serrated knife blades

[opsirc]

I have a fillet knife set and a leatherman that have serrated blades. what is the best way to sharpen theses? use a sharpening steel, cermaic? or is there something out there exspecially for them?

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[bigdog]

The Lansky brand sharpener has a special stone for serrated blades. Instead of being flat like the regular ones it comes to a point in teh middle (like a ridgeline down the center). Some GM's have them and Sportsmans Whse in St. Cloud had them as well.

[IFallsRon]

It depends on the type of knife you have, if it is one which the serrations are on both sides of the kife edge you can not sharpen it. If the serrations are scallops ground out from only one side of the blade and the "back" side is flat than you can sharpen the blade.

What you need to do is to lay the back side flat on the sharpening stone and rub the back side flat, it takes some time to do. Work your way through the three sides of the tri stone and the back side of the kife should be shiny and the blade will be sharp again.

There's also a selection of serration hones on the market.

I should note that many professionals say that it is imposible to sharpen a serrated knife without ruining it.

[This message has been edited by IFallsRon (edited 01-22-2004).]

[skyking]

I bought a "Chef's Choice" brand knife sharpener that works on both straight-edged AND serrerated knives. It has 2 stages to sharpen, but only the 2nd stage is used for serrerated knives. Works pretty good... on straight-edged knives it creates a bevel which helps to keep the blade sharper for a longer period of time. Good deal at $30 @ GM.