This Knife Sharpener Makes Knives ‘Like New Again, Only Sharper’ — and It’s on Sale for Just $19

A dull kitchen knife can be just as dangerous — if not more so — than a super sharp one. When a blade isn’t at maximum sharpness, it forces you to work harder, requiring more effort and muscle into your cutting, chopping, slicing, and dicing. Since you’re putting more pressure on the knife, which is less likely to slice successfully, there’s a higher chance you’ll slip and cut yourself. But this is completely avoidable, and for a far lower investment than you might think.

Not everyone has time to take their knives to a professional sharpener every week, and if you aren’t a pro chef, it’s unlikely that you’re breaking out sharpening whetstones to do it yourself. Fortunately, the technology for home knife sharpeners has improved a lot. The Orange Ninja knife sharpener, which lets you straighten, sharpen, and polish knives from the comfort of your kitchen, has excellent reviews and is currently on sale for only $19.

Orange Ninja

Anyone can learn to wield this sharpener, which uses a three-step system to restore knives to their sharpest potential. First, a coarse setting straightens impaired blades (basically the same as a honing rod would). Then, the medium setting uses diamond sharpening rods to sharpen them, which should only take a few strokes. Finally, a fine setting polishes them and leaves them sharp, clean, and ready to start prepping your next meal. A fourth setting is specifically helpful for serrated knives. Weighing in at less than a pound, it’s on the lighter side, but a sturdy grip and a nonslip base ensure that the Orange Ninja won’t move around while you’re using it. 

The Orange Ninja has over 3,100 5-star ratings on Amazon, with over 2,000 shoppers picking one up in just the past month. One skeptical shopper had been getting their knives professionally sharpened felt it was becoming way too expensive. They decided to test out a sharpener themselves, and were surprised to find the Orange Ninja “so much better than I expected.” They said their knives were “like new again, only sharper” after trying it. Another said that after they used it, their “40-year-old knives are like new!” A third fan of the Orange Ninja reported that they found it user-friendly. “Lightweight and simple to operate, this sharpener is a winner, especially at its very fair price,” they said.

If you have some knives to revive, grab the Orange Ninja while it’s on sale for just $19.

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At the time of publication, the price was $19.