How To Sharpen Ceramic Knives At Home Video

Manual sharpening rods may be less convenient than electric knife sharpeners but some of them may be up to the task of sharpening a ceramic knife.

How to sharpen ceramic knives at home video.

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. This is a battery powered device which features a diamond grinding stone capable of removing up to 0 5 millimeter nicks. To grind a metal blade it is enough to have an ordinary abrasive wheel at home this tool is unsuitable for sharpening a ceramic blade. The good news is that ceramic knives don t need to be sharpened as often as steel knives.

You need a professional or a very fine diamond sharpener if you want to sharpen a ceramic knife in particular. If you like to use a sharpening rod make sure that it s made of diamond steel like the dmt d2sf 12 inch diamond steel sharpening rod. But although these knives do not require frequent sharpening due to a long period of operation or due to improper use sooner or later there is a problem how to sharpen a ceramic knife.