Can you sharpen a santoku knife with this model?
268430
It probably wouldn't be a good idea, the angle of sharpening is set for US style knives and Santoku knives are usually a different angle.
268431
This thing do not sharp anything, is the biggest Waste of money i ever made.
268432
I recently sharpened my Santoku knife (the one with the little dimples in the blade to allow air to ease slices off the knife blade easier.) I had no problem sharpening it with the Chef's Choice 300. Just remember when sharpening a knife for the first time, you need to break the factory edge. It will take about 5 minutes per knife the first time. After that you can re-sharpen it in a minute.
1170550
You would need a thin sharp blade---and don't forget technique! If you have a favorite sushi place watch theblade used and ask if you will. They are friendly to customer question.
1510694
Yes, you can. But you will have to use the coarse side (cutter on the left) for a longer period of time to re-shape the blade angle from the American angle, which can be between 20-30 degrees, to the 15 degree angle of usual Asian knife. It will take at least 30 to 50 pulls through the shapener to re-angle the knife. You will be taking more metal off the knife when doing this, but unless you're 20 years old and want to keep the knife for a lifetime, that won't matter. The sharpener works very well. I'm using it on my MAC Japanese knifes which cost over $200.00 each.
2155902
Yes, you can sharpen small knives and tools on the Lansky Dual Grit Sharpener. It's just like a regular sharpening stone, but it's shaped like a hockey puck.
1806755
I have a knife sharpener that came with Cutco knives many years ago that works fine. It is just a manual sharpener with wheels in it that you pull the knife through. I would imagine any one like that would work.
1984113
I don't think you can sharpen these knives manually or else it will void the warranty.
1046376
You can sharpen them however you want. That said, to protect the integrity of the knife you should stick to a traditional japanese whetstone and honing steel. If you are not comfortable doing this yourself Shun will sharpen them for free so long as you pay for shipping. Hope that helps!
868536
YES! Use the Wusthof Asian-style sharpener. It does an excellent job. It has both a coarse and fine set of ceramic sharpening stones set at the proper angle for this blade. I have had this knife for quite a while and still love it.
1873825
Yes and no. You can use the manual honing slot for honing the tips on the serration without risk of ruining the knife. You could also sharpen a serrated knife in the grinding slots, but that will eat a little of the serration each time, and after x number of sharpenings, the serration will have disappeared.
1855452
This could be used to sharpen a Santoku or any knife but the sharpener I received simply did not work. Not sure if it was misaligned, but I returned the unit. I took my blades, including my Santoku, to a local butcher shop that did them all for $1 a piece, which I think was a bargain.
1980694
Personally I would by a different sharpener. I am NOT pleased with the unit that I bought. it does not do an adequate job of sharpening any knife.
768990
Yes, I bought a sharpening kit but if I needed a new one I would try and rebuy this model
658679
only if there is no other choice.... no disrespect to this tool but IF you have a GENUINE katana, you do not want to defile it with any small sharpening tool. Even If you have a fake katana, you should get a proper stone to apply proper sharpening .... so short answer is.... NO
2056810
Yes you can. The sloped edge of ceramic is the main sharpener for serrated knives. One can also use the diamond rod, if the serration needs a more aggressive approach.
1225956
Yes, just be sure your shun is not a single sided edge. I have two shuns and it sharpens them beautifully.
538912
Yes you can, but this rod is ultra fine so if the edge is dull it will take a very long time. It is manly used as a final touch when you are using the spiderco sharpmaker sistem, wich has two sets of tougher stones and it takes a bit off time to make a dull edge sharp with them. So if your edge is already shaving sharp this rod is what you need to make it even sharper.
1716469
It comes with a sharpener you just run it across the cutting edge in one direction not back and forth. If you do not have a sharpener that comes with it I think you can use a knife sharpener but I am not sure.