Shun Ceramic Honing Steel

Lightweight agile extremely comfortable grip perfect for slicing dicing and chopping a full range of foods beautiful and versatile handcrafted in japan.

Shun ceramic honing steel.

If you watch cooking programs on tv you have probably noticed the phenomenal speed with which the chef uses his or her honing steel. The other rods were ok for my lesser knives but for my shun knives they didn t really cut it. Shun offers several whetstones and a three piece sharpening system that comes with honing steel whetstone and a bamboo stand angled to 16 degrees. Honing steel option 2.

The handle is a beautiful black laminated pakkawood for comfort and ease of handling. The shun combination honing steel has two surfaces. This item shun classic 9 combination honing steel with custom engraving kai diamond ceramic 3 stage pull through knife sharpener black shun cutlery premier 8 chef s knife. The shun honing steel has two sides for honing the blade and two sides for polishing.

For electric sharpening you should rely on the shun electric sharpener while for manual pull through there s the diamond and ceramic retractable sharpener. This honing steel by messermeister is another high performance ceramic rod despite being a little cheaper than the dmt. The shun honing steel is strictly for honing that is realigning the blade s edge. It combines industrial strength ceramic with honing steel to create one of the best preventive maintenance tools on the market.

If you are looking to hone the knives like the wusthof or hinckels or something in that class. It will not only hone but sharpen. Our exclusive shun fuji collection represents the very best in cutlery craftsmanship and technology. The shun fuji ceramic rod is a sharpening rod and will take material off your blade.

Regular use will keep the blades of your finest cut. This means that they have a slight sharpening effect. A smooth one for day to day honing and a micro ribbed one for weekly honing depending on usage. Ceramic steels which should maybe be called ceramics not steels are capable of rubbing off a teeny tiny amount of metal from your knives as you hone them which you can immediately see as gray streaks on the white ceramic rod.

Messermeister ceramic rod knife sharpener. The ratio of honing vs abrasive action will be quite dependent on steel hardness and toughness a very soft steel might be found to mostly hone haven t tried. It won t take material off your blade. Same with a very hard one as 65 as i surprisingly found.

While fine european knives can require honing after each use shun s harder steel means you can hone just once a week or so depending on your level of use. Use it more sparingly than you would a honing steel. This honing rod is made in japan of ceramic with a wood handle designed for a comfortable grip.