How does it do when sharpening SANTOKU KNIVES.
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I don't have that brand of knifes... where in the ad does it say one has to have that brand for the sharpener to work properly?
394521
I do not know, because I don't own those type of knives. However, the instructions indicate that this sharpen can be used to sharpen this type of knife.
394522
You can't use this for Santoku knives. They have different blade angles. You must get a model designed for Asian knives.
394523
Fine with the one I have very sharp. Mine is alittle older however. Still a Henckel. T
394524
I can't answere that question as I don't have any of those knives . The instructions don't mention that one should not.
394525
My experience is: following instructions, my three Santoku knives came out sharp and ready.
1502179
Your question prompted me to try sharpening a couple bread knives and they did sharpen up. This iis a powerful sharpener and you have to be cateful with rhe sharpened knives afterwards.
1152035
Thank you for your inquiry,This knife sharpener has been used very successfully on serrated knives.
1855451
No. Santoku knives are usually sharpened at much less angle than this one provides. I would guess this is around 20 degrees or more and santokus can be around 15 degrees. I ruined a Henkel santoku knife with this sharpener. It should really state at what angle it sharpens. However, if you do a few light passes on the fine slot, it is probably good enough to hone a blade, but you could just use a steel instead.
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I haven't used it extensively. I tried to do some chopping and made some feather sticks and it seemed to holds up pretty good. The only problem for me, it's a little bit hard to sharpen this knife with regular sharpening stone. I found out the best way is using the Diamond Pen sharpener. This is due to the unique curved shape on the middle of the blade. If you're experience maybe you can get by with a smaller, like 1 inch wide sharpening stone. But at the same time, that curved is very helpful to carve feather sticks. So it has it's pros and cons.
434802
It works good on my Wustof chef's knife and easy to use. Just a few passes and it is good to go. You don't have to keep re-sharpening the blade, just do it and its good for quite a while.
2012365
I have my Tormek set-up to sharpen cutlery. After I mount the blade in the clamp device, no more than two minutes, if that. If all the edge needs is a touch up, a minute. Then I steel it and it's done.
333679
Do not use it on shun knives because they are ground to a different angle than most knife sharpeners. Shun does make an electric sharpener designed specifically for Shun knives. I have it and it works very well on my set of Shun knives. I am a cheff and can not tolerate knives that are sharp.
680838
use the white stones, if you want the sharpest edge, do it twice,stropping wont hurt,but i dont see the need. my knifes are sooooo sharp. i love this sharpener.
1149676
Yes it works well. I sharpened my pocket knife and a few of my cutlery knives.
1661023
14 degrees confirmed by Wusthof. The Asian knives require a 10 degree angle sharpener, so this will not work for something like a Santuko.
442314
America's Test Kitchen uses this Chef's Choice 463 Pronto Santoku/Asian Manual Knife Sharpener to sharpen this knife
889943
Unfortunately I do not know the answer to your question. I threw mine away or else I would mail it to you. As for blade sharpening, the instructions are to run the blade through step one about twenty times per side of the blade using very light pressure. For step two run the the blade about twenty times per side again with no pressure exerted. Depending on the quality of the steel the edge is satisfactory. I would not use expensive knives on this machine. It is good for everyday kitchen blades. Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Roger
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Yes, I have sharpened a 3-1/2 inch bladed knife on mine and it worked great. The one issue I can see is that if the knife is too small then you run the risk of scrapping your hand on the stone.
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Kitchen and sports knives with 20 degree angle start with Stage 2 sharpening then finish in Stage 3 honing. Santoku and other 15 degree edge angles start with Stage 1 sharpening and finish with Stage 3 honing .
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Hey Dan, The Komachi's ship with the blade sharpen to percise, very thin measure's. Funny thing that I've experienced is if I use a different sharpener, it never works as good as the one I used originally. I'll go back to the original and I've got a shrp blade again. So I would imagin that if that was the only sharpener you use it would work, but I would use it very delicate. Another fit and very inexpensive sharpener that will work is the Rada Knives sharpener.
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I have used it on carbon steel knives, kitchen and utility, with great outcomes. It takes a twice as many passes with those as with the standard stainless but the results are very good. Straight off the machine it'll be near razor sharp. A few passes on a strap or stone brings total razor sharpness. I average about 1 knife per minute when I'm sharpening them to razor sharpness.