Best Electric Sharpener for 2009- Smith’s Diamond Edge Gourmet

Smith’s Edgeware™ Diamond Edge Gourmet Electric Knife and Scissors Sharpener (Model#50006) has been selected as the Best Electric Sharpener for 2009 by the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute. Hammacher Schlemmer works to eliminate customers need to comparision shop by providing the best products in the marektplace and backing up their recommendations with supporting reviews and reason on why the products are truly the best. Here’s what they had to say about Smith’s Diamond Edge Gourmet:

This electric knife sharpener earned The Best rating from the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute because it recorded a perfect score for sharpening ability and was the only model that also sharpened kitchen sheers. The Best model uses a patented sharpening process that combines the sharpness of a hollow ground edge with the durability of a flat ground edge. The Best model ground edges that sliced through a tomato’s firm skin on the first pass and chopped through spaghetti squash with minimal force, while lesser sharpeners created edges that cut ragged slices of vegetables and could not penetrate squash. Unlike other models, The Best Electric Knife Sharpener created edges that retained their sharpness even after repeated strikes on a cutting board. Continue reading the full reivew…

The new Diamond Edge Gourmet is available at a suggested retail of $124.99 and features Interlocking Diamond Wheels, an innovative, patent pending technology that has never before been offered at the retail consumer level.

(This product was also selected as a finalist in the Food Preparation Category of the Housewares Design Awards for 2009- Read the full post here.)

Mark Adkison, VP, Global Sales, stated, we are thrilled to be selected for this recognition. Our Diamond Edge Gourmet sharpener represents a revolutionary new concept in home sharpening appliances. It offers the flexibility of electric and manual sharpening together in one product, which produces a factory sharp edge, every time. In this innovative product, we have combined our best sharpening technology into a design that is both beautiful and functional and will fit in any kitchen environment, even in the most upscale of décor.