Hold the sharpener down with one hand while holding the ceramic knife in the other hand.
How to use a ceramic rod knife sharpener.
Place the blade near the handle of the sharpening rod at a 20 degree angle to the surface.
The honing process is also faster than sharpening a knife about 1 minute to hone versus 5 minutes to sharpen and doesn t remove much metal from the blade.
Sharpening rods are two rods set in a base at a specific angle 30 degrees for the ones i use.
Make sure your fingers are as far away from the rods as possible while maintaining a firm controllable grip on the base.
Ceramic rods are a g s favorite way to sharpen his knife.
Slide the blade across the steel like you are cutting a thin slice off the steel.
Step 1 choose the type of rods and the angle that you wish to sharpen with 20 or 25 by placing the sharpening rods in the appropriate guide holes.
The oil will penetrate these tiny holes and loosen the debris.
Talks about how to use the ceramic rods demonstrates the razor sharp edge they can produce the advantages of using them the smaller field version of the ceramic rods and how to.
To know if you need to hone or sharpen your knife perform a paper test.
The blade is already sharp if the knife easily and swiftly cuts the paper.
Pour some honing oil on your ceramic sharpening rod and rub it in.
Many of these rods are made out of alumina ceramic.
Ceramic diamond rods.
The rods can be round square or triangular as long as the knife has a smooth surface to slide along.
You can also use dishwashing soap and water but this has some risks.
Sweep the entire length of the blade from handle to point.
In this video a g.
Slowly pull both sides of the knife against the grindstone.
You can then check the sharpness of the ceramic knife by cutting a piece of paper.
Step 2 hold the base firmly with your non dominate hand.
These rods are excellent for edge maintenance or providing the finishing grit.