I lost my instructions, which slot is for which knife? Is slot 1 regular kitchen knives, slot 2 Santoku, and slot 3 finishing for both?
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According to the manufacturer, my favorite Victorinox Chef knives have a 15° edge (sharpen in slot 1), and their boning knives 20° (sharpen in slot 2). It's good I asked, or I would do it wrong!
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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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Instructions (briefly) state that for Santoku or other 15&#730; Double-faceted blades, you sharpen in Stage 1 and hone in Stage 3 and do not use Stage 2. For all Euro/American Knives with 20&#730; edge you sharpen on Stage 2 and Hone on Stage 3. For serrated knives you use stage 3 only unless the blade is heavily damaged, in which case you can start on Stage 2. It's a good thing I got out my instructions, because I found I was doing it wrong!
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left slot is for Asian, middle is for Euro/ American, left is for polishing and serrated, this thing really works. Some knifes take a while, but with patience even knives I thought were gonners are coming around
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The first is for Santoku, the second for regular chef knife and the third finishing for both
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Instructions (briefly) state that for Santoku or other 15˚ Double-faceted blades, you sharpen in Stage 1 and hone in Stage 3 and do not use Stage 2.For all Euro/American Knives with 20˚ edge you sharpen on Stage 2 and Hone on Stage 3. For serrated knives you use stage 3 only unless the blade is heavily damaged, in which case you can start on Stage 2. It's a good thing I got out my instructions, because I found I was doing it wrong!
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You need a 3 blade. This photo isn't the right one. Call Amazon. The 3 blade are also larger. And hey I love mine.
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Sorry about the later reply. No. The deepest slot is the top slot (cleaver) which is about 10 1/8" deep. The second slot down, which will take about a 1 1/2 wide blade is 9 7/8" deep. The third slot down, also 1 1/2" wide is 9 1/4" deep. You should also know that the slots are cut all the way through so you can add about 1/8" depth to all of the slot if you don't mind that the tip of your knives will be resting on the counter. Hope this helps.
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NONE of these answers help me close this knife. "thing between the knife"? WTH? Why bother to respond. "push away lock" "piece that clicks"?? Worthless guys.
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Hey Christine, Sorry but I won't be much help. I bought those knives for someone else. I'll ask them and see if they could let me know. Good Luck and Happy Holidays
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The first two slots are for Asian, the second two slots are for Western. You can re-sharpen western knives to 15. If you want more information check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Ldbuum6B8.
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The "Chef's Choice Pronto Santoku/Asian Manual Knife Sharpener by EdgeCraft" is recommended by Cook's Illustrated for Victorinox blades. Victorinox uses the same 15* blade angle found in Asian blades (instead of the standard 20*-22* angle of most Western blades). So this sharpener is designed for the Victorinox.
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My fiancee just had one of the knives break at the shank too. it scared the #$% out of her. We loved these knives. it was the 7-in. Edgy Santoku Knife that broke. Edit: the support number is: furi support 415 567 9440 8775679440
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I'm not sure what the BDM-0001 is. Is it a Shun knife? We do not have that item number in our system.
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i dont know but i think there is a diferent knife for this. see the sushi knife
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One slot is a sharpener and the other is a hone. I find that this item works very well with my Asian knives. The fine slot does remove very small amounts of metal. I would use a steel for most of the honing.
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Mine is a different model although appears the same size--Does not have a place for butter knives--I just have them in the bottom drawer--The dinner knife slots will only fit one knife per slot--the case is wide enough for you to put the dinner knives where the photo shows the forks and spoons are--that is if you have room--by the way I bought mine at bed & Bath--if one is close to you --might look at one first before you buy -regards
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Our block doesn't look like the one in the picture but it is the 25 slot block. We have our shears in one of the wider slots and we've put our paring knives in the smaller slots. We've even got a cleaver in the flat longer slot.
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I don't have a bread knife, which is probably serrated, but the rest is not. Santoku knife is kind of sculptured, but the cutting edge is straight on all of them.
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Here is basically what you have: 1 - 1 3/8" 2 - 1 7/8" 2 - 7/8" 1 - 1" 2 - 1 1/4" This is a absolutely GREAT knife holder.... Let me tell you what i done on a second one i ordered.. Its not hard to do, and just takes a little bit of time and patience, and you will need a second person to help you, BUT if your like me, i needed some extra wide slots.. I have all Shun EDO line of knives, and if you have seen their chef's knives, and Santoku knives, you know they are extremely wide.. You can do this to ANY of the slots, and the magnet is embedded in the block... Take the block and put on side and have someone hold down... Take a wood cutting Hacksaw blade and insert into one of the slots.. wrap tape or use a rag on each end (to grip hacksaw blade with) and saw out the little wood partition between 2 of the slots.. You want to saw in a downward motion (easier).. As a example, i sawed out the partition between the 2 small slots that were only 7/8", and that gave me a full 2" for a larger knive.. Just saw right at the edge, and your good to go.. This is the only swinging block that i am aware of on the market, and is really a great unit to have.. As with most blocks, you need larger slots, then all the smaller ones.. I hope this information helped.. Any other questions, please post up, and i will do my best to help you out.
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My fiancee just had one of the knives break at the shank too. it scared the #$% out of her. We loved these knives. it was the 7-in. Edgy® Santoku Knife that broke. Edit: the support number is:furi support415 567 94408775679440
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I don't know. The packaging that it comes in gives directions only for regular knives