September 13, 2020

Do You Need to Sharpen Your Knives? Forget the Steel. This is the Easiest Way.

Have you been working with dull knives? Now you need no skill or know-how at all to get ‘em sharp again.

If you use a better knife, then you might agree with me. Sharpening them is annoying. I tried using a sharpening steel, but it never really worked for me. I don’t know how to use it properly and my knives simply never got sharp afterward.

Sure, when we’re using these knives we love by The Kosher Cook (no toiveling required), we can just throw them out when they get dull, as they’re cheap enough to replace. But I do have some better ones that had gotten dull and I really needed to get them sharp.

I picked up this electric sharpener on Amazon and it’s A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! It sharpens any knife, whether straight, serrated, or bread knife. They typically need sharpening a few times a year.

It’s a great investment to get optimal performance from your knives always.

Want to know which other knives we recommend? We recommend some of our favorites in this post.

Leah Schapira

Leah is the best-selling author of 10 kosher cookbooks. She’s known as a master “connector,” bringing people together and collaborations to life.

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2 responses to “Do You Need to Sharpen Your Knives? Forget the Steel. This is the Easiest Way.”

TG

September 14, 2020

that’s because honing steels do not sharpen knives…they only straighten the blade a bit without removing metal. a sharpener like the one above actually removes material from the blade to reshape the edge. my FIL has that electric one. we have the corresponding manual one that costs $20. it’s terrific. and knives should be sharpened when they can’t cut a tomato properly, which is way more often than a few times a year depending on the knife. whenever my husband has been sharpening the knives, i can tell immediately and it’s a mechaya. i have those cheap victorinox ones for pesach, and i agree they’re good and sharp, but they’re small and lack heft and cutting everything takes so much longer.

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1. RD
  
  May 13, 2024
  
  Would you mind sharing the link?
  
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