Can this sharpener be used with the Wusthof Santoku knives or will this damage the little divots on the side of the knife?
307055
I use it on the Shun Santoku that i have with no problems. It does not reach as far as the dots on the knife. Otherwise you have to take the knives into the store and have them shipped out to sharpen.
156296
Should work just fine. I would use the American stone for that knife. I have used it on my folding knives.
1579234
According to Wusthof, while it is designed for the Ptec edge it can be used for other knives BUT what they don't tell you is that using it on other knives requires more grinding since there is a significant amount of steel that must be removed from regular knives to create a new ptec edge. So if you don't have Wusthof knives,other sharpeners would be more appropriate. Since I have a lot of Wusthof knives this sharpener was just what I needed.
1225956
Yes, just be sure your shun is not a single sided edge. I have two shuns and it sharpens them beautifully.
1066818
I have not tried using one of those to sharpen it. But I have used every other standard sharpening tool and so far it hasnt received any damage at all.
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.
1225957
I believe they can be used on any two-sided knife, which includes most Japanese knives. Shun's site says they have two edges, so should be fine.
992125
Yes and No. Yes, as a First stage for sharpening the knife - I use it on my Wustoff knives. However, I use a hard Arkansas stone to produce the Finished edge. Use the coarse side on extremely worn or dull knives that need restoration. I am satisfied with this stone for most household sharpening, although, I am shopping for a dual grit water stone in the range of 2000/6000 grits.
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.
1457123
Yes, you can but you might consider getting the Shun sharpening steel. The Shun knife blade is set up on a particular angle The Shun steel has a built in guide to set the knife at exactly the angle the knife has from the factory. I should also say that a few swipes on the Shun steel really makes a difference, aligning the edge and removing small imperfections without doing damage to the blade.
1779230
Don't know. I'm using it for the Swiss Victorinox knives which have an Asian edge, at least the angle. But I think they aren't sharpened on one side only like a lot of Japanese knives.
234235
I use it with my Global knife and it works great for honing every other time I use the knife... and I am chopping or prepping with the knives almost every day. my 2 cents...
333681
I have no exeprience using Shun knives; but I would probably steer clear of using this sharpener on one, mainly because the Shun's are expensive. I wouldn't want to run the risk of ruining a seemingly quality knife by running this across its blade. Honestly, though, I just don't know for certain.
1632270
Small length blades are not going full length contact with the sharpener components due to the housing. It will not work on serrated blades.
1460990
Wusthof is a pretty basic knife. This is a pretty basic knife sharpener. I think it would sharpen any knife that has a normal blade.
1115066
I am not familiar with the Gyuto knife, however, according to the directions on the Chef's Choice Santoku knife sharpener it can be used on knives with both sides cutting edge but not on knives that are designed to be sharpened on only one side of the blade. If your knife can be sharpened on both sides, this is a great product.
2155903
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.