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GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE MODEL 1520 SHARPENER
The Model 1520 (Figure 1) is a unique three stage sharpener with Stage 1 designed
exclusively to sharpen Asian style (15º faceted) knives. Stage 2 is designed primarily to sharpen
conventional American and European knives. Stage 3 contains the proprietary Chef’sChoice
®
ultrafine abrasive stropping disks designed for both Asian and Euro/American blades to create a
microscopic bevel along the edge and to polish it to astonishing sharpness.
Asian knives (15 degrees) are sharpened first with fine diamond abrasives in Stage 1, and then
stropped and polished in Stage 3. Optionally for a stronger edge on Asian style blades two pair of
pulls can be added in Stage 2 to form a small second bevel, before proceeding to Stage 3 which
creates the third microscopic bevel and polishes the resulting edge with micron size abrasive.
American and European knives (20 degrees) are sharpened first with fine diamond abrasives in
Stage 2, followed by stropping and polishing with micro abrasives in Stage 3. Knives of the 20º
design are not sharpened in Stage 1 unless as described later you wish to convert this 20º edge
facet to the smaller Asian angle of 15º.
Special procedures for sharpening serrated blades are included beginning on page 12.
All traditional-single sided Asian knives such as sashimi knives require special care and must be
sharpened primarily on one side of the edge as explained in later sections.
The Model 1520 is equipped with a manually actuated diamond cleaning system that can be
used, when necessary, to clean any accumulated food or sharpening debris from the surface
of the ultrafine abrasive Stage 3 polishing/stropping disks. We strongly urge that you always
thoroughly clean your knives before sharpening them. Unless you are a heavy user of the sharp-
ener, you will be able to sharpen for months or even a year or more before you need to clean the
stropping/polishing disks. Only if you sense a distinct decrease in polishing efficiency in Stage 3
is there any need to use this convenient feature described on page 13.
Figure 1. Chef’sChoice
®
AngleSelect
®
Sharpener Model 1520 designed to sharpen both Asian and
the Euro-American style knives.
On/Off
Switch
LeftLeft Left
Stage 2 Stage 3Stage 1
Right Right Right
Sharpen
Euro/American Stropping/Polishing
Sharpen
Asian
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