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If you use kitchen knives, you should already know how to maintain them. To keep your blade sharp, for example, it is indispensable to sharpen it. You do not know how to do it? In this guide, our experts give you a few tips to sharpen your blade like a professional, to ensure perfect cutting!
Why does a knife need to be sharpened?
Whatever the type of kitchen knife you use, its blade needs regular maintenance if you want it to last.
When should you sharpen your knife?
Blade sharpening must become a part of your routine before cooking. You can even do it before each use, so as to guarantee optimal cutting.
Which sharpening tool should you use?
The perfect tool is the steel. With a flat or oval shape, that is even better.
What is the proper blade sharpening technique?
You must hold the knife with a 15-to-20° angle, and make the blade slide along the steel, one side after the other, using the top and the back of the steel successively, and most of all from one end of the blade to the other, to sharpen it uniformly. Start slowly to gain confidence, do not force. It should only take 15 to 20 seconds.
What about the Pyrenean stone?
You can also sharpen your blade using a Pyrenean stone. There are two more or less thin grammages, depending on the result you want to obtain, this is also opting for a French natural product, and be sure to succeed.
To understand better the proper method to sharpen your knife, you can also watch this video:
