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Although steels often are touted as sharpening tools, few actually sharpen knife blades, but they do perform the vital task of realigning, or resetting, edges, which bend when contacting a cutting surface or other hard object. Because this tool's rod contains microcrystalline diamonds bonded with nickel to an oval steel shaft it's hard enough to somewhat sharpen a blade. Using this steel won't replace a professional sharpening job, which proceeds from coarse grinding to ever-finer grinding at tightly controlled angles. However, it will lengthen intervals between sharpenings better than a steel without diamonds because it accomplishes the final task of a professional sharpening, which is polishing the edge with its 600-grit mesh to a fine point.
The rule is that a steel should be at least as long as the knife blade being drawn across it and this steel's 12-inch rod is short for most household knives. Lightweight and durable, the tool has a rugged plastic handle with a hanging hole, can be used for serrated knives as well as straight-edge blades, and also is useful for filing glass, crystal, and china. --Fred Brack
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The Ultimate Edge Model 12W Professional is the ideal sharpener to meet the demands of a commercial enviroment. 12 inch by 3/4 inch oval.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Get this Before Considering a Honing Steel,
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This review is from: The Ultimate Edge Model 12 W Professional 12 Inch Oval Diamond Sharpening Steel (Kitchen)
If your knives are dull, chances are you need to sharpen them before you need to hone them. Get a diamond-impregnated steel such as this one. This steel will quickly sharpen your knives. Don't try to sharpen your knives with the honing steels that come with most knive sets or that are popularly available or you'll wreck the honing steel as well as waste a lot of elbow grease. They say to use a steel at least as long as your knife. I don't have any 12" knives, but I like the little extra room for error...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Ultimate Edge Model 12 W Professional 12 Inch Oval Diamond Sharpening Steel (Kitchen)
I am writing a review after using this product for a few months now. Despite the self-proclaimed hype about sharpening knives, this steel does not work better than my other one from Wushtof. The only thing I like better about this one is the fact that it is longer 12" (compared to my 10" wushtof). Also, this steel started to rust (yes, rust) at the top end near the plastic cap. Sorry, I wanted to like this but it definitely did not not meet my expectations from the other reviews and the product description.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Steel,
By NamtaBmeye "Paul" (Walton, KY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ultimate Edge Model 12 W Professional 12 Inch Oval Diamond Sharpening Steel (Kitchen)
Item was as advertised. I used a neighbors for several years prior to finding this on Amazon. Very pleased with its ability to sharpen and hone a knife to a razor sharp edge.
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