Now it is for real
You've probably used some tool to make a knife sharper. This might be a simple hand sharpener, steel or perhaps just the backside of a plate. Many conventional methods do not sharpen the knife properly, but align a weighted edge or sharpen parts of the edge. This can work as basic maintenance, but after a few times you'll notice that you're not getting the same sharpness as before.
With the Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener you quickly and easily sharpen the entire blade of your knife to the exact same angle you choose on the patented guide. You then get rid of the burr on the honing wheel, you polish the edge to razorblade sharpness.
The Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener is based on the same method as the Tormek T-2 Pro Kitchen Knife Sharpener, the sharpening system for commercial kitchens, but is adapted and approved for household use.
The low speed of the fine-grained diamond grinding wheel means that you remove minimum steel. In addition, you avoid exposing the steel to the high temperatures that threaten hardness of the steel, to keep your knives sharp for a long time.
Guided freedom
With innovative design and the best materials, the Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener can sharpen most types of kitchen knives. The patented guide can handle knives with blades 12-60 millimeters high and up to 5 millimeters thick, with unlimited length.
The fine-grained diamond wheel sharpens all types of steel to professional sharpness, ans can even sharpen ceramic knives. Because you sharpen the kinfe phases seperately you have the possibility of setting different edge angles on both sides of the knife, or sharpening only one side. This allows you to sharpen even more advances knives.
Even home chefs deserve professional sharpness
Tormek has been producing knife sharpeners for professional kitchens for many years. As a partner of the Swedish Culinary Team since 2018, Tormek´s knife sharpeners habe been tested and acclaimed by the best, delivering sharp edges to world-class cooking.
The Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener for home use is based on the same method as the knife sharpener for professional kitchens. Because whether cooking in a restaurant or at home, the chef´s most important tool is not a knife - but a real knife sharpener.
