The 9" ceramic hand sharpener is available all over town - easy to use.
Battery operated sharpener was in Sogo a few years ago. Kyocera have an office in TST-E but more for their commercial products.
http://www.yp.com.hk/27223900/756169/en
The 9" ceramic hand sharpener is available all over town - easy to use.
Battery operated sharpener was in Sogo a few years ago. Kyocera have an office in TST-E but more for their commercial products.
http://www.yp.com.hk/27223900/756169/en
Last edited by East_coast; 21-04-2014 at 11:16 PM.
I've had this ceramic sharpener from Wusthof for well over 10 years and it still does the job perfectly:
http://www.amazon.com/W%C3%BCsthof-2...nife+sharpener
I occasionally use a whetstone (for my Global knives) but I'd steer well away from that if you're fairly new to knife sharpening and want to keep all your fingers.
EC, this is not a knife sharpener, though most people would think that it is. It's used for re-aligning the very delicate edge that you already have on a sharp knife. It does not actually create a sharp edge on a blunt knife. This is why you see, say, sushi chefs using them partway through their work. Their blades are already extremely sharp, but may need a minor correction during the night.
Everybody else, I've tried an 'easy' style sharpeners that people are linking to with my kitchen knives. After using it once, I checked my knife edges and noticed that it had taken small chunks of metal out of the edge. The edge was sharp, but it was also jagged and notched. It's not something you'd notice without a very close examination.
I've not found anything to be more effective yet than a real whetstone. It's a pain in the ass to use, but it works. A Lansky sharpener is a option too.
Last edited by jgl; 22-04-2014 at 12:22 PM.
JGL - Something like this?
http://www.amazon.com/Lansky-PS-MED0...dp/B0085PPSIQ/
The IKEA one is somehow similar to the WMF one, but just has one (rough) stone.
The Meyer type uses hard metal to scrape material off your blade - that type should be avoided under all circumstances!
Go for the WMF, it's HK$300 , doesn't need any skill, and can last for ages.
Shri, more like this: http://lansky.com/index.php/products...-stone-system/
It's a bit fiddly so only really useful if you are anal and have too much spare time
I do wonder if those easy-style sharpeners work better if you buy the right one. The one that I tried was randomly selected from Pantry Magic and just tore up my edges. They were certainly much faster to use than a whetstone though.
Edit: Ideally, this being HK, the solution is to find some old dude that sits by the street using a whetstone and a lot of patience.
Last edited by jgl; 22-04-2014 at 12:30 PM.
The below company has very fine wetstones from Germany and Japan
FAI LEE HARDWARE & DIAMOND TOOLS CO.