Bread knife

jinnywren

Can anyone tell me can you sharpen a bread knife.
If so what on?
thanks

tanith

Buy a knife sharpener thats the safest way ...

voiceofreason

tanith wrote: »

Buy a knife sharpener thats the safest way ...

And that'll work on a serrated bread knife, will it?

newlywed

voiceofreason wrote: »

And that'll work on a serrated bread knife, will it?

The knife sharpener I have says not to be used for serrated knives.

It's this one we have http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10001_17978_275674_-1

tanith

voiceofreason wrote: »

And that'll work on a serrated bread knife, will it?

My apologies for not really reading the OP properly and giving a stoopid answer I don't actually think I have ever had to sharpen my bread knife as it only gets used for bread and still cuts ok...

newlywed

Looks like you can buy special sharpeners but it looks a bit time consuming to do:

http://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/How-to-Sharpen-a-Serrated-Knife-W19C60.aspx

http://www.megnut.com/2006/09/how-to-sharpen-a-serrated-knife

La-Cara

my dad reckons you can use a sharpening steel for serrated knives, never tried it myself though.

nimbo

i used to work in a kitchen, and the chefs used a knife steel, which worked fine, eventually the knife looses it serrations, but his was years old and was still fine, and he used it ALL the time...

admittedly it was the only knife in his collection that wasn't a global posh one, but unless yours is really exspensive i imagine that it should be fine for years to come...

reverie

I have been wondering this too since investing in some good knives. I think if you use a steel at the right angle it may work. Not sure if I'm skillful enough though!

Barneysmom

I never knew about using a steel - I'll give mine a go.
Mine's never been the same since my hubby cut the curtain track with it

Larumbelle

If you have a good relationship with your butcher, they might do it for you. Worth being a bit cheeky and asking