Photo by flickr member matt feifarek under creative commons.
Ceramic vs diamond sharpening rod.
Still ceramic is gentle enough not to do anything too drastic to your blade in the process so it s a nice.
Anyhow i was wondering if i should go with a ceramic or steel honing rod.
The rods can be round square or triangular as long as the knife has a smooth surface to slide along.
Wusthof 10 inch sharpening steel.
The steel and ceramic honing rods may have longitudinal ridges whereas the diamond coated steels are smooth but will be embedded with abrasive diamond particles.
It works well in the kitchen and it quickly breaks down for storage in a drawer.
Any other considerations i should look at when honing this blade.
Ceramic rods create a more polished edge and diamond rods simply speed up the already speedy process.
Is ceramic smooth steel or grooved steel the best material to keep your knives in great shape.
Diamond rods field sharpener ceramic rod cleaning eraser.
Sharpening rods are two rods set in a base at a specific angle 30 degrees for the ones i use.
The turn box family is a very stable and compact knife sharpening system.
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 this means that they have a slight sharpening effect.
If it makes a difference the blade is damascus steel.
The turn box family of knife sharpeners is also great for outdoorsmen on the go because it is lightweight and stores easily into a backpack.
Many of these rods are made out of alumina ceramic.
Find out how the different materials affect your knives and what to look for in a honing rod.
Description diamond ceramic 4 rod turn box knife sharpener.