Honing Steel, Smooth, 10", Orange Handle

Smooth, which is correct for kitchen knives. Bought several as gifts. Way cheaper than the fancy brands and just as good.

So, I’m a professional meat cutter, I’ve been spending lots of money on Forschner’s and the like, I saw these, saw the price, thought I’d try a couple. I’ve bought 9 knives and two of these steels. I love them! I’ve long wanted a non grooved steel for fine edges, thin flex knives. This is great! That’s why I bought two! This is well made cutlery. The knives are high carbon steel. That means you can easily sharpen and hone these blades as needed. If you need a sharp knife routinely, these knives are a good investment. I’ve bought several for my home use.

smooth surface, as expected

Learned about polished steel’s from the Bearded Butchers videos. I was a bit skeptical but for the price I thought I should give it a try. I’ve used more coarse steels in the past but they didn’t seem to improve the sharpness after going through my Trizor XV sharpener. This really works! It doesn’t remove any material, just aligns the edge. Similar to polishing metal properly not material is removed, just moved.

Works fine for what it is. Bear in mind that this is a smooth honing steel. It is meant to keep an already sharp blade in working condition. It won't remove any metal from the edge. If you are buying it for home use just hit your knife on it a few times after use and it will prolong the time between sharpening sessions therefore extending the life of your knives, It's worth it if you like maintaining what you own.

For a cheaper smooth sharpening steel it does exactly what it's supposed to

Be advised, this in NOT a sharpening steel. It will not sharpen your dull knife. It will, however, turn a knife with a good edge on it into a razor blade, which is it's intent.

Surpassed my expectations. I was a butchers apprentice in high school, so I know how to sharpen knives and keep them sharp, this is an excellent steel for keeping a sharp fine edge on a knife. It is a very fine steel, what is called a finish steel, to keep a sharp edge sharp. You will need to stone your blade first, then use this steel to keep it dressed.

Muy buen afilador

I'm Industrial Meat cutter and Deboner, I like this steel to sharpened my knife for the intire day of worked.... And the value of money it's to good unlike other steel you spent much money and not really effective for the job.. This steel highly recommended.. I'll bought again for kitchen use..

It's the only smooth honing steel that I own and I absolutely LOVE it. Such a rare classic! It is mostly used to straighten out the cutting edge of our kitchen knife and to burnish it, because sharpening with it, abrading some material off the knife edge would require too much force and I have better tools for such a task.

Love this thing really puts the edge back on a knife. Use this for my fur skinning knives which need to be razor sharp.

Decent product for the price