A Chef's Review of the HORL Rolling Knife Sharpener

this is my review of The horal Rolling

knife sharpener full disclosure horal is

sponsoring this video and did send me

this for review but I'm 100% giving my

honest opinion now having worked in

restaurants from being a line cook to a

head chef I own and have used a lot of

knives I do 99% of my knife maintenance

myself and like to think I know a thing

or two about kitchen knives I've always

used wet stones to sharpen my knives and

they're great but the learning curve is

steep you need to maintain a consistent

angle and pressure to get the most out

of them as well as invest in other

materials to K for your Stones which is

probably not feasible for most people

especially if you're not a professional

cook or knife Enthusiast first let's

talk about the pros of horal the build

quality is fantastic I mean it's made in

Germany and I don't think I need to say

anything more about German engineering

the magnetic angle support has

rubberized contact points so it doesn't

scratch your knives and the magnet is

also powerful enough that your knife

stays secure in my testing the angle

support block was steady throughout

sharpening and never budged the rolling

sharpener has a premium feel and

aesthetic and function the roll is

buttery smooth they made it pretty

effortless to fully sharpen a knife but

the thing I like most about horal is

that it is extremely beginner friendly

anyone can use it it takes out the work

of choosing and maintaining your angle

which is the most important part of

getting a sharp edge and unlike most wet

Stones you don't need to soak the horal

before using it's also clean the thing I

hate most about wet Stones is that they

create a mess I have this towel I use

exclusively for wetstone sharpening

because the sediment gets everywhere now

let's talk about the cons when compared

to wet Stones you won't be able to

sharpen your knives at custom angles

you'll have a choice between 15 or 20°

based on the magnetic angle support

which to be fair covers 99% of what a

home cook needs the type of discs

available with horal also aren't as

customizable as wet Stones currently

horal offers a coarse Diamond gring disc

the regular Diamond disc a ceramic

honing disc a 3000 grit and a 6000 grit

wetstone disc which again will cover 99%

of use cases but if you want to go

Advanced and mirror polish or create

custom bevels you'll need to go for wet

Stones I also wouldn't recommend using

the horal for single bevel knives but

then again I'm assuming if you have

these knives you're already some of a

knife expert and this video isn't for

you now let's test the horal out I have

this cheap vintage sabati that I'm going

to dull on this flattening

Stone I'm sharpening it at 15° using the

standard Diamond disc that comes with a

horal it took me about 5 minutes on this

side before a substantial bur formed

then I did a few passes with the ceramic

honing disc and switch sides a common

criticism I see for the horal is that it

doesn't sharpen tips well but I found

that it could be alleviated by moving

the magnet towards the tip and simply

sharpening the tip after sharpening and

honing both sides I stropped on leather

to remove any remaining sediment and

refine The Edge as you can see it's

significantly sharper than before

although there is still a bit of

toothiness to the edge let's try

refining the edge with the 3,000 and

6,000 grit wetstone discs included in

the premium sharpness set I spent about

a minute on each side with each wetstone

disc Then followed up with the ceramic

honing disc and the leather STP The Edge

was definitely more polished than

refined

afterwards that's nice using wet stones

to sharpen a dull knife to the same

sharpness as this usually takes me about

10 minutes with another 5 to 10 minutes

of soaking the stones the entire process

with the horal took me about 15 minutes

so it's quite comparable there are also

a few streaks of metal shavings left on

my table but they were easily wiped off

with a wet towel overall I would

definitely recommend the horal as an

easy effective way to sharpen and

maintain your knives particularly for

home Cooks since it pretty much covers

every use case even for an Enthusiast

like myself I would still use the horal

to maintain kniv sharpen at 15 or 20°

because of the consistent Edge it

delivers I've linked the horal in the

description if you want to check it out

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