Sharpeners for ceramic knives are designed for ceramic knives but a sharpener that can also handle steel knives will be more convenient.
Ceramic or steel knife sharpener.
It is also important to remember that most of the sharpeners are for flat blades.
If you want to be in a position to also sharpen ceramic and steel blades take care that your device can handle them.
The ultimate solution that you can ever try is to use the messermeister ceramic rod knife sharpener 12 inch is a sharpening tool providing the basic sharpening needs.
Lansky s lines of ceramic and steel sharpeners are perfect for sharpening in the kitchen and workshop.
It has a wide crossguard for maximum hand protection and seems especially well built with a thick solid plastic handle.
Any other considerations i should look at when honing this blade.
Ceramic knife blade sharpening.
Ideal for kyocera ceramic knives the diamond grinding stone can take up to 5mm nicks off a blade achieving a 35 degree angle.
If it makes a difference the blade is damascus steel.
Many sharpeners use ceramic as the abrasive but that won t work for ceramic knives they need diamonds.
They are widely utilized for in between step in sharpening and stropping.
My top pick for ceramic steels is made by dmt diamond machining technology a company i learned about on knife forums that specializes mostly in diamond steels.
This has two different grits of diamond grinding stones for coarse sharpening and fine honing and it can even grind off small chips in ceramic blades.
Ceramic knife blades use only the diamond rods in stage 1.
Ceramic diamond rods sharpening rods are two rods set in a base at a specific angle 30 degrees for the ones i use.
Ceramic knife sharpeners are known for their gentle abrasives and produce a finer result than that of diamonds.
This sharpener is designed as both a ceramic blade and stainless steel knife blade sharpener.
Anyhow i was wondering if i should go with a ceramic or steel honing rod.
I think for now i ll let a pro actually sharpen the knife since the knife sharpening sets are fairly expensive and i don t want to ruin the knife.
Sharpener for ceramic battery powered this electric knife sharpener is the perfect solution for at home sharpening and refreshing of your ceramic and steel kitchen knives.
Stainless steel blades use all 3 sharpening slots.
The rods can be round square or triangular as long as the knife has a smooth surface to slide along.
Much preferred for quick touch ups they could also be used as stand alone abrasives.