Premium Sharpness
for Your Knives
With our HORL ® Sharpeners, anybody even with no prior knowledge can achieve the best sharpening results for even more culinary delights.
The „HORL ® - Principle“
Fix the knife, grind and hone it. While the diamond grinding disc is smoothly rolling against the blade, the magnetic angle support holds the knife in a constant angle. The ceramic honing disc further refines and smoothens the cutting edge of the blade. A successful combination of stability and precision for your daily usage.
Constant grinding Angle
Our HORL ® magnetic angle support guarantees a constant angle during the sharpening process. This allows a precise and sustainable sharpness and contributes to the longevity of your favorite knives, through reproducibility and the limited abrasion. While the 20° angle provides stable and quick results, the 15° ensures filigree sharpness for the most qualitative blades.
Changeable grinding discs for more sharpness
Different types of knives have different needs. The changeable sharpening surfaces provide more flexibility, they allow these needs to be individually met and the desired result to be achieved. The surfaces are simply screwed onto the sharpener and can be used without water.
The final cleanse
with the HORL ® Leather
Our HORL ® magnetic angle support guarantees a constant angle during the sharpening process. This allows a precise and sustainable sharpness and contributes to the longevity of your favorite knives, through reproducibility and the limited abrasion. While the 20° angle provides stable and quick results, the 15° ensures filigree sharpness for the most qualitative blades.
Diamond Grinding Disc
1. Sharpen
The diamond grinding disc is delivered with all HORL ® 2 Sharpener.
Allows great results corresponding to a new knife, ex work.
The grain size of 46 μm grinds efficiently and precisely.
The sharpening process duration can not exactly be predicted, but generally takes up to five minutes
Suitable for every knives’ steel from different hardness, as well as for damascus knives.
Ceramic Honning Disc
2. Hone
The ceramic honing disc is delivered with the HORL ® 2 and HORL ® 2 Pro.
The integrated creases eliminate all residues and refine the result after the use of the diamond disc.
Only a few movements on both sides of the blade are needed.
The result is a smooth, cleaned and sharpened blade.
Whetstone #3000
3. Fine grinding
The corundum whetstone #3000, with it’s fine grit, is designed to smoothen the blade and refine the sharpness
The whetstone can be used without water.
Sold individually or in the Premium Sharpness Set.
Whetstone #6000
4. Extra fine grinding
After using the #3000 whetstone, the #6000 corundum whetstone refines the cutting edge even more, due to the even finer grit.
The whetstone can be used without water.
Sold individually or in the Premium Sharpness Set.
HORL ® Leather
5. Cleaning
The HORL ® Leather made of vegetable tanned cowhide ensures a professional finish after the sharpening process.
Thanks to its fine-pored surface, the blade is perfectly freed from even the finest grinding residues.
If the knife slides easily on the leather, the knife is ground without any remaining burr. However, a feeling of resistance on the leather is an indicator that there is still some burr left on the cutting edge. This can be eliminated with only a few movements with the ceramic honing disc.
Sold individually or in the Premium Sharpness Set.
Sharp as New.
Everyday.
The most important factors for premium sharpness are the grinding angle and the smoothness of the cutting edge. The smoother the blade, the more impressive the sharpness will be.
Microsection from a standard new kitchen knives, ex works
Result with the HORL ® standard diamond disc and the ceramic honing disc
Result with the corundum whetstones, grits #3000 and #6000 from HORL ®
What should be considered while sharpening high quality steels?
„Let’s take a Damascus knife for example. Damascus steel is traditionally manufactured from different steels with high carbon density. These carbon steels are not stainless, but have a finer microstructure when properly treated with heat. This is the reason why they can be finer grounded and have a sharper cutting edge. In order to maintain the sharpness, it is important to protect your knife from any heat that could occur during a too long or too quick sharpening process, for example. Heat can affect the blade and could lead to potential breakouts on the edge. As a master bladesmith, I recommend to everyone who wants to sharpen their knives by themselves to use a sharpening system that feels safe, respects the knife and achieves perfect results. Therefore, I can only recommend the HORL ® Sharpener.“
– Karim Khedira, Master bladesmith
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HORL ® 2 and Premium Sharpness Set
For Exceptional Knives
With the combination of the HORL ® 2 and the Premium Sharpness Set, you can unlock the full sharpening potential out of your qualitative blades and ensure an even finer grinding pattern. The diamond grinding disc is ideal for the first sharpening process. Indeed it is efficient and provides a great sharpness However with the help of the corundum whetstones #3000 and #6000, the grinding pattern can be further refined and ensures an even sharper cutting edge.