How to Sharpen a Serrated Bread Knife with Ease
Method 1: Using a ceramic sharpening rod 1. Select your Sharpening Rod As we have already mentioned, to manually sharpen a serrated knife you will need a specific tool that can get inside those grooves. Ceramic (and diamond) rods are one of the most popular methods of manually sharpening a bread knife. The rod shape is designed specifically to get inside the serrations of the blade. This allows you to sharpen your knife tooth by tooth Messermeister Ceramic Rod Knife Sharpener, 12-Inch The Messermeister takes our top recommendation spot because it really is a strong, high performing ceramic sharpener. The rod is built from industrial strength ceramic combined with an alignment steel that will sharpen your dull serrated edges in just a few strokes. Step 1 – Find the Bevel Edge Most serrated knives, whether it is a bread knife or a sports knife as seen in the image above, will have a one sided bevel edge. The bevel-edged face of the blade will angle sl