Savor the season by keeping your knives sharp for more enjoyable food prep:

June 13, 2011 - PRLog -- How To Sharpen Kitchen Knives
The fresh flavors of summer mean delicious fruits and vegetables on the table. To prepare them, a sharp knife is essential. Since all knives dulls with use, a sharpener is a necessary tool.

There are two types of knife maintenance tools: those that straighten the edge and those that use abrasives to create a new, sharper edge.

Conventional butcher steels can be difficult to use and don’t actually sharpen. When a knife dulls, the edge folds and the steel is used to realign it. Eventually, the edge breaks off and has to be resharpened.

To sharpen a knife, a new edge must be created with a quality knife sharpener. Look for:
•   Diamond abrasives. Diamonds sharpen knives efficiently without damaging blade.
•   Multi-stages—proper sharpening requires both shaping the edge with coarser abrasives in initial stage and polishing with finer abrasives in consecutive stages.
•   Precision angle guides for easy, uniform sharpening.

A sharp knife is a cook’s most valued tool. Slicing and dicing the season’s sumptuous flavors is faster, easier and more enjoyable with a sharp knife.

Keep your knives sharp with the new Chef’sChoice® Pronto™ Manual Diamond Hone® Sharpener M464 (http://www.chefschoice.com/page2b.html). Easy to use, it’s the fastest manual sharpener on the market and puts an extremely sharp and long-lasting edge with lots of bite on straight edge and serrated knives. Using the Chef’sChoice perfected Criss-Cross™ technology, this two-stage sharpener features 100% diamond abrasives and precise bevel angle control for a 20 degree edge. The Chef’sChoice® Pronto™ applies an extremely sharp double bevel edge with microscopic “teeth” along the cutting edge. These tiny teeth provide the “bite” on the edge and work to engage and stabilize the food for effortless cutting. MSRP $39.99.
For more information, call 800-342-3255 or visit http://www.chefschoice.com.

Suggested Photo Caption: Savor Summer’s Flavors with a Sharp Knife
Editor’s Note: Hi-res. images available

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Marketed in 60 countries around the world under the ChefsChoice brand, EdgeCraft Corp. produces advanced technology small electrics including electric and manual knife sharpeners, high-quality cutlery, food slicers, waffle makers and mixes and hot beverage products.