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Default Sharpening knives

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:01:22 -0400, Peter A >
wrote:

>In article >, sf says...
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:09:43 -0400, Peter A >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >I agree 100% Why on earth do people design knife sharpeners that move
>> >parallel to the edge when everyone and their aunt Tillie knows that it's
>> >movement roughly perpendicular to the edge that is needed for proper
>> >sharpening.

>>
>> while I'd never dream of using it on my decent knives, how does it
>> work on serrated edges?
>>
>>
>>

>
>I don't know. I have found that sharpening on a whetstone helps a lot
>with serrated knives. Of course it sharpens only the tip of each
>serration but that seems to make a big difference.


Thanks, I may try thqt sometime!


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