If electric sharpeners are not working to your satisfaction, learn how to sharpen a knife with a stone. Stones work because the user controls the amount of sharpness. Many professionals use these tools to sharpen knives. Keep the stone oiled well, as it will not work without moisture. Use a manufacturer recommended oil for your stone. Determine the angle Each knife is sharpened at a certain angle. If you don’t know what angle to use, ask the manufacturer or a professional knife store what angle…

If you are sharpening a knife with an electric knife sharpener, it is best to follow the instructions that come with the sharpener. If you don’t have the instructions, call the manufacturer to see if you can get a new copy of the owner’s manual. If that is impossible, you might want to switch to a company that has better customer service. However, if you find that you need to sharpen your knife and you don’t have an electric knife sharpener, you can always use…

Sushi knives may seem like a niche product that is only marketed towards aspiring culinary artists that lack the common sense to realize that the only thing that makes a blade a ‘sushi’ variant is in the title. While there may be some truth to this logic, there are also some minor variations in sushi knives that set them apart from standard filleting knives or other types of knives. Not all sushi knives are unique, however, and some sushi knives are simply other types of…