Knife Care

Washing

As a general rule we strongly suggest not dishwashing your knives - if you choose to dishwash your Global and Shun knives you will invalidate your warranty.

Technically, Wusthof, Robert Welch, Kyocera and Victorinox knives are suitable for cleaning in the dishwasher (except knives with wooden handles), but there are a number of reasons why precious knives should not be cleaned in a dishwasher:

• Many dishwashers have a cutlery basket into which knives...

Guidelines on how to keep your knives sharp:

When it comes to maintaining your knives you have to first differentiate between honing and sharpening. Here we can explain the difference.

Honing

With regular use, any knife will lose its "bite". Every edge has many very fine "teeth" which are bent to both sides of the blade after a certain time of cutting on a hard surface (you can't see that with your eyes - only under a microscope). Using a Wusthof honing steel regularly will re-...