How to sharpen knives with musat?

Despite the abundance of modern technology - kitchen combines, blenders, meat grinders, no mistress in the kitchen can do without cutting knives. Any cook will agree with the statement that the more annoying factor when working in the kitchen during the cutting and cutting of products than the stupid tool does not exist, because the work turns into anguish. How to sharpen knives with musat - any cook should know, regardless of length of service, because during the working day the ordinary chef rules the tip of the knife approximately 200 times. That is why the people of this profession are treated with a lot of attention and pickiness to the choice of musat. He becomes the same personal matter of taste and habits, as well as the choice of the blade itself.

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What is musat?

Musat is a word borrowed from the Turkic language, designating a special device for sharpening or straightening blades, the construction of which contains a rod.

Musat is a steel strip of round shape. It can be in the form of a narrow cylinder or a faceted strip with two faces. Basically, in form and function, the musat is like a file.

Important! The Swiss manufacturer produces about 50 kinds of Musatov. The most common and traditional is round steel moussat. The grinding tool must be much harder than the knife, so when making the sharpening tool, a particularly strong chrome vanadium steel is used.

Application

Musat is a core with a handle, about which the cook drives a blade. Drawing the knife from top to bottom from the handle and to the tip, it looks like a microscopic debris of steel from the tip of the knife, which accumulated during cutting, cutting the food.

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Choose musad

The length of the torch should be less than the length of the working rod of the musat.

Professional chefs use mainly round steel moussat with length from 18 to 30 cm. The surface of the tool has an average grain size. If you are wondering how to properly sharpen the knives with a musat, you are better suited tool with a length of grinding part 18-20 cm.

Important! Ideally, if the pin of the grinding tool is 5 cm longer than the edge of the blade.

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Types

To properly sharpen the knives with musat, one should distinguish them. The basic classification of the device is as follows:

• Musates as tools for editing the already sharpened blade;
• Musates - rods for sharpening knives.

Products are produced from different materials, as they perform a different function:

• sharpening pins peel the metal from the edge of the point, sharpening it into an acute angle;
• straightening tools - just clean the sharpened edge of the blade from the metal toothed fringe and correct the edge irregularities.

Important! Ceramic or "diamond" rod - designed for sharpening blades. Such a tool in the kitchen is not used during work. A glass or steel tool is designed for straightening. This tool is designed to work in the kitchen.

Consider the types of musates according to the material of manufacture.

"Diamond" rods

"Diamond" slips are hard chrome steel moussats, the surface of which is covered with synthetic diamond sand. Why not natural diamond sand?

First, synthetic diamonds are cheaper, and secondly, artificial diamonds have the same dimensions, which is of great importance for high-quality sharpening.

Advantages of Diamond Musat:

1. Rods made from "diamond" steel have an oval shape and, due to this, the pressure in the grinding site is reduced. Even if you sharpen the blade, you apply too much effort, anyway, the groove on the edge of the cutter will not be carved, the "diamond" steel will remove only the metal layer from the cutting edge. With the help of the "diamond" lead, you can even make a new cutting edge on a heavily worn out blade, and an ordinary round moussat with such work is unlikely to cope.
2. The blade after processing with a diamond mouser is very easily and quickly sharpened. It is enough to hold them on a sharpening device on each side once and everything - the tool is ready to work.
3. As a result of sharpening by a diamond core, the point does not wear out.
4. "Diamond" musat - a perpetual tool that does not require care. The only condition that you must comply with, do not store the lead with other solid objects, and do not wash it in the dishwasher.

Ceramic coating

Musat with ceramic coating, as well as with "diamond", is used for both sharpening and grinding of the point. Ceramic rods are round or oval.

Advantages of the tool:

• Super hard.
• The cutting edge of the cutter after the treatment is less abrasive and smoother.
• Ceramic pencil is suitable for sharpening a butcher's tool.

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How to properly sharpen knives with musat?

Use a mouser to sharpen a tool with a smooth cutting edge. Knives with a wavy or serrated edge, the core can be grinded only if the cutting edge of the blade is smooth on one side. When sharpening, the cutting edge of the blade is leveled, and the metal is not removed.

Important! Musat does not damage the cutting edge, which means that it can be used for sharpening as many times as possible, for example, professionals, sharpen the tool before each application.

The most effective result is obtained with the correct use of the rod. Stick to the following sequence to properly sharpen the knives with musate:

1. Spread a towel.
2. Put the muskat on the towel strictly vertically( the tip of the musate should be supported by a non-slip surface).
3. In the other hand, take the blade and, holding the point at an angle of 15-20 degrees, pull the cutter from top to bottom, away from yourself towards yourself.
4. After sharpening one side of the blade, perform the same procedure on the other side of the cutter being machined - from the base to the tip of the blade.
5. The cutting edge will become sharp after 3-6 movements on the lead. When using diamond or ceramic moussat, it is sufficient to hold 1 time on each side of the blade.

Important! Sharpen it without strongly pressing the Moussat. The whole hand should be involved, the wrist should not bend.

Editing of the sharp blade already occurs as follows: by the lightest touch, alternating the right and left sides of the blade, 2-4 times pass along the rod of the musate.

Important! When straightening, a larger number of passes through the blade on the axis worsens the tip of the knife.

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How to determine the sharpness of the cutting edge?

To ensure that you correctly sharpen the knives with musate and the expected result is achieved, sharpen the edges of the blade by the following methods:

1. Using the hair of the head. Place the point of the cutter at right angles to the hair and slide lightly with the blade down. The blunt blade will slip without obstacles, and the sharp one will move with a slight friction, as if touching the hair.
2. With a sheet of newspaper. Try cutting the newspaper sheet in weight. An acute blade will cope with such a task without problems.

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Useful advices:

• The sharpening force must be distributed evenly.
• Blade and Moussat must touch each other on the cutting edge.
• Both sides of the knife should be treated alternately with a rod. You can not spend several times first on one side, and then on the other.
• Metal moussat use only for sharpening, and the axis with "diamond" and ceramic coating is used for both sharpening and grinding.
• If it is difficult for you to determine the bevel angle of the edge of the blade yourself, consult the manufacturer or a specialist store for advice.
• Be careful and focused while sharpening, as this is not safe.
• After sharpening and checking for sharpness, rinse the cutter in warm water with any cleaning agent, and then wipe dry. Mysate itself after the procedure is enough to wipe with a damp towel without pile.
• To be sure that you are not too close to the point, or it is located too perpendicularly during grinding, sharpen the edge of the cutter with a felt-tip pen or a soft pencil. If you drive the tool at the right angle with the blade, the black part of the edge will disappear evenly.
• The point with a serrated or wavy edge is sharpened from the smooth side at zero angle of sharpening along the entire length of the cutting edge. Movements should be as smooth as possible.

If you want to always have a good mood when cooking in the kitchen and the knives were always in excellent condition, then do not forget to sharpen your tools on time, using magnificent moussat.