice for the honing, and not the best choice.
What's sad is there is a guy trying to rip HORL off, tumblr sharpener or something, and the dude's vids are so trash. He always uses his sharpness tester wrong.
@@NeevesKnives just use a honing stick after the belt sander. My son sucks at sharpening knives so I gave him the belt sander. I now use a HF four sided stone (4 different grits) then the honing stick. My GF took a course from a Japanese "expert" on sharpening kitchen knives with a stone. My 4 sided "stone" still does a better job.
Horl is the ONLY good rolling sharpener like this. Its the original one that all these crappy chinese companies have been copying lately (like Tumbler).
I would buy any sharpener this man says is good. Jared is like the sharpening king and I won’t buy a system or even stone until I hear what he says about it !
@@jamesfair9751 thank you James, people are always going to have an oppinion on something they havent tried and know nothing about, grandma is not going to learn freehand or learn how to use a kme, however she could easily use this with amazing results as if she was a pro freehander
