How do you properly sharpen kitchen knives?

How do you properly sharpen kitchen knives?

Knife from Solingen are particularly characterized by their long-term sharpness. At the same time, the handcrafted blades are made of such high quality materials that the knives are usually easy to sharpen. You can hand your knives to a professional sharpener for sharpening or, with the right equipment, sharpen the blades yourself. You can read about what you should pay attention to here. If you have any further questions about sharpening knives, please do not hesitate to contact the support at Knife sales Rottner turn.

How do you sharpen a knife correctly?

to sharpen a knife is not difficult with the right equipment and correct instructions. Anyone who wants to sharpen a knife for the first time shouldn't despair if the result is not ideal. Over time, you will get a feel for how best to work with the blade.
First of all, it is important that the angle for grinding should not be too steep. An angle of around 20 degrees is ideal. If you set the blade at a steeper angle, the grind will not be retained for so long with slightly softer steel.

The right tool

For grinding Solingen knives the so-called Sharpening steel preferably. As an alternative to the grinding steel, a Ceramic sharpening rod to be used. With both variants, the blade should be set at an obtuse angle and sharpened.
The grinding tool ensures that the knife blade straightens up again. As a result, the sharpness is retained or restored and the respective knife can be used again for its conventional purpose. Erecting the knife is essential because the blunt of a blade during use is due to the fact that the cutting edge bends in the micro area. This cannot be seen with the naked eye, but you will feel the difference as you cut.

If a sharpening steel or sharpening rod is not available, a commercially available one can also be used knife sharpener be used. When buying such a product, you should make sure that the sharpener does not have hardened steel disks, as this can often damage the knife blades. If the sharpener is too hard for the blades, nicks can appear in the cutting edge.

Maintain the sharpness in the long term

To keep knives sharp for a long time, a ceramic sharpening rod is ideal. This not only erects the knife, but also ensures that a small amount of material is removed when sharpening. As a result, the blade remains sharp longer and further sharpening usually only has to be carried out after a while.

If you want to keep your knives sharp, you can do this with a special one Belt sander to reach. These Knife sharpening machines are available in different versions. Diamond grinder are good for ceramic knives, for example. Various electric knife sharpeners are equipped with ceramic rollers and sharpen knives with steel blades quickly and precisely.
The advantage of belt grinders is that nicks and burrs on knife edges can be straightened.