Chef's Choice 2 Stage 460 Leaflet

Diamond Hone

® 

MultiEdge

™

 

Knife Sharpener

2 Stage 

INSTRUCTIONS

The professional Chef’sChoice

®

Diamond Hone

®

 MultiEdge

™

Sharpener Model 460, features 

customized mixtures of 100% 

diamond abrasives specially 

designed to sharpen both straight-

edge and serrated knives. This 

multipurpose manual sharpener 

meets the needs of professionals, 

chefs and serious cooks alike.

The Chef’sChoice Model 460 is a 

2 Stage sharpener, incorporating 

a pair of contoured roller guides to 

ensure precise and consistent angle 

control - stroke after stroke -as the 

knife is presented to the diamond 

sharpening elements. Both sides of 

the edge are simultaneously shaped

and sharpened. This construction 

ensures that the edges are well 

formed and very sharp every time. 

The abrasives consist of selected

100% single-diamond crystals 

embedded on unique interdigitating 

steel support plates. The Model 

460 consistently outperforms 

conventional sharpeners that use 

less efficient abrasives and lack any 

control of the sharpening angle. 

Diamonds, the hardest known 

material, are extremely durable.

Straight-edge knives sharpened 

on the Model 460 will be “shaving 

sharp” with a “bite” that helps them 

cut effortlessly through tomatoes, 

other vegetables and fruits. It makes 

cutting and slicing a pleasure and 

removes the drudgery of working 

with dull knives. Straight-edge knives 

are sharpened first with diamonds in 

Stage 1 and then at a different angle 

with still finer diamond mixtures 

in Stage 2. This creates a double-

beveled longer-lasting arch-shaped 

edge that is much stronger than 

conventional “v-shaped” or hollow 

ground edges. This unique arch 

structure ensures a sharper edge 

that will stay sharp longer.

Serrated knives sharpen quickly in 

Model 460 using only the second 

sharpening stage. The special 

diamonds in that stage create 

razor-sharp “micro-blades” along the 

dominant teeth, enhancing the cutting 

action and reducing the sawing and 

tearing action otherwise typical of 

serrated blades. Even new “factory-

fresh” serrated knives frequently have 

poorly formed, dull saw teeth that can 

benefit from sharpening and shaping 

in the Model 460. Serrated knives 

become dull because their teeth bend 

and distort during use. The Model 

460 restores dull teeth to better-than-

new condition. The cutting effective-

ness of the serrations depends 

almost entirely on the sharpness of 

the points (edges) of the teeth. It is not 

necessary to sharpen the sides and 

bottoms of the scallops between the 

teeth, since in general, they are not 

doing the cutting. The Chef’sChoice

®

Model 460 sharpener is designed to 

sharpen teeth at the edge or point 

so that the prominent teeth become 

razor-sharp “micro-blades.”

Serrated knives sharpened with 

the Chef’sChoice

®

 Model 460 glide 

smoothly through food and cut 

cleanly with less effort. There is less 

tearing or mutilating of all types of 

food including meat, poultry, 

vegetables and bread. The face of a 

cut vegetable or fruit is smoother and 

more appetizing. The sharpened 

serrated knife is easier to control 

allowing you to make thinner slices 

and to manipulate the blade easily 

for garnishing.

The “micro-blades” created by the 

Model 460 along the prominent teeth 

of serrated knives are unique in that 

they give the knife some of the 

qualities of a straight-edge blade 

while retaining the sawing action of a 

serrated edge. This combination

creates the ultimate serrated edge.

The Chef’sChoice

®

 Diamond Hone

®

 

MultiEdge

™ 

sharpener Model 460

is “ambidextrous”-extremely easy 

to use whether you are right-or left-

handed. Stages 1 and 2 are marked 

on both sides of the sharpener for 

your convenience. 

Place the sharpener on a level surface 

about waist high. If right-handed, 

arrange the sharpener with the 

Chef’sChoice

®

 brand name facing you. 

Hold the handle with your left hand 

making certain that your left index finger 

and thumb remain safely behind the 

partitioning wall where the handle 

attaches to the sharpening stages. 

(If left-handed, see 

Suggestions.)

Make certain the blade is clean - free 

of all food, fat and grease - then 

proceed as follows: 

Holding the knife in the right hand, 

place the blade into the “v-shaped” 

slot and lean the blade securely 

against the conical roller guides. 

While continuing to keep the blade 

in contact with the rollers, move the 

blade smoothly back and forth in the 

slot along the entire blade length. 

Make sure one or both rollers move 

with each back-and-forth stroke to 

ensure that the blade is in good 

contact with the rollers. It is not 

necessary to lift the blade after each 

stroke. 

pressure on the blade. The light 

sound you hear as the blade moves 

across the 100% diamond abrasives 

tells you the diamonds are doing the 

work for you! Continue this back-and-

forth motion until the blade is sharp.

The Chef’sChoice

®

 Diamond Hone

®

 

manual sharpener has been designed 

with the optimal diamond abrasive 

mixture to sharpen your knives 

safely while producing an extremely 

sharp edge. Coarser grits would 

cause excessive wear and tear of the 

serrations. The fine diamond grits 

used in the Model 460 help extend 

the life of your knives. The first time 

you sharpen a knife may take a little 

longer, but resharpening will be fast 

and safe.