HORL®3 Cruise Rolling Knife Sharpener, Diamond & Steel Disc, 15° & 20°

Easy to use and scharpens very well. A bit on the expensive side but worth the money.

I am sure, that in a perfect world, where I had all the time I wanted, I would have a set of whetstones of varying grits ready to go to sharpen my knives. Perhaps my man servant would be fetching them and soaking them for me at my directive? They would make sure that my dedicated sharpening set up was ready for me so that I could meticulously move from larger grit blocks to smaller ones and using the stroking and passing techniques I had mastered over hundreds of hours, to achieve the perfect edge and knife nirvana. So in my reality, I am an enthusiastic home chef who cooks multiple times every day for my family and then occasionally notices, why the $%^^% is dicing this onion so hard today? I have a Wusthof Classic 8" Chef's, 4" Paring and large Butcher Knife. I also have a Hedley Bennett 8" Chef's. I use the 20 degree side as its the closest to their manufacturing angle specs. I was not sure that the HORL3 Cruise would work out. Would the main grit be too rough/fast? Would it take too long? Would this system $%^^%-Up my knives? I am pleased to say, that this dead easy system is a minor miracle for mere mortals who simply want to get on with their meal prep and by extension, the rest of their lives. The grit is just fine. You feel/hear it when using the rough grit disc and at first it may alarm you as being too aggressive. For my knives it takes like 12-18 rolls on each side with the rough and then 20 or so on the honing disc to finish it up and achieve a fantastic sharp edge. To my eye, the edge looks really good after. Is it perfect? Well the knives slice easily through grapes and tomatoes, and of course those freakin onions effortlessly. And my knives aren't $%^^%-Up I highly recommend this system. At least try it for yourself. Get the crappiest knife you have. Heck, borrow your friends or neighbors crappiest knives and do all of them. You'll see. One of the best purchases I've made for myself in 2025. The product quality is excellent. The magnets are strong and the manufacturing is well done. For the Butcher knife, I put the roller on a wood cutting board so the HORL would work with the larger blade. For the tiny 4" paring knife, I didn't need to do anything special in the set up. I love the product.

Wasn't sure about it before I bought, but this is a perfect sharpener for those who aren't good with traditional sharpeners. About 5 minutes per knife, and I had a better cutting edge than when I was paying someone to sharpen my knives for me.

I've owned this HORL3 sharpener for around six months now. It will produce razor sharp knife edges that will shave. However, the results aren't as quick as some testimonials. On average, it takes 15–20 minutes per knife when dull. I've used it on Damascus steel blades and lower quality stainless steel blades, and it will produce sharp edges. So far, the sharpening disc is showing little signs of wear. I use a drop of Mercer culinary honing oil on the disc, and it decreased the time to sharpen a blade. The block has two angles, 15 and 20 degrees. So if you own fine culinary knives, you may need to purchase a different angle between 10–15. While the HORL3 is a good sharpener, if you do a lot of sharpening and want razor sharp blades quicker then it's worth the investment to go with the HORL2 Pro with the additional whet stones.

I bought this for my father for Father's Day and he loves it. He likes to sharpen his knives pretty often on this rectangular stone so he has to angle the knife manually which can make a big difference on how well the knife is sharpened or not. However, he has a thing for Chinese made products. He does not like buying them if he help it. So when I saw that this was made in Germany, I jumped on it and bought it. It was pretty pricey but the reviews said this was a high quality product and I noticed that anything made in Germany usually is so I didn't hesitate. He was so happy with it and said now he can sharpen knives much faster and it does all the work for him. The angles are all preset for him so he doesn't have to manually guess the angle and hope its correct. I'm not really into sharpening knives but it seemed like there were several options on how you can go about sharpening the knife depending on what kind of knife you are sharpening. Anyway, as long as he loves it that's all that mattered to me. I highly recommend this item if you want a good quality knife sharpener. It seems like this product will hold up for a very long time because of the quality. Hope this review helps you out and thanks for reading!!!

It works! My son is the cook in this household and this sharpener is easy to use and effective. The only drawback is the tool does not sharpen curved blades. I imagine the flat stone would be for all knives but more for the professional use….

Am I doing this wrong? i've watched videos, and followed directions and even contacted the company to find out. Their suggestion was to use tools that were not included in the model I purchased wen though I told them which model I had up front My knives are a little bit sharper but no where near where I expected them to be. I certainly can't slice a sheet of paper like I keep seeing in reviews and videos. I'm open to suggestions. I don't think I would recommend this product nor would I buy it again.

Delightfully simple and straightforward to use - sharpened three knives in no time - all three seemed good but failed the "paper test". After sharpening - passed. It really is a clever idea - very much in the "why didn't I think of that? " class. Well I didn't think of it and I'm very glad I bought it, even though it is certainly not cheap. But the ease of use and compact nature give it the edge (!!!) over many competitors.

This is the ultimate in knife sharpening but be warned there are similar advertising a fake look a like make sure it has the HORL STAMPED ON THE ROLLER BODY thus is one of those times where you get what you pay for. Don’t be fooled by cheap lol a likes. Follow the directions accompanying the product and your knives will be razor sharp every time Worth every Penny I also bought them leather strop with grinding pastes trust me you won’t be dissapointed

First knife sharpener that effortlessly worked.

Wir haben den Messerschleifer für unsere hochwertigen Küchenmesser gekauft und sind mit dem Ergebnis sehr zufrieden. Die Messer haben wieder eine ausgezeichnete Schärfe und schneiden sauber und präzise. Besonders positiv ist, dass die Schneide gleichmäßig geschärft wird. Im Gegensatz zu einfachen Messerschärfern zum Durchziehen entstehen keine unsauberen Kanten oder Unebenheiten an der Schnittfläche. Das Schneidverhalten wirkt deutlich präziser und kontrollierter. Die Handhabung erfordert anfangs etwas Übung. Nach den ersten Versuchen hatte ich den Dreh aber schnell raus, und von Messer zu Messer wurden die Ergebnisse immer besser. Hat man die richtige Technik einmal verinnerlicht, lassen sich Messer sehr gleichmäßig und präzise schärfen. Wer Wert auf scharfe Messer legt und diese möglichst schonend nachschärfen möchte, bekommt hier ein hochwertiges Werkzeug.

Easy to use - however, would have preferred the sharpening edge to be longer to better support long knives.

I got this brilliantly simple sharpening set a few weeks ago, and have used it to sharpen two Japanese knives (15-degree edge) and a bunch of western knives (20-degree edge). It took just a couple of minutes per blade (a bit longer for good carbon steel, a bit less for softer stainless steel). Sharpness was excellent (*). I amused myself by cutting slices of ripe tomato that were so transparently thin they had only one side... But seriously... excellent results from such a deceptively simple and easy-to-use tool. One of my knives had a blade wider than the diameter of the roller, but that was easily solved by putting the magnet block and blade on a counter-top in the usual orientation, but having the roller raised on a cutting board (second photo... if Amazon keeps them in the order I attached them). (* I like this product enough that I might buy the additional finer-grit end-caps to achieve supernatural sharpness. I'll never reach the levels of my brother, who has an array of sharpening tools and blocks and grits and honers and strops and... and... and is so fanatical about sharpening that he can produce an edge that will slice a hard turnip from across the room just by waving his knife threateningly. But for us ordinary people, you can put away any motorized or gimmicky sharpeners you've bought (or received as gifts) and just use the Horl 2.) DO NOT reward rip-off companies - mostly Chinese, it seems - by purchasing a knockoff. Reward the Germans; penalize the makers of cheap knock-offs. Yes, some of your money will go to Amazon, unless you live in a European country where Horl will sell and ship directly, but it's the price we pay for living in North America or other parts of the globe. Shipping and handling were prompt, and the sharpening set arrived in perfect condition. Just remember that when you pay Horl for the legitimate product, - you are paying for the original idea, the superior German engineering and development, highest-quality components and workmanship, and a superior reputation of a company that uses the founder's family name and stands by the quality of their product. When you buy a knock-off version from some anonymous company whose "name" is just some made-up jumble of letters, using sweat-shop labor (breaking the laws of China, both in the realm of intellectual property rights and in the realm of human rights and workers' rights) by paying off officials), and building with the cheapest materials that should barely hold together until you get it home... maybe. And if you and thousands of others report that the 'diamond' grit of a knock-off sharpener wore off in two weeks, or the roller mechanism got wobbly after two sharpenings, they don't care. The anonymous knock-off company will just stand up another front seller with another jumble-of-letters name, and keep on selling shoddy crap that is stealing money, stealing livelihood from the dedicated designers/makers/entrepreneurs who make and sell the real Horl 2 sharpening kit. I absolutely recommend the true Horl 2 (or the Horl Pro, just because of who makes it...) to anybody who has knives they want to to sharpen to a superior level and maintain that way with little effort and no knowledge needed. I'm going to buy some more as gifts for my other siblings, except perhaps Mr. Fanatic Sharpener brother who enjoys his current sharpening hobby. The rest of us just want really functional knives with least effort, and Horl provides that.