Abstract: The invention concerns a knife sharpener for household knives or the like. In order to design a knife sharpener, which, one the one hand, can be used for sharpening and sits solidly on a surface without it having to be held, and which, on the other hand, is producible with little economic cost regarding production and assembly, the invention proposes a knife sharpener with a housing, which has a surface designed to be a base, and at least one longitudinal, cylindrical grinding element made from ceramics, at least part of the surface of which is arranged on the surface of the housing, whereas the base is designed at a right angle to a longitudinal line of the grinding element and the grinding element is positioned in the middle in relation to a projection of the base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for sharpening knives, scissors or other cutting tools with at least on abrasive grinding element which is arranged in a housing pushing against a resilient force. The aim of the invention is to provide a device that is simple in its design and that is characterized by its versatility. To this end, the grinding element is configured as a strip structure and is arranged on blade-shaped support which in turn is resiliently guided along the housing.