Powered sharpener with manual hone stage

A sharpener for sharpening a cutting tool having a blade with opposing first and second sides that converge to an intervening cutting edge, the sharpener comprising:

• a housing;
• first and second flexible abrasive discs mounted to a central shaft in a spaced apart relation within the housing to provide opposing first and second powered sharpening stages in which abrasive surfaces of the respective first and second flexible abrasive discs move in a common direction with respect to the cutting tool;
• an electric motor disposed within the housing and configured to rotate the first and second flexible abrasive discs in a selected rotational direction;
• and
• a manual sharpening module affixed to the housing between the first and second powered sharpening stages, the manual sharpening module having opposing first and second guide surfaces configured to respectively support the opposing first and second sides of the blade during presentation of the corresponding second and first sides of the blade against the respective first and second flexible abrasive discs, the manual sharpening module comprising a honing stage having an elongated access slot to facilitate presentation of the cutting edge against a manual honing element disposed within the access slot.