12 Inch Diamond Honing Steel,Knife Sharpener Rod,For Sharpening Kitchen Knife, Cooking Knives, Butcher's Knives, Home Gourmet Blades, Garden Tools Sharpening Stick

Tried this for the first time! Worked to satisfaction!

Works great!

Only used this 12” diamond honing blade a couple times so far, but it definitely does something—my knives went from “butter-spreader” to “surgically concerning” real quick.Seems well-made, feels like it could double as a medieval weapon if things go sideways in the kitchen. Can’t speak to long-term durability yet, but for now it’s doing its job and keeping my blades sharp enough to make onions cry in fear before I cut them.Will update if it ever gains sentience.

Works well

An excellent sharpener, works as well as expected. I bought one for myself and two as gifts. They were well received.

My home is occupied, and also visited by "knife Abusers". People who cut and chop on stone countertops instead of proper cutting boards, throw the used knives into a sink full of everyday stainless utensils and porcelain, store their knives loosely all together in one drawer, and worst of all, run them through the dishwasher. Cretins! All they really deserve are a few sharp rocks.Because of those circumstances, I have my own set of knives that I use in the kitchen while the everyday ones lay callously tossed into the sink, their edges becoming dulled, and their handles waterlogged and splitting from the heat of the dishwasher. At some point, the knife abusers begin to complain that their knives won't cut anything and they ask if they can borrow mine? When we reach that point, and I become fearful for my good knives, I bite the bullet and sharpen their knives, complaining loudly while doing so that the knives wouldn't be dull in the first place if "people" took care of their knives! Apparently, knife abusers are not only callous, they are also hard of hearing. I have an assortment of stones and devices with which to sharpen knives. The balancing act is to get the everyday knives sharp enough that the rabble is content, but that I don't invest any more time sharpening than absolutely necessary. When I unboxed this diamond rod, I think that I heard angels sing and I was tempted to hold it aloft like Arthur did with Excalibur after he freed it from the stone. Okay, maybe it didn't go down exactly like that. But I was VERY impressed with it. The grit is considered fine, but because it is a diamond surface, it cuts the hard steel that most kitchen knives are made with as easily as a more course whetstone. I was able to restore the edges of 8 or 10 of the everyday kitchen knives in less time than it normally takes me to locate my stones, soak them, and then sharpen just one or two knives. I did not expect the fine grit to work quickly, or well on the very abused edges, but the rod proved me wrong. This is now my go to sharpening method for the kitchen knives, and I use it on some of my everyday carry pocket knives as well. Do not store this rod where it can rub on other items in the same drawer, it's covered in diamonds after all! Also, don't get it wet. Water will get under the metal plating holding the diamonds on the rod, cause rust, and your diamonds will flake off. Sad Day! If needed, clean it with a paper towel or a clean and dry Scotch Bright type scrubbing pad.

When I received this honing rod I was immediately surprised at how rough it was - by rough I mean as compared to the silky smoothness of true honing rods. The rod portion is shaped like a flattened oval and provides a fair amount of contact with the knife's edge, but now back to roughness.Diamond is THE most aggressive abrasive used for sharpening knives - there is nothing harder or more abrasive and it is the specific abrasive needed for sharpening ceramic knives and other alloy/hard steel premium knives.A honing rod, contrary to common misperception does not sharpen a knife blade, but rather it straightens the edge as over time and with use against cutting boards, bones, fruit pits, etc., the sharp edge on your knife gets rolled over/bent similar to the edge of foil when you press on it. A honing rod 'straightens' those defects and restores the cutting performance. When your knife is truly dull or nicked, a sharpening stone is the tool used to restore the edge.This rod is very aggressive and is capable of removing steel, a.k.a. sharpening. I tried it with one of my less expensive mass-produced kitchen knives. This particular knife is not made of incredibly good steel, but I like to sharpen and hone our knives and do it with regularity, so this one was truly shaving sharp. After a few strokes this rod had roughened up my polished edge rather quickly and destroyed that sharpness and I say this not to discourage you from purchasing this product, but to make you aware that it is capable of sharpening a knife, so if you have somewhat dull knives this should help to repair that edge.This a good value if used for its proper purpose - if you have budget kitchen knives this might be too aggressive, but if you have premium steel (ZDP-189 or similar) these should be just fine.

Works as expected