Thank y On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Charles Haynes <charles.hay...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > > On 09-Sep-11 12:26 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > >> I have five very expensive (practically Madhu Menon-class) > >> surgical-steel knives, ... Sharpening these knives doesn't work > > > Why not? If you're willing to invest in "more expensive ones" let me > > also recommend this [2], which ought to work fine with surgical steel > > knives. > > Any ceramic sharpener should work fine on hard stainless knives. I > personally have found the bottom of a plate to be satisfactory. Just > remember to do it each time you use the knives to keep them really > sharp. Thank you for this tip! I had tried sharpening the last lot on something I bought online and it didn't work. Wish I'd asked on this list earlier :)