Sharpeak Total 45 cm/Rod Length 30 cm Ceramic Sharpening Steel Rod with Built-in Angle Guides and Anti-Breaking Cap, Honing to Razor-Sharp Knives, Ceramic Knife Sharpener, Ceramic honing Rod

EASY TO USE AND EFFECTIVE.

Excellent quality

I needed a Ceramic Honing Rod which was of a sensible length without costing stupid money. My 'go to brand' for all things knife sharpening is Work Sharp, however their Ceramic Honing Rod was/is a lot more to buy so I thought I'd give this brand a try.So far it has done what I want it to. Like many other companies they have copied Work Sharp's Angle Guide for this honing rod. It is fixed at 20° which is adequate for most non-specialist knives. The anti-slip rubber tip on the tip of the rod is also adequate in that it does help stop the tip of the rod slipping away. Definitely a good thing when you have a knife being sharpened in your other hand.If I have one minor issue with this honing rod in that the rubber tip isn't also an angle guide (maybe a tad larger too) . This would make getting the angle on the upward pass more accurate and enabling using one's dominate hand for both downward and upward passes rather than keep changing hands to hone each edge using the guide. It's minor but it is a niggle nonetheless.I'd recommend this product based on my using it on a lot of my various tupes of knives for a couple months.

Effective for sharpening. For daily touch up I use a steel. Good angle guide on handle. Protective cap is usefull too. Looks like it will last.

Brilliant honing steel that brings knives to literally, razor sharpness. Note this is not a sharpener but an edge honer. It will only work on knives with an existing edge.The angle guide makes it very easy to angle the knife blade and the hole in handle is big enough for large hooks.

Love this and works a dream

Happy

It works up to a point but I have seen traditional steels work better and faster - not sure if this was a wise buy