Serrated Knife Sharpeners

Serrated knives take special care and require a special kind of serrated knife sharpeners that will not degrade their fine edges by burring them. Straight or normal knife sharpeners will work great for normal blades but not for these delicate serrated knives.

How serrated knife sharpeners work

Many professional blade sharpeners come ready to sharpener serrated knives. They have special cone shaped honing diamond material which are designed to sharpen inside each serrated tip and tiny edge.

Specialized serrated knife sharpeners

Specialized electric serrated knife sharpeners will sharpen each tip or serration separately. Make sure not to widen the gap of each serration and be sure to only sharpen one side of the serration or tip because the other side is designed to support and is not made to be sharpened.

Be careful because once you ruin the tips, it will not be possible to bring the knife back to factory newness. If you do mess up the tips then you could still sharpen the blade regulary and use it as a straight knife and will get a lot of life out of it still.

Another option to a professional electric knife sharpener is to use a diamond sharpening rod. These are thin, round rods that can sharpen each tip. Carefully stand the rod up and stroke each tip up and down along the sharpening rod. This obviously take much more time, patience, and precision than using a professional electric knife sharpener but it does work well if you take your time.

Don't ruin the serrated knife

Remember that serrated blades are hard to bring back to new. So make sure not to over sharpen the knife because this will cut each tip down significantly and render the knife much less effective. The way that serrated knives are constructed, they break down easily and must be taken care of. The good thing about these kind of knives is they don’t need sharpening as much as straight blades because of their saw like blade. They don’t get dull as fast as a regular knife does.

Conclusion

If you have a serrated knife then you want to be sure to use either a specialized serrated knife sharpener or a professional electric serrated knife sharpener for best results and longer knife use.