Do your daily maintenance with a honing rod that doesn t remove steel.
The proper way to use a ceramic sharpener.
Manual knife sharpeners are recommended for maintaining good quality knives.
A while back i received a question that asked about the best way to sharpen stainless steel knives a common problem especially considering how much easier it is to sharpen carbon steel than stainless steel well it seems a lot of you benefited from that article and as a result i thought it d be a good idea to do a very similar article detailing how one can sharpen ceramic blade knives.
Follow these steps to ensure safe and efficient sharpening.
Before long you ll probably even find yourself looking forward to your sharpening sessions.
Use a whetstone every few months.
If you don t have a manual or electric sharpener you could explore using a whetstone a honing rod or even sending your knives off to a professional.
Learn how to use a knife sharpener like a stick sharpener simply hold the knife edge down while you drag it across and down the stick surfaces as you learn how to sharpen a knife.
Place the stone on a damp cloth or towel and make sure both of these are on a flat surface.
A stick sharpener comes with a pair of fine ceramic sticks and a carbide notch for roughing photo 1.
The process of preparing a sharpening stone for use is similar no matter what type of stone you have whether it s a crystolon india stone water stone or oil stone.
Freehand sharpening on a bench stone is a skill that can take a bit of time to learn but if you follow the instructions below you re sure to get it down.
The lansky diamond bench stones all come with the same basic instructions.
It just sharpens the existing blade.