How to Use a Diamond Sharpening Steel Diamond Sharpener Tutorial

Today Im going to give you a few tips on keeping your knife sharp with the Dexter Russell SaniSafe Diamond Sharpener. A diamond sharpening steel is a musthave for maintaining and sharpening your knives. It can be used as a steel when running your knife across it with a slight amount of pressure, or to create a new edge, you use more pressure. Another feature I like about this steel, or sharpener, is that it has an oval design instead of the round carbon steel design. I believe this puts a much better edge on your knife. In this video, Ill show you couple ways on how to sharpen your knife using a diamond sharpener. In the first method, you are going to hold the knife and sharpener out in front of your body at a 45 angle. You want your knife to be at a 20 angle off of the sharpener. Place the heel of your blade at the very tip of the diamond sharpener, and then you re going to apply a little bit of pressure. Bring the knife all the way down. Next, you are going to do the other side. I recommend doin