Ceramic Mug Sharpening

I have the kyocerca advanced ceramic electric diamond knife sharpener at home and so far it has done a good job of sharpening both ceramic and steel knives.

Ceramic mug sharpening.

This is a battery powered device which features a diamond grinding stone capable of. All you ve got to do is flip the mug over and run the knife blade along it holding it so that the edge maintains an angle of about 15 to 20 degrees. To sharpen your knife blade you need to glide the knife blade along the unglazed ceramic edge at an angle of 15 to 20 degrees. 3 5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings.

Hold the mug upside down in one hand then place the base of the knife blade at a 45 degree angle against the exposed ceramic rim at the bottom. It s true the bottom of most ceramic coffee mugs have a flat unglazed ring that is the perfect surface for giving that dull knife a quick sharpening. Ceramic diamond rods sharpening rods are two rods set in a base at a specific angle 30 degrees for the ones i use. What you want to do is turn the mug over where you ll see an unglazed ceramic rim via serious eats.

This has two different grits of diamond grinding stones for coarse sharpening and fine honing and it can even grind off small chips in ceramic blades. So turn your cup over and voila ring shaped medium grit ceramic sharpening stone. Many sharpeners use ceramic as the abrasive but that won t work for ceramic knives they need diamonds. You can t sharpen your knives on the shiny glazed part of your mug.

Many of these rods are made out of alumina ceramic. 59 99 59 99 count free returns. Keeping a firm grip on both the mug and the knife handle and maintaining that 45 degree angle drag the knife against the rim using even pressure as though you were using a traditional sharpening steel. The rods can be round square or triangular as long as the knife has a smooth surface to slide along.

This unglazed ceramic is harder than metal and can be used just like a sharpening stone. However there are only a handful of electric knife sharpeners good enough to sharpen ceramic knives.