Sharpening Serrated Knives

[Ken S]

The only serrated knife I have sharpened is my Henckel bread knife. That knife has served me well for twenty seven years. I have had very satisfactory results sharpening it with a wooden dowel, either covered with sandpaper or diamond paste. I also tried using a tapered diamond file once, with less satisfactory results. I have a Soyderco tringular shsrpmeker, but have not yet tried it with my serrated knife. The expedient of just grinding away the non beveled side seems barbaric to me.

Once begun, touching up the individual scallops does not seem so daunting.

Ken