Novara™ Diamond Rolling Knife Sharpener

My husband purchased this for me to use for my specialty knives that can only be sharpened on one side. He loved the strong magnet and the angled holder. It has brought my knives back to life without honing away too much of the edge. We’ve purchased other traditional knife sharpeners but this is a game changer.

It took a bit longer since I was reprofiling the knife from a different angle but it got the knife shaving sharp very easily. It is expensive but the quality is crazy good. It is made like a precision tool and a display piece.Just take your time and follow the instructions. It still takes a bit of patience. You can't just roll it quickly back and forth and have a sharp knife. Go slowly, make sure it is always in good contact with the knife and don't move up grits too quickly. Finally, finish with a good strope, that took the knife from sharpish to wow.

I have tried over the years to use a whet stone with no luck and also other “fool proof” sharpening devices. But this Novara is a game changer. It’s easy to set up and use and puts an edge on the blade. High dollar but worth every penny.

I’ve used a steel, a stone, manual and electric sharpeners. This is hands down the easiest to get a really good edge. I used it on both high quality and run of the mill knives with excellent results.

Simply the best sharpener I've ever owned. Makes it possible to really sharpen knives without needing any real skill or special knowledge.I have knives from a couple of different sources, from quite cheap to mid-priced - the Novara has made them all better.Previously, I would sharpen using one of those ones where you draw the knife through a V-shaped groove to coarse and fine sharpen the knife, and then maintain the edge with a sharpening steel. Worked well enough to keep a 20+ year old knife set usable, but they never felt really sharp.Using the Novara was simple, (even felt vaguely therapeutic) and has made my old knives as sharp as they've ever been. Butchering meat or slicing veg is so much more precise and feels much safer than it used to.Prior to trying out the Novara, I was thinking about splurging on a new set of nice knives. Now I'm not going to do that anymore. No need, Novara has made my old knives as sharp as I could ever want, and it feels like it'll be decades before I need to replace them.

This is the second one that we have purchased. We gave the first one to our son who moved into a new home and felt lost without it, so we bought a second one.