This Tool Does Not Actually Sharpen Your Knife. Here's What a

If you watch food competition shows, you’ll probably see a competitor or chef expertly running their knives over that steel tool pictured above. In fact, you might even own one of those steels if you have a big knife set or knife block. So do you know what that tool is? It sharpens knives, right? But here’s where you’re wrong: That tool, no matter what it is labeled, is decidedly not a sharpening steel. The tool many think of as a sharpening steel is actually a honing steel.

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Description This 4 inch portable honing tool is made of stainless steel. It's perfect for sharpening your Opinel folding knives on-the-go. The honing steal is small enough to fit in many of our sheaths alongside the knife. It will not bring an edge completely back from the dead, but it will keep your knives cutting efficiently if honed often. Made in China.

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