Chef-s Choice E315 Electric Knife Sharpener Instruction Manual
- June 5, 2024
- Chef-s Choice
Table of Contents
- IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
- YOU MADE A GOOD CHOICE
- UNDERSTANDING THE EDGECRAFT® E315 SHARPENER
- SHARPENING THE CONTEMPORARY EURO/AMERICAN AND ASIAN STYLE KNIFE
- SHARPENING THE TRADITIONAL (SINGLE BEVEL) JAPANESE BLADE
- PROCEDURE FOR SHARPENING SERRATED BLADES
- HOW TO CREATE THE 15° EDGE ON TRADITIONAL 20° EURO/AMERICAN BLADES
- DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY 15° AND TRADITIONAL 20° BLADES
- SUGGESTIONS
- NORMAL MAINTENANCE
- SERVICE
- References
- Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
- Download This Manual (PDF format)
Chef-s Choice E315 Electric Knife Sharpener
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be followed including the following:
- Read all instructions. Every user should read this manual.
- To protect against electrical hazards, do not immerse the EdgeCraft® Model E315 in water or other liquid.
- Make sure that only clean knife blades are inserted in EdgeCraft® Model E315.
- Unplug from outlet when not in use, before putting on or taking off parts and before cleaning.
- Avoid contacting moving parts.
- Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or after the appliance malfunctions, or is dropped or damaged in any manner. U.S. customers: You can return your sharpener to EdgeCraft’s factory for service where the cost of repair or electrical or mechanical adjustment can be estimated. When the electrical cord on this appliance is damaged, it must be replaced by the EdgeCraft® distributor or other qualified service to avoid the danger of electrical shock. Outside U.S.: Please return your sharpener to your local distributor where the cost of repair or electrical or mechanical adjustment can be estimated. If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
- CAUTION! This appliance may be fitted with a polarized plug (one blade is wider than the other). To reduce the risk of electric shock, this plug will fit in a polarized outlet only one way. If the plug does not fit fully in the outlet, reverse the plug. If it still does not fit, contact a qualified electrician. Do not modify the plug in anyway.
- The use of attachments not recommended or sold by EdgeCraft Corporation may cause fire, electric shock or injury.
- The EdgeCraft® Model E315 is designed to sharpen knives. Do not attempt to sharpen scissors, ax blades or any blade that does not fit freely in the slots.
- Do not let the cord hang over edge of table or counter or touch hot surfaces.
- When in the “ON” position (Red flash on switch is exposed when “ON”), the EdgeCraft® sharpener should always be on a stable countertop or table.
- WARNING: KNIVES PROPERLY SHARPENED ON YOUR Trizor XV® Model E315 WILL BE SHARPER THAN YOU EXPECT. TO AVOID INJURY, USE AND HANDLE THEM WITH EXTREME CARE. DO NOT CUT TOWARD ANY PART OF YOUR FINGERS, HAND OR BODY. DO NOT RUN FINGER ALONG EDGE. STORE IN A SAFE MANNER.
- Do not use outdoors.
- Do not use honing oils, water or any other lubricant with the EdgeCraft® Model E315.
- For household use only.
- This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
- This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: – staff kitchen areas in shops, offices, and other working environments; – farm houses; – by clients in hotels, motels, and other residential type environments; – bed and breakfast type environments.
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YOU MADE A GOOD CHOICE
You are likely aware of which of your knives have 15 degree edges and which
have the older 20 degree edges. Until recently virtually all knives sold in
America were either made in Europe or the U.S. and these were universally
sharpened at 20 degrees. Around year 2000 Asian style knives sharpened at 15
degrees became popular. Within the last few years most popular European and
American brand knives converted to 15 degree edges.
The Model E315 Asian Sharpener designed with the latest sharpening, polishing
and stropping technology from EdgeCraft gives you a precision sharpener that
can quickly restore your contemporary 15° Euro/American and Asian style knives
to their original factory sharpness. This new sharpener incorporates the
highly precise angle control and the unique stropping materials that has made
EdgeCraft sharpeners the choice of leading chefs worldwide.
You will appreciate how the ultrafine abrasives in the stropping disks of this
sharpener delicately hone and polish the extraordinary sharp edges
characteristic of the contemporary blades. By following these Instructions you
can also, if you wish, convert any of your thinner traditional 20°
Euro/American style knives to the narrower 15° angle edge and experience a
significantly improved performance. These instructions describe how each of
your contemporary Euro/American and Asian style knives, including the
traditional single sided Japanese blades, can be edged with the Model E315.
CONTEMPORARY 15° KNIVES
Contemporary 15° knives differ from traditional 20° Euro/American style knives in that the most popular contemporary blades have a thinner cross section where the edge facets are formed. In addition each cutting edge facet is generally set at an angle substantially less than the conventional facets on traditional 20° Euro/American blades. The thinner blade behind the edge facets and the smaller angled facets of contemporary 15° blades reduce the amount of effort needed to cut or slice. Contemporary 15° type blades are ideal for preparing, slicing and chopping vegetables, for filleting fish and for preparing the popular sushi and sashimi. For more information on the design of contemporary 15° Euro/American and Asian style knives refer to the Description of Contemporary 15° and Traditional 20° Blades, page 9.
UNDERSTANDING THE EDGECRAFT® E315 SHARPENER
The EdgeCraft® Model E315 is designed to create a factory sharp 15° edge on
all contemporary Euro/American and Asian style knives, all Chinese style
cleavers and the traditional style single side Japanese blades. Because of the
narrow sharpening angle and the fine diamond abrasives used in this sharpener,
it is not recommended for routine sharpening of thick sporting knives, the
heavier European style chef knives and European cleavers. These thicker knives
can be sharpened in other EdgeCraft® sharpeners such as Models 120, 15, 2000
and 2100.
Figure 1.Model E315 Sharpener.
The Model E315 sharpener has one sharpening stage 1 followed by a stropping
stage 2 as shown in Figure 1. The sharpening stage hones the edge at about 15
degrees with a fine diamond abrasive. The second stage strops and polishes the
edge to a finer finish at a slightly larger angle. In both Stage 1 and Stage 2
the left side and right side of the blade are sharpened separately, which
allows you to hone and strop each type of Asian knife correctly. The
contemporary Japanese blades and Chinese cleavers should be honed and stropped
on both sides of the blade. However, the traditional single bevel Japanese
blade, such as the sashimi blade, must be sharpened and stropped primarily on
the front side of the blade, which has the very large factory bevel (Bevel A.
See page 11, Figure 9b for further details).
EdgeCraft® Model E315 is equipped with a manually actuated diamond dressing
system that can be used, when necessary, to clean any accumulated food or
sharpening debris from the surface of the ultrafine abrasive Stage 2
polishing/stropping disks. We strongly urge that you always thoroughly clean
your knives before sharpening them. Unless you are a heavy user of the
sharpener, you will be able to sharpen for months or even a year or more
before you need to dress the stropping/polishing disks. Only if you sense a
distinct decrease in polishing efficiency in Stage 2 is there any need to use
this convenient feature described on page 12.
Never operate the sharpener from the back side. Use just enough downward
pressure when sharpening to ensure uniform and consistent contact of the blade
edge with the abrasive disks on each stroke. (See Suggestion 5, page 13).
Additional pressure is unnecessary and will not speed the sharpening process.
Avoid excessive cutting into the plastic enclosure. Accidental cutting into
the enclosure however will not functionally impact operations of the sharpener
or damage the edge.
Try a practice pull through the sharpener before you turn on the power. Slip
the knife blade smoothly into the left slot between the left angle guide of
Stage 1 and the plastic knife holding spring. Do not twist the knife. Move the
blade down in the slot until you feel it contact the diamond disk. Pull it
towards you lifting the handle slightly as you approach the tip. This practice
pull will give you a feel for the spring tension. Remove the knife and read
the following instructions specific to the type of knife you will be
sharpening.
SHARPENING THE CONTEMPORARY EURO/AMERICAN AND ASIAN STYLE KNIFE
Before sharpening your knife, refer to Description of Contemporary 15° and Traditional 20° blades, pages 10 and 11, to confirm which type of knife you have and that you do in fact have a double faceted blade. All double faceted Asian blades and newer Euro/American blades are defined as contemporary blades. Most of the popular Asian blades such as the Santoku currently sold in the United States are the double faceted contemporary design.
USE HONING STAGE 1
a. Pull the blade alternately through the left and right slots (see Figure 3)
of Stage 1, making about 3 pair of alternating pulls, taking about 3-5 seconds
for each pull. Check the edge carefully to confirm the presence of a burr (see
Figure 4), which will be quite small since the Stage 1 abrasive is quite fine.
To check for the burr, move your forefinger carefully across the edge as shown
in Figure 4. (Do not move your finger along the edge–to avoid cutting your
finger). If the last pull was in the right slot, the burr would appear only on
the right side of the blade (as you normally hold it) and vice versa. The
burr, when present, feels like a rough and bent extension of the edge; the
opposite side of the edge feels very smooth by comparison. When a burr exists
along the entire edge, proceed to strop and polish again in Stage 2.
b. If there is no burr continue honing in Stage 1, alternating left and right
slots until a light burr develops. When a burr is present along the entire
blade length proceed as below to polish again in Stage 2.
RETURN TO STROPPING/POLISHING STAGE 2
a. Make 3 pairs of pulls, alternating pulls in the left and right slots,
taking 3 to 4 seconds per pull for a 5″ blade. Make 3 pairs of faster pulls,
alternating left and right slots, taking 1 second per pull. Test the blade for
sharpness.
b. If the edge is not shaving sharp, make a few more pairs of fast pulls in
Stage 2 until the edge is shaving sharp.
RE-SHARPENING THE CONTEMPORARY EURO/AMERICAN AND ASIAN STYLE BLADE
Re-sharpen by following the procedure above starting with Polishing in Stage 2
as described. Depending on its use, you should be able to resharpen to a razor
edge 5 or more times using only Stage 2 before finding it necessary to again
hone in Stage 1. Hone in Stage 1 only when you find it is taking too long in
Stage 2 to bring the edge to razor sharpness. In that event, follow the
sharpening sequence, using Stage 1 and 2, described above.
Figure 4. When you create a distinct burr along the blade edge, it can be
detected by sliding finger across and away from the edge. Caution! See text.
SHARPENING THE TRADITIONAL (SINGLE BEVEL) JAPANESE BLADE
Traditional Japanese knives such as the sashimi blade shown here are single
sided and have a large factory bevel on the front side of the blade. There are
a large number of manufacturers of knives of this type used widely to prepare
sashimi. The factory bevel (Bevel A) is commonly ground at about 10 degrees,
but there are exceptions and that angle is not standardized at the factories.
Designs of the traditional Japanese knives and the detailed structure of the
cutting edges likewise vary widely from one manufacturer to the next, however
there are some similarities. The cutting edge consists of a small primary
facet on the front face of the blade below the large bevel and a much smaller
secondary microfacet along the back face. Commonly the back side microfacet
can be easily seen only with a hand magnifier. The back face is ground flat at
the factory or more commonly it is slightly hollow ground to ensure that an
effective microfacet can be formed there as part of the cutting edge.
Because of the lack of standardization, the manual approach used to sharpen
these knives in Asia has proven difficult, laborious and time consuming. The
EdgeCraft® Model E315 is designed to sharpen all traditional Asian blades and
to create a factory-quality edge. Before you start to sharpen a traditional
blade, examine it carefully in order to confirm that you have the traditional
single bevel blade and to determine whether you have a right or left handed
type. It is essential that you follow carefully the sharpening procedure and
sequence as described below in order to achieve the optimum edge on your
traditional blade.
Note: Do not attempt to sharpen any traditional blade thicker than inch (3 mm)
in the Model E315 sharpener. (Control of the sharpening angle becomes
difficult for such thick blades.)
Again confirm which side of the blade has the large factory Bevel A. Hold the
blade in your hand (as when you are cutting) and if the large factory bevel is
on the right side of the blade, the blade is right handed. For the right
handed blades start sharpening in the left slot of Stage 2 so that only the
beveled side (right side) of the edge will contact the polishing wheel.
STEP 1 – START IN POLISHING STAGE 2 (RIGHT HANDED BLADES)
Pull the full length of the blade through the left slot of Stage 2 (Figure 5)
about ten (10) times (take about 3 seconds for each pull of a 5 inch [12 cm]
blade and proportionally longer for longer blades). Feel for a burr on back
side of blade edge as shown in Figure 4. (The burr will be extremely small).
If there is no burr, make ten (10) additional slow pulls through the left
slot. If no burr is formed after these pulls proceed to Step 2; otherwise omit
Step 2 and go to Step 3.
Figure 5. Traditional (sushimi) knife in left slot of Stage 2.
STEP 2 USING THE HONING STAGE 1 (RIGHT HANDED BLADES)
If you were unable to develop a burr in Stage 2 as described in Step 1 you
will need to hone the edge in Stage 1 as follows: Since your traditional blade
is right handed you must hone only in the left slot of Stage 1 (see Figure
6). The number of pulls that you need to make depends on how dull your blade
is. Duller blades will require more pulls. Make ten (10) pulls in the left
slot of Stage 1 and then check for a burr along the back side of the blade
edge. (The burr created in Stage 1 will be small but easily felt as shown in
Figure 4). Make certain the burr is present along the entire length of the
edge. If there is no burr or only a partial burr, continue to make additional
pulls all in the left slot about five (5) at a time and check for a burr after
each group of five (5) pulls. Probably 20-30 total pulls in the left slot will
be adequate to raise a burr; it is unlikely to take more than 50 left slot
pulls to create the burr. When a burr is confirmed, proceed to Step 3.
STEP 3 FORMING THE FINAL EDGE (RIGHT HANDED BLADE)
a. Make five (5) regular pulls 3-4 seconds only in the left slot of Stage
2 and then proceed to step b. below to remove any burr.
b. Make one (1) regular pull in right slot of Stage 2 along the back side
of the edge.
c. Make several pairs of fast pulls (one [1] second each) in Stage 2
alternating in the left
and right slots of Stage 2. The fast pulls with ultrafine abrasives polish the
facet on the front side of the blade as wellas the rear microfacet to create
an extremely sharp edge.
d. Check the blade carefully for sharpness using a thin sheet of paper.
The blade should be razor sharp. If not razor sharp repeat step 3c. above and
retest the blade for sharpness.
RESHARPENING THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BLADE (RIGHT HANDED)
In general you will be able to resharpen quickly by making 3 or 4 pairs of
fast pulls alternating in the left and right slots of Stage 2. Repeat this if
necessary to obtain a razor sharp edge.
When resharpening only in Stage 2 becomes too slow to develop a sharp edge or
if the edge has been damaged you will need to re-hone the edge in Stage 1. Use
only the left slot of Stage 1. Generally you will find that about five (5) re-
honing pulls will be sufficient in Stage 1 to speed the resharpening in Stage
2. After re-honing return to Stage 2 and repeat Step 3 above.
SHARPENING LEFT HANDED TRADITIONAL BLADES
The procedure you must use with left handed blades is similar to that
procedure for right handed blades as detailed above Except, in all cases the
slots you must use are reversed. Where the sharpening procedure for right
handed blades calls for use of the left slot, you must use the right slot when
sharpening a left-handed blade. Likewise use the left slot where the right
handed instructions call for using the right slot.
Figure 6.Traditional (sushimi) knife in left slot of Stage 1.
PROCEDURE FOR SHARPENING SERRATED BLADES
Serrated blades are available in multiple sizes and shapes and can include
full length and partial length serrations. Serrations are formed by the
manufacturers based on their design criteria, by grinding scalloped
depressions, or grooves on only one side of the blade.
The Model E315 sharpener will restore the pointed teeth of the serrations,
which do most of the cutting, and develop sharp microblades along the edge of
these teeth.
If your serrated blade edge has light wear, then only minimal effort is
required to re-sharpen the edge, using only Stage 2. First you need to
establish on which side of the blade the serrations are formed. If the
serrations are on the right side of the blade (as you would hold the knife
when cutting) then re-sharpen the blade in the right slot of Stage 2.
Slowly pull the knife (about 4-5 seconds per pull for an 8″ blade, less for
shorter blades and more for longer ones) through the sharpener. The
stropping/polishing disk in Stage 2 will only sharpen the non-grooved side of
the blade.
After 5 to 6 slow pulls through the right slot, finish by slowly pulling the
knife through left slot of Stage 2, two times. Then check the edge for
sharpness. The above process may be repeated 2 to 3 times to get the desired
results.
If the serrations are ground on the left side of the blade, then start by re-
sharpening the blade in the left slot of Stage 2, with 5 to 6 slow pulls,
finishing with two slow pulls in the right side of Stage 2. If the serrated
edge is extremely worn or severely damaged, then the knife should first be
pre-sharpened in Stage 1. In this stage only sharpen the non-grooved side of
the serrated blade, as follows:
If the grooved serrations are on the right side of the blade (as you would
hold the knife when cutting), then only use the right slot of Stage 1. The
reverse applies if the grooved serrations are on the left side of the blade.
Only make 1 or 2 quick pulls (about 1 to 2 seconds each), through the appropriate slot of Stage 1. Then move on to Stage 2 and complete the sharpening as previously described.
HOW TO CREATE THE 15° EDGE ON TRADITIONAL 20° EURO/AMERICAN BLADES
If you have a traditional 20° Euro/American brand knife, it is relatively simple to convert its edge to the 15° angle double faceted edge. Remember that the advantage of the 15° edge is due to the thinner cross-section of the typical contemporary 15° blade where the edge facets are formed, and the narrower angle (about 15°) of each edge facet. If the traditional 20° Euro/American style blade is thick and its thickness at the top of its edge facets is already large, some of the advantage of the 15° edge will not be realized. Consequently, the blade must be very thin where the facets are honed in order to realize the advantage of the 15° edge. You might consider this change first for one of your thinnest blades such as a thin utility blade or perhaps a thin paring knife.
To convert from the 20° Edge to the 15° Edge, start with the Honing Stage 1 as follows:
START IN HONING STAGE 1
Pull the full length of blade thru the left (Figure 7) and right slots of
Stage 1, using the left and right slots on alternate pulls. (Take about 3-4
seconds for each pull on a 5″ long blade). It will take about 20 pair of pulls
to fully re-angle the edge of a thin blade. Thicker blades will generally
require more pulls. Check for a burr (see Figure 4) and continue to make more
pulls as necessary to create a small burr along the full length of the blade.
Then proceed to Stage 2 as follows.
STROPPING AND POLISHING IN STAGE 2
a. Make about 4 to 5 pairs of pulls through Stage 2 (Figure 8), alternating
each pull in the left and right slots (about 3 seconds for each pull on a 5
inch [12 cm] long blade.)
b. Then make 4 pairs of fast pulls alternating through the left and right
slots. (1 second for each pull for a 5 inch [12 cm] blade.)
c. Check the blade for sharpness. For a sharper edge make a few more pairs of
fast pulls as in step b and check for sharpness.
RE-SHARPENING THE TRADITIONAL 20° EURO/AMERICAN BLADE
Re-sharpen in Polishing Stage 2 as described above. You will be able to re-
sharpen repetitively about 5-10 times using only Stage 2 as described above.
After resharpening a number of times, you may want to hone in Stage 1 to speed
the re-sharpening process. In Stage 1 make about 5 pairs of alternating slow
pulls and check for a burr. When a burr exists, proceed to polish in Stage 2
as described above.
DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY 15° AND TRADITIONAL 20° BLADES
In general you will find that traditional 20° Euro/American blades have a sturdier cross-section than the more delicate and thinner contemporary 15° Euro/American Asian style blades. The variation among commercially available knives of any type is great and in fact some older traditional 20° Euro/American blades are very thin and certain Asian knives have a thicker cross-section designed for heavier work.
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CONTEMPORARY 15° EURO/AMERICAN AND ASIAN STYLE KNIVES, FIG. 9A
In the last few years, most of the popular European and American brands have adopted the 15° edge angle, along with a thinner blade cross section, particularly adjacent to the edge. The more popular Asian style blades; the thin, light weight Santoku and Nakiri are generally double faceted (sharpened on both faces of the blade) as shown in Fig. 9a.
There are other, somewhat heavier, double-faceted Asian knives, the Deba and Gyutou, popular in Asia, which are used for chopping hard vegetables, for tailing and filleting fish and for meats. These are basically Asian chefs knives designed for heavier duty work. The Chinese cleaver is included in this class. -
TRADITIONAL SINGLE BEVEL JAPANESE KNIVES, FIG. 9B
The traditional Japanese knife is single beveled and has a wide factory bevel A along one face of the blade above the small edge facet. These are sold as either right handed or left handed versions as shown in Fig. 9b. The wide factory bevel A is ground, commonly at about 10 degrees. The most popular example of this type blade is the sashimi knife also called Yanagi and Takohiki, designed as shown to the right. This lengthy, slicing blade is ideal for preparing very thin slices of raw tuna or salmon. The back of this blade is commonly slightly hollow ground. A small single cutting facet of about 15° to 20° is created along the front of the edge of the sashimi blade as shown in Figure 9b and 10 in order to establish the geometry of the cutting edge. An even smaller cutting micro-facet (barely visible to the unaided eye) is customarily created on the back face of the blade to enhance the sharpness of the finished edge. Figure 10 shows a greatly enlarged cross-section view of a typical factory edge on the traditional single-bevel Japanese knife. The large factory bevel A serves to deflect the food slice away from the blade as it is cut. -
TRADITIONAL 20° EUROPEAN/AMERICAN BLADES, FIG. 9C
While most of the Euro/American knives (shown on the right) have a thicker cross-section designed for heavier work, the range of blade thickness in these familiar blades is great and certain of these knives, such as the conventional paring, fillet and utility blades, have a relatively thin cross-section well suited to their intended application. Euro/American blades are universally double beveled (sharpened on both sides of the blade.)
DRESSING OF STROPPING/POLISHING DISKS STAGE 2
The EdgeCraft® Model E315 is equipped with a built-in system to manually
clean/dress the stropping/polishing disks in Stage 2. In the event these disks
become glazed with grease, food or sharpening debris, they can be cleaned and
reshaped by actuating the manual lever on the rear of the sharpener. This
lever is located within a recess as shown in Figure 11 on the lower left
corner as you face the rear of the Sharpener. To actuate the cleaning/
dressing tool, make sure the power is “ON” and simply press the small lever in
the recess to the right, hold about 3-4 seconds and then press to the left and
repeat for 3-4 seconds. When the lever is moved in one direction, the dressing
tool cleans and reshapes the active surface of one stropping/polishing disk.
By moving the lever in the opposite direction you clean the other disk.
Use this clean/dress mechanism only if the Stage 2 white disks are seriously
darkened and when Stage 2 no longer appears to be stropping/polishing well.
Using this tool removes material from the surface of the Stage 2 disks and
hence, if used excessively, it will unnecessarily remove too much of the
abrasive surface wearing the disks out prematurely. If that should occur,
factory replacement of the disks will become necessary. If you clean your
knives regularly before sharpening you may need to clean or dress the Stage 2
disks less than once a year.
Figure 11.Cleaning the polishing disks (see text).
SUGGESTIONS
- Always clean all food, fat and foreign materials from the blade surfaces before sharpening or resharpening. If badly soiled, use detergent and water to clean.
- Some contemporary Asian knives and Granton type blades are dimpled and some contemporary and traditional Asian blades are made of layered Damascus steel. All of these should be sharpened accordingly to these instructions depending solely on whether the knife style is contemporary (two facets) or a traditional single facet Asian blade.
- Always pull the blades at the recommended speed and at a constant rate over length of blade. Never interrupt or stop the motion of the blade when in contact with abrasive disks.
- Carefully follow the detailed procedures for each type blade for best results and to extend the useful life of your knives. The sharpening sequence is especially important with the single sided traditional Asian blades.
- The edge of the knife blade, while sharpening, should remain in contact with the abrasive disks as the knife is withdrawn from the guiding slot. To sharpen the blade near the tip of a curved blade, lift the handle up slightly as you approach the tip of the blade but just enough so that the edge as it is being sharpened maintains audible contact with the honing or stropping disk.
- To increase your proficiency with The EdgeCraft® Model E315, learn how to detect a burr along the edge (as described on page 6). While you might be able to sharpen well without using this technique, it is the best and fastest way to determine when you have sharpened sufficiently in the preliminary steps. This will help you avoid oversharpening and ensure incredibly sharp edges every time. Cutting a tomato or a piece of paper is a convenient method of checking for finished blade sharpness.
- Use only light downward pressure when sharpening just enough to establish secure contact with the abrasive disk.
- If your knife has a significant choil you may find it helpful to place your index finger within or just behind the choil (see Figures 12 and 13) as you insert the blade in the sharpener. Your finger can act as a “stop” and prevent you from inserting the blade so far that the choil area will catch on the front stop-bar of the sharpener as you withdraw the blade. A little practice will help you perfect this technique. As you insert the blade let your finger slide down the front of the sharpener.
NORMAL MAINTENANCE
NO lubrication is required for any moving parts, motor, bearings or
sharpening surfaces. There is no need for water on abrasives. The exterior of
the sharpener may be cleaned by carefully wiping with a soft damp cloth. Do
not use detergents or abrasives.
Once a year or so as needed you should remove metal dust that will accumulate
inside the sharpener from repeated sharpenings. Remove the small rectangular
clean-out cover (Figure 14) that covers an opening on the underside of the
sharpener. You will find metal particles adhered to a magnet attached to the
inside of that cover. Simply rub off or brush off accumulated filings from the
magnet with a paper towel or tooth brush and reinsert the cover in the
opening. If larger amounts of metal or other dust have been created you can
shake out any remaining dust through the bottom opening when the cover is
removed. After cleaning, replace the cover securely with its magnet in place.
SERVICE
In the event post-warranty service is needed, return your sharpener to the
EdgeCraft factory where the cost of repair can be estimated before the repair
is undertaken. Outside the USA, contact your retailer or national distributor.
Please include your return address, daytime telephone number and a brief
description of the problem or damage on a separate sheet inside the box.
Retain a shipping receipt as evidence of shipment and as your protection
against loss in shipment.
Figure 14.Removing cover under base to clean out metal dust (see Normal
Maintenance section).
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