12 Inches Diamond Honing Steel Professional Knife Sharpener Rod, AHNR Kitchen Knife Sharpening Rod & Tungsten Carbide Multi-Sharpener for Honing Knife Blades, Pruning Shears, Garden Tools

Price: $19.99
(as of May 07, 2024 11:16:22 UTC – Details)

Product Description

A sharp knife is an essential part of any chef’s equipment.

Being able to cut quickly and accurately is convenient and safer than using a blunt knife, which is more likely to slip.

A honing steel is a simple and easy to use tool that will help give your knives that factory fresh edge again, but, and this is important to remember that a honing steel doesn’t sharpen your knives!

A honing steel works by realigning the blade, smoothing out the kinks and dents that come about from everyday use, and giving the knife a nice straight cutting edge again.

SHARPENING STEEL VS HONING STEEL

A sharpening steel removes material from your knife. By moving the edge alongside the steel remove steel to restore the V-shape of the edge. A sharpening steel can therefore be used to sharpen knives that have become blunt after frequent use.

A honing steel, on the contrary, is not used to sharpen but to restore the bent edge. It doesn’t remove any metal from the blade and can’t damage it in that way that a sharpener can.

The main difference between a sharpening and a honing steel is therefore whether or not material is removed.

HOW TO USE A HONING STEEL

Brace your steel

Brace that tip on a solid surface, like a chopping board on a kitchen counter, and hold your steel vertically in your non-dominant hand.

Position the knife

With your dominant hand, hold the knife against the steel, as close to the handle as possible. Twist the blade, so it’s at around a 20‑degree angle away from the steel.

Draw down

Using only gentle pressure, draw the blade down and away from the steel, so the edge runs along and down the steel from the part nearest the handle all the way to the tip.You don’t need much pressure at all to realign the edge.

Switch sides

Move the knife to the opposite side of the steel and repeat the process, using exactly the same steps above. Doing this for four or five strokes on each side of the blade should be more than enough to realign the edge.

Have your pruners lost their edge? Are they rusty and stiff?

Our Pruning Tool Sharpener will sharpen old pruners so they look and perform like new again!

This simple and easy to use sharpener will quickly put a smooth, sharp edge on your blade in just minutes.

Either the serrated knife or craft scissors,Draw through it 4-5 swipes, make dull blades to new.

➰【GET RAZOR SHARP EDGE】Your knife, which may have previously felt sharp as a razor, starts to bite and catch on the food you’re cutting. You can sense some resistance that wasn’t there before. By running the blade along the honing steel, you can pull that microscopic edge of metal back into an upright position, and regain a good deal of its cutting power in the process.
➰【EASY & SAFE TO USE】 With a 12-inch honing steel, you’ll be able to use the vertical honing method with little risk of the knife hitting the work surface below. Ergonomic handle fits all hands, making it easy to use. The slip-resistant bottom durable handle will make the rod easy to handle and will stay in place while being used, so it becomes safer for you.
➰【RETAINS MORE METAL ON YOUR KNIFE EDGE】The Honing steel sharpening rod is designed to be used often, it corrects the edge without shaving off much, if any, of the blade’s material. Its diamond coating gives kitchen knives an extremely fine sharpness when honed, quickly restoring their original cutting performance.
➰【PRUNER AND KNIFE SHARPENER】Comes with a pocket pruner sharpener. It is made with long-lasting, hard sharpening tungsten carbide and ergonomic textured rubber handle to make sharpening your tools a breeze! Designed for sharpening blades of garden tools including secateurs, grafting knives, loppers and even lawn mower blades.
➰【EASY TO STORAGE】The easiest way to keep your honing steel clean is to give it a quick clean after each and every use. This needn’t be a time-consuming process, simply wipe the honing steel with a dry cloth after every use. Please wipe dry completely after washing and hang in a cool place to air-dry, do not put the sharpener into the dishwasher.