Hi,
I'm being bought a 21cm Tojiro Senkou 21cm chef's knife as a birthday gift and would like some advice on sharpening before I begin using it.
This is the first high quality knife I will have used/owned so I'm pretty clueless about the best methods and sharpening tools. Previously I've used a 21cm richardson sheffield sabatier and gently run it through a taylor's eye witness chantry shapener every now and again. That seems to have worked well with that knife but I'm aware that people (including tojiro) recommend a whetstone and I didn't want to ruin the blade by using a steel.
How often would I need to sharpen the knife (considering daily, moderate use)? I've seen some people talking about hardly sharpening at all and others talking about having the knives sharpened professionally by someone.
I'm slightly hesitant about using the stone given my inexperience as I wouldn't want to irreversibly blunt the blade or mess it up. I've also read a little about ceramic steels...there's so much info out there on the net I thought it might be best to just post on a thread.
Hope someone can offer some advice. Thanks!
I'm being bought a 21cm Tojiro Senkou 21cm chef's knife as a birthday gift and would like some advice on sharpening before I begin using it.
This is the first high quality knife I will have used/owned so I'm pretty clueless about the best methods and sharpening tools. Previously I've used a 21cm richardson sheffield sabatier and gently run it through a taylor's eye witness chantry shapener every now and again. That seems to have worked well with that knife but I'm aware that people (including tojiro) recommend a whetstone and I didn't want to ruin the blade by using a steel.
How often would I need to sharpen the knife (considering daily, moderate use)? I've seen some people talking about hardly sharpening at all and others talking about having the knives sharpened professionally by someone.
I'm slightly hesitant about using the stone given my inexperience as I wouldn't want to irreversibly blunt the blade or mess it up. I've also read a little about ceramic steels...there's so much info out there on the net I thought it might be best to just post on a thread.
Hope someone can offer some advice. Thanks!