Customer Reviews

Zwilling J.A. Henckels 12-Inch Diamond Sharpening Steel

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This steel actually works very well out of the box. The trouble is as stated above, the diamond dusting wears off in no time at all. I used this for two weeks at my job on high volume carving stations w/2 Henckels 5-star 10" Granton Roast Slicers, & at the end of two weeks the dusting was completely gone on both sides. If you were to use this at home it would of course last much longer, but still not nearly as long as the Henckels Pro-S 12" steel I replaced it with. My advice is to avoid diamond empregnated steels all together & opt for a high quality traditional steel like the Henckels 12" Pro-S.

After having slaved away with my old steel from catering school and tried a variety of oil-stones to keep my knives with a decent edge I was really getting frustrated. While visitng family in the UK I found a "diamond" steel in a kitchen cupboard and it pretty well ripped through the job of putting an edge back on one of their knives. I resolved to get one for myself at the next opportunity. Boy am I glad that I did.

The first time that I put my regular 10" chef's knife to the steel it felt as if the blade was being "grabbed" by the steel. A few runs along the steel was all that was needed to transform my embarrassingly dull knife into one that made short work of a tomato.

The only "issue" that I have with the design of the steel is that, to my mind, the hand guard is set 90' off where it ought to be. However, if one holds the steel properly (with the face of the thumb blocking the fingers) it's not such a big deal.

All in all $50.00 exceedingly well spent.

Yup, have to add my voice to the others - the diamond dust wears off very quickly, at chich point you have a worthless hunk of metal. Sometimes the traditional is just better...

As mentioned in previous reviews (which now seem to have mysteriously disappeared) - sharpens knives really well for a short time, but then the diamond coating wears off VERY quickly - definitely not worth the money. Also note that the grit is also different on both sides - coarse one side, fine the other. Would bot purchase again

I use this as a conventional steel, I pull the knife toward me instead of pushing away as per instructions. Works very well. Sharpened a purposely dulled knife and with a few strokes on both sides I had a very impressive and sharp edge. This is by far and away the very best diamond steel for my money.