Tom Gardner wrote:
I sharpen my knives by hand but many people have asked me about
getting an electric knife sharpener, especially as a Christmas gift
for someone. I have no experience, any suggestions? A lot of the
foodie people have descent cutlery but can only touch them up a bit.
People ask
about sharpening serrated blades too. The only way I know is the
hard way. 'Tis the season!

The only faster way to ruin a good knife is to use a bench grinder . Buy 'em
a set of the diamond hone "stones" (actually a piece of coated sheet metal
bonded to a piece of PE) and an instructional video .
--
Snag