I've tried a lot of different kitchen knife sharpeners, and this cheap one is my favorite

I have one of these:

Which, along with regular honing, does a phenomenal job of keeping my knives sharpened for daily kitchen use. It is, however, super-expensive, so if your knives themselves are cheap to replace, a cheap sharpener is probably fine even if it removes a lot of material. I’m able to sharpen my knives every six weeks or so provided I keep up my honing regimen.

The awesome Project Farm channel on youtube (which I believe has been featured on BB before) did a comparison of some of the high end and… weird options out there:

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