Sharpening Steels are used for routine maintenance, to maintain a knifes’ edge.

 

A steel is not a sharpening device, the purpose of a steel is to realign the blades’ edge, a term called truing.  The job of a steel is to push the blades edge back into alignment.

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Diamond Steels have diamonds embedded into the steel.  As a result the steel functions as a sharpener and trueing device, removing metal. Use with caution: Diamond Steels are abrasive and can remove large amounts of metal in a very short time.

 

 

 

The Chantry is a pull through sharpening steel

It is a portable table top unit, compared to a steel which is held freehand.

Sharpening Devices are used to remove metal, in-order to create a new edge. 

 

 

The Firestone knife sharpener uses duel ceramic wheels set at specific angles to re-sharpen your knives’ edge.  There are two sets of wheels, coarse and fine.

Freehand stone sharpening devices.