Even the sharpest knife becomes dull with time and needs sharpening. This statement fully applies to popular in recent times, ceramic knives , the blades of which for a long time to perform high-quality cutting. Do not expect until the knife is completely dull and unsuitable for use. It is better to have in advance a sharpener for ceramic knives.
What are the sharpeners for ceramic knives?
Since the blade of this kitchen unit is not made of metal, but of a stronger material - ceramics, he needs a completely different sharpener than the one that can usually be found in the house. More precisely, visually the sharpener looks the same, but the plate for grinding is made of diamond crumb.
On sale you can find a sharpener for ceramic knives with diamond dusting both mechanical and electrical. The manual version is a device consisting of a plastic handle and a flat plate with a special coating. Sharpening is carried out on the blade of the knife.
There is also a desktop mechanical sharpener , consisting of a plastic case with compartments. When you insert a knife into the compartment, the blade touches the diamond-coated disc, and sharpening occurs.
Of course, mechanical models require considerable physical effort, but they are inexpensive. But the electric sharpener for ceramic knives will sharpen the blades in a matter of minutes easily and efficiently. In fact, this is the desktop mechanical model described above. Only in the electrotool for ceramic knives the discs rotate due to the operation of the electric motor.
An excellent reputation earned sharpeners from the Italian Pomid'Oro, Japanese Kyocera, American ChefsChoice. True, these quality products are worth a lot. The Chinese firm Taidea offers fine and budgetary sharpeners for ceramic knives.