• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    I think your mom was treated unfairly for that. electric knives cannot be sharpened in the typical manner and it’s fair to assume you need a special machine for it.

    also, who tf buys an electric sharpener for a regular knife. that’s dumb

    • Cypher@aussie.zone
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      Someone who can’t sharpen a knife manually for medical reasons.

      It’s all in good spirit and she’s no slouch teasing any of us over dumb shit

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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        5 days ago

        there must be (I mean, there obviously are, I don’t know everything) electric sharpener types that I am not aware of. The only electric knife sharpeners that I know of are basically the same as a common manual pull through version, at least as far as the user is concerned

        I am 100% in the camp of “weird products exist, as they should, for people for whom the regular version isn’t usable due to disabilities or similar reasons” - I’m just not aware of a product in this case.

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          The electric sharpner likely require less force to use and they look operable with a single hand unlike the normal one

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@sh.itjust.works
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      Poorly made blades that need an initial edge ground into them are good candidates, after that it’s 100% manual though to get a real edge. It save a a good bit of time