High Hardness Honing Steel 12 Inches Flat Knife Sharpener Steel Sharpening Rod for Kitchen Knives Carbon Steel Honing Rod

I am impressed with the sharpener. The handle is contourd and fits well in the handle. The surface which is wide for surface area is good for sharpening. I would not recommend this one to anyone who is not familiar with its use. This is not for someone who has not learned the proper technique of using this tool. If you know the proper process, then you should be pleased with it. If you never used one, I recommend you get some lessons first.

Nice, long honing steel is easy to use, can give your blades a sharp edge even if you are unskilled.

Sharpening a knife, a good one or a cheap one, is the first thing to do. Like many before me, I thought a steel or a hone was for sharpening knives. Not true. I now use a WorkSharp electric sharpener. A few swipes on the machine and the edge is ready for honing. And all that’s needed with the Hidamos is careful honing for an edge that is ready for tough meat or delicate fruit. When I visit family, I take my kit with me and fix all their cutlery. Everyone has dull knives.

The product exceeded my expectations. The package it was delivered in was in great shape and so was the product. Exactly what I ordered, Thank you.

Fantastic!

I’ve owned plenty of knife steels over the years and this one is probably the fastest. Although it’s called a sharpening or honing steel, it doesn’t actually do either. What it does (and does very well) is push the sharpened edge of your knife back into alignment along the blade. If your knife is truly dull, it will not sharpen it. Your knife will need to be honed. But maintaining that sharpened edge, which gets bent to one side or the other during use, is what this steel is meant to do.I prefer the oval cross section of the business end of this tool to the more common round steels as it gives a wider contact point as you guide your knife’s edge along the length of it. A few quick strokes with this and my Wusthof Santoku is gliding through over-ripe tomatoes with ease.I also like the wooden handle and the finial on the end with a ring for hanging the steel. But when the finial is fully tightened the ring is out of alignment with the hand guard… a minor point, but I notice it, and fear it might get more noticeable if the wooden handle shrinks, as they often do, and the finial needs tightening.

Great product, great shipping!

This honing steel is awesome! Not only is it beautiful to look at (work of art), it feels great to use. You can tell just from picking it up in your hand that it's a high quality tool that's gonna serve you well for many years.If you use proper honing technique, you'll immediately feel the difference in your cutlery. My old santoku and chef's knives have never performed better than they do right now, slicing and dicing with ease. I can't recommend it enough!