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r/sharpening on Reddit: Work Sharp VS Horl 2 Rolling Knife Sharpener
November 30, 2023 -
hi everyone :)
lately i saw a lot of post about tumbler Rolling Knife Sharpener and it seems really interesting and easy way to sharp my knifes, after some review's i saw many people recommended the horl 2 on the tumbler, i also find out about the new Work Sharp Rolling Knife Sharpener but i can't find any Comparison between the two, Thes anyone has experience with any of them? Or maybe there is good Rolling Knife Sharpener that he can recommend?
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First time i heard about this way of sharpening, that looks nice
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Are you set on a rolling sharpener? What are you planning on sharpening? The rolling sharpeners are not great for something like an EDC pocket knife. They're decent enough for kitchen knives but for the same price you can get two or three grits of Shapton splash and go stones that will be faster and more versatile, after you've learned to use them. For most pocket knives and outdoor knives a guided system like the Worksharp Precision Adjust will work a lot better. The precision adjust won't work for a skinny blade (e.g. a Case medium stockman or a CRKT CEO), but then neither would a roller.
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r/sharpening on Reddit: Horl or worksharp
September 21, 2024 -
I am in the market for an idiot proof knife sharpener for my fairly nice kitchen knives I received as a gift, I have narrowed it down to either a horl rolling sharpener or a worksharp precision adjust but I have no experience with either, I’m not interested in dealing with or learning a whetstone, just want something quick that’ll keep my knives good enough to cut vegetables
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There is no idiot-proof sharpener. You will have to learn the fundamentals of sharpening one way or the other. The only advantage these systems have is that they make holding an angle easier, but that is not even the hardest part of sharpening. Learn to sharpen on whetstones or go to a local sharpener imo.
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Rolling sharpeners are crap, the plates gum up way too fast. Send some business to your local sharpener if your knives are that nice that you do not want to learn to sharpen on them.
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Does a rolling knife sharpener work as well as a whetstone?
No, a rolling sharpener won't get a knife as sharp as a whetstone can. However, they are much easier to use, with almost no learning curve, while a whetstone can take a long time and a lot of practice to learn. A rolling sharpener can get a knife sharper then most pull-through sharpeners, but it will never get it as sharp as a whetstone can.
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Rolling Knife Sharpeners: Do They Really Work?
Can you sharpen any blade on a rolling sharpener?
You can sharpen any smooth blade, but not serrated blades (true for most knife sharpeners). Also, rolling sharpeners are best for chef's knives and other large cooking knives. The blade has to be tall enough that the edge sits above the magnet or a rolling sharpener won't work. Some brands, such as Hone and Work Sharp, have a "ledge" to hold narrow blades. If a rolling sharpener doesn't have a ledge, the workaround is to place a narrow blade high enough on the magnet so the blade is above it. This is less than ideal though, because without a ledge to keep it in place, you can get uneven result
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Rolling Knife Sharpeners: Do They Really Work?
Can you change grits on a rolling knife sharpener?
Some brands allow you to change grits, including Hone, Horl, and Work Sharp, although Work Sharp only offers the grits it comes with. Other brands, such as Tumbler, do not allow you to change grits.
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Rolling Knife Sharpeners: Do They Really Work?
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Horl 2 vs. Copycats: Rolling Sharpeners Comparison - ChefPanko
September 20, 2024 - For the wider tolerance of pressure that can be applied the Horl 2 and the Worksharp Rolling Sharpener does a great job compared to the copies. What is also interesting is not only the sharpening a knife from a completely dull state but maintaining ...
Prudent Reviews
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Horl 2 vs. Tumbler vs. Work Sharp (Best Rolling Knife Sharpener?)
September 4, 2025 - Angle Options: Work Sharp offers the most angle options (15°, 17°, 20°, 25°), while Horl 2 and Tumbler both offer 15° and 20°. Magnetic Angle Support: Horl 2 has the longest magnetic angle support at 4.5 inches, which allows you to get ...
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Rolling Knife Sharpeners Look Downright Fun to Use, But Do They Work? | Reviews by Wirecutter
September 24, 2024 - When we were sharpening a knife from sandpaper-dull, all required at least 8-10 minutes of near-constant rolling, except for the speedy HORL PRO, which produced a sharp blade within 3 minutes.
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Rolling Sharpeners: Why not favored? | BladeForums.com
February 26, 2024 - If it sticks in both directions, it's sharp. If it slides in one direction and sticks in the other, that section of edge is rolled over and hooking and the sticking side needs a little more work to remove the burr.
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Best Rolling Knife Sharpener? Horl 2 vs. Tumbler vs. Work ...
August 16, 2024 - When it comes to rolling knife sharpeners, the debate often centers around Horl 2 vs. Tumbler vs. Work Sharp — the three most popular brands on the market. But which one is truly the best? To find out, I put all three sharpeners through a series of controlled tests, measuring their effectiveness, ...
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Tried & Tested: HORL 3 Knife Sharpener Review
That means your Western or Japanese knives will have an ultra-precise, noticeably effective sharpness in a quarter of the time. Unlike pull-through sharpeners, it does not shed too much metal, which extends the durability of a knife. In this article, we go into the basics of knife sharpening, instructions on how to use HORL 3 knife sharpeners (including the HORL 3 Cruise and HORL 3 Pro), and why other rolling knife sharpeners do not compare.
Published December 3, 2021
The Rational Kitchen
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Rolling Knife Sharpeners: Do They Really Work?
June 30, 2024 - Some brands allow you to change grits, including Hone, Horl, and Work Sharp, although Work Sharp only offers the grits it comes with. Other brands, such as Tumbler, do not allow you to change grits. No, a rolling sharpener won't get a knife as sharp as a whetstone can.
Epicurious
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Horl 2 Rolling Knife Sharpener Review: Easy to Use and Unrecognizable as a Knife Sharpener | Epicurious
November 9, 2023 - The German-made Horl 2 is easier to use than a whetstone and more effective than a pull-through sharpener.
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r/sharpening on Reddit: Are any of the rolling knife sharpeners good?
November 12, 2024 -
I know a lot of replies will say "just use a whetstone" and I get that it's better. But honestly at this time I'd rather have something that can sharpen my knives easily and be mostly foolproof.
I've been hearing a lot about these rolling sharpeners and they seem pretty interesting, but it's almost impossible to find actual reviews. Every video seems to be sponsored. I've seen the Horl, the Tumblr, Worksharp, etc. The Tumblr especially must be spending a fortune on advertising.
Are any of these actually good? Especially the Tumblr. It's made in China so is it any different than the generic ones on Amazon?
Thank you in advance!
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r/Cooking on Reddit: Is rolling knife sharpener worth?
March 18, 2025 -
Hello, Lately Im being bombarded with ads on rolling sharpeners and I was wondering if any of you have any experience with those. The one I checked was from company name Horl and it looked decent. I have tried using wetstone in the past but Im not very good with it, it takes me a lot of time and the results were not very convincing. Im afraid that it is just some internet sensation that looks cool on a video but does not work well in real life.
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I have a lot of whetstones, both water and oil type, and two outstanding electric sharpeners together about $400 new. What I actually use 99% of the time is a cheap $2 plastic thing. It has one slot with a couple of carbide inserts, and a second slot with two little ceramic rods in a V shaped angle to one another. I just drag the knife through the slot (usually ceramic only) a few times and done. It doesn't do as good a job as the expensive tools, but it does a sufficient job in about 30 seconds from the time I open the drawer it's in to the time I put it away.
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Hi op, i have one. My knives are mid-low tier knives which are made from somewhat soft steel. Before that i had a vulkanus , which felt very rough on the soft steel and took much material of the knife. The horl takes of lees material and it seems to make the knife edge more clean and smooth, but in a good and sharp way. However i feel like i have to sharpen my knives more often than with the vulkanus. This might be due to the quality of my knives though. All in all i can recommend it. It is fairly intuitive and easy to use and helps me sharpen my knives more than with wetstones and other more time consuming methods. I think wetstones gives a better result, but only given that you have the right technique, which i dont.
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This Rolling Knife Sharpener Actually Makes Sharpening Knives Fun
March 11, 2025 - The rolling knife sharpener did a good job at sharpening really banged up knives. ... After about 10 minutes of sharpening my Kramer blade (roughly 100 passes on each side of the blade), the Horl made significant progress.
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r/sharpening on Reddit: Thoughts on Horl 2 ?
December 8, 2022 - The Horl gets my knives 90% of the way there in less than half the time. I cook a ton and only have 6 knives that I use commonly (outside of carving a bird, etc.). I have only been using it for a few months but haven't taken my whetstones out ...
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r/chefknives on Reddit: Tumbler Knife Sharpener / HORL2 - Has anyone used these?
June 9, 2022 -
I'm always on the look out for new ways to keep my knives sharp (I usually use a whetstone), and found some videos of this Tumbler Knife Sharpener on YouTube. Has anyone used it? I am assuming it wouldn't work for larger knives like Chinese cleavers or Almazan.
https://www.tumblerware.com/products/tumbler-rolling-knife-sharpener
Note that this looks like a copy of the HORL2 (or maybe it's the same company?)
https://www.horl.com/de/en/sharpeners/horl2/
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The horl is alright, but if you know how to freehand sharpen it's really not necessary.
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For cleaver just put tumbler on something that gives elevation. Still have a big issue with the idea of paying that much for so little abrasive and for using a method that seems very dangerous. One slip or lapse of concentration and you might be in serious trouble.
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r/sharpening on Reddit: Opinion on Horl rolling sharpeners?
February 11, 2024 -
I don't know whether i do something wrong or not but I can't get a hair-shaving edge on my knives. I don't know if that's what people go for but at least i don't have to cry cutting onions.
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We keep that forbidden knowledge locked behind the search button in the corner of reddit
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Outdoors55 did a very in-depth review on this, including the history and the usage, time Vs effectivity, that kind of thing. This might be it but I'm pretty tired right now so it might be wrong. Make of it what you will, but I won't use one
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r/sharpening on Reddit: Worksharp Precision Adjust or Hone Rolling Sharpner?
November 7, 2024 -
I have few nice kitchen knives and fair bit of multi tools (leatherman, gerber, victorinox, nextool etc)
I'm leaning towards hone as I like the simpler setup and that it takes less space. Was thinking of adding 700 grit over the 400,1000 and 3000 provided + vertical leather kit. I won't use either of them too often I think and I certainly want sth fool-proof, easf to setup and compact.
What's your opinion on those? Or any other recommendations?
Thanks
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The precision adjust with the addon kit will do all of those things and more. Bigger blades might need stabilized, there's stuff out there for that.
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People crap on the rolling sharpeners all the time, but I see them get results. I don't use one - I use a belt system and freehand stones - but I'm both a hobbyist and a professional sharpener. My needs are not your needs. If all you're planning to sharpen is your own kitchen knives, and you just want a simple way to keep them cutting well, the Hone might be the thing. I don't use the WPA either, or any other stone guiding system, even on my Tormek. They're too fiddly, slow, wobbly and the physics get weird on curved, oversized, or undersized blades. Same thing with the Hone, or the Horl. But again - different needs. If you just have regular kitchen knives between 8" and 4", you're probably OK with either. I have used both. I've used every type of sharpening system I can get my hands on, including $4500 industrial screw-drive grinders, pull throughs, diamond plates, ceramic blocks, cast iron, everything. And it all comes down to whatever works. Sharpening is pretty basic, simple, with easily understandable principles and each system with its own concomitant required skill set. Pick the one that you know you'll use. In your case, I'd pick the easiest, gentlest learning curve with the fastest turnaround on results. If your blades are trashed, that might be the WPA. If your blades are just "meh" and need touch up, then I'd go with the rolling rig.
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r/chefknives on Reddit: Whats the general opinion on the "rolling sharpeners" that are marketed everywhere. Good? Bad? Junk?
October 19, 2024 - I have two knives I use regularly and it costs me $15/knife (+tax) to get them sharpened. The Horl 3 costs $100, so if I get professional sharpening every year I would get my cost back in 3yrs. Except that as a home chef (1) I get my knives sharpened every 2 - 3yrs and (2) I don't think any of these will match the sharpness and quality of a pro.