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You can sharpen it any way you choose to. Part of CUTCO's marketing effectiveness is the micro-teeth they put on the edge as part of the sharpening process.
 
Cutco knives should sharpen up nicely using waterstones or whatever you've around including a red-brick. They are 440A knives with good HT. I had sharpened a bunch of them. They actually had a decent edge retention for this class of steel.
 
Yep, you can sharpen them with just about anything. I tend to use the belt grinder with about a 220 grit finish, the same as I use for softer Buck steels and for skinning / butchering knives. They don't hold a super-polished edge well, as far as I have been able to tell. They're not bad for a 440A stainless, but that's not saying a whole lot.
 
get some 3m wetordry sandpaper (i would not go over 400 grit) and a piece of glass to lay the sandpaper on which will sharpen them up just fine.
 
Assuming 440A with a good heat-treat, that's a very good thing, from a maintenance standpoint. Wet/dry sandpaper used in edge-trailing strokes (like stropping), works very well with this steel. Sharpens up to a very fine edge, and more easily than many other stainless steels. And if one wishes to do so, this steels also polishes very easily, when taken up through 2000 grit.

I specifically mention the sandpaper, simply because that's my favorite method for this steel. I'm sure it'll respond to other means as well; 440A is very easy to get along with, in terms of upkeep. If you have a 'favorite' method or tool for sharpening your knives, you should be able to take care of these pretty easily. :)
 
I would ask if you are going to sharpen a Cutco Double D edge or their plain edged? If you are sharpening a plain edge, then yes your stones should be fine. Cutco also offers free sharpening for the cost of shipping the knife there and back. If you have a damaged Double D edge, I would send it back to Cutco for the edge maintenance. If its a plain edge, again, you should be fine with your stone(s).
 
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