Ceramic Rod Arkansas Sharpeners Review

Quickly sharpen your knives for shaving (although they won't break hair). Metal honing rod. However, it is not aggressive enough to create a new profile. It clogs up fairly quickly and requires frequent cleaning for best performance. Bartender's Friend seems to work well for cleaning, a magic sponge or eraser should work too. This can be inconvenient and a bit dangerous as it doesn't have a handle. Lansky has one with a $9 pen, but I haven't tested it (although reviews are good)

These ceramic sharpening rods are the SECOND STEP of the three step sharpening process I use and I always keep my knife collection up to date. The FIRST STEP (for a used dull knife) is a metal sharpening rod, just like with a set of kitchen knives. This ceramic stick is the second step, and STEP THREE is a leather strap with a fine polishing compound. Talk about sharpness! It's a bit unusual, but this is how I use my ceramic sticks: 20 strokes diagonally forward and 20 backwards. Then 19 gone…

This stone is amazing. It works great with all my knives (Benchmade, Cold Steel, Morakniv, Kershaw, Schrade, Buck, Old Timer, Ganzo, CRKT, Kitchen Knives and more). I no longer use wet stone. When the edge of my blade is really worn, I use the Lansky Blade Medic (preinstalled carbide guides allow the blade to be reshaped at a 30 degree angle after four to ten passes through the carbide guides). I then use an Arkansas 8 1/2" ceramic rod to make the serrated blade edge, which carbide guides make…