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  • The one with a planetary gearing looks really good. Got my Dad a cheaper version for Christmas, since anything will be better than the way he looks after kitchen knives at the moment. The main thing that kept me from getting him a basic Horl was that the guide with a 15° angle option (typical for Japanese knives like the ones I gave him last year) is only available on the more expensive models, whereas on the cheaper one I found, the guide has 4 different angle options.

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