Why this knife sharpener earns its place
A professional kitchen has dull knives or an electric sharpener. Waring's WKS800K bridges the gap: it puts a proper edge on a blade in seconds, without the risk of hand-sharpening variation or the cost of sending blades out for professional re-edging. Two grinding wheels — coarse for seriously worn edges and fine for maintenance — mean you get flexibility in one machine.
The grind angle is critical. Kitchen blades work best at 18–22 degrees either side of vertical — too steep and you dull the edge fast; too shallow and it won't bite. This Waring machine is engineered to hold that angle automatically. You guide the knife and the machine does the angle work. No skill required, no guessing, no ruined blades.
At 111 mm high, 143 mm wide and 224 mm deep, it sits on a prep station counter without eating real estate. The 2.7 kg weight means it stays put during use. A 1-year warranty and the Waring nameplate suggest it's built for kitchen durability. For a kitchen that goes through blades — butchers, delis, high-volume cooking operations — this pays for itself in the first few months.
