I have steel that use to sharpen my straight bladed knives ( I cut meat for a living) and my work knives, all straight, and home ones are fine. But Im a little perplexed on how to sharpen my home serrated knives. Can I use my steel on them? Considering what I do for a living, you can imagine what an idiot I feel like. ;P
2006-11-20 07:52:35 · 7 answers · asked by JC 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
NO...you cannot sharpen serrated knives yourself.
If they are the little teeny serrations, absolutely not.
If they are the scallop-type indented serrations, you might be able to have them professionally done.
If you have seen those honing sticks, you can try to sharpen the scallops on those, but I wouldn't recommend it.
You can also sometimes sharpen the non-serrated side yourself, but like I said, send them out to be done professionally. It is money well-spent.
2006-11-20 07:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by gg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all steels straighten the teeth and not sharpen them. To sharpen them you need a grinding surface, generally a whetstone (if you don't know what that is just bring them to a professional sharpener).
As far as serrated knives go they are basically disposable (except very specific and costly ones). You can't use a steel on them not a whetstone because the indentations would have to be individually sharpened and straightened. This is why you will see people with hundreds of dollars in knives and then a $10 serrated knife for frozen foods or such.
2006-11-20 07:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
. Get in touch with Chefs' Choice they make a manual and an electric sharpener for serrated knives. I personally haven't used their manual serrated knife sharpener but I have used their straight blade manual sharpener and I am happy with the results. I carry the manual sharpener in my knife tool box.along with various steels and stones.
2006-11-20 08:32:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you additionally can in basic terms sharpen one part with a flat stone. this could at last positioned on off the serration, so if this could be a respectable knife you likely elect to bypass with the kit made for sprucing it. sprucing it with a flat stone in many circumstances in basic terms sharpens the concepts of the serrations, so it particularly is not very stable.
2016-12-29 06:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by melvina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a web site about it.
http://users.ameritech.net/knives/serrated.htm
2006-11-20 07:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
throw em in the gutter and go buy another!
2006-11-20 08:26:50 · answer #6 · answered by Little Ms Taz chic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-11-20 07:55:20 · answer #7 · answered by Kev 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋