Ceramic Vs Steel Sharpening Rod

Many of these rods are made out of alumina ceramic.

Ceramic vs steel sharpening rod.

Is ceramic smooth steel or grooved steel the best material to keep your knives in great shape. If it makes a difference the blade is damascus steel. The wusthof sharpening steel is magnetic so that any metal fibers released from your blade will not contaminate your kitchen. Anyhow i was wondering if i should go with a ceramic or steel honing rod.

Green elephant ceramic sharpening rod has 1500 grit making them the ideal tool for keeping steel kitchen knives in premium condition. The ceramic sharpening rods are meant as a substitute for a chef s steel. You may have seen some chefs on tv pull out an item that looks like a steel rod and then use that on their knives. Main differences between honing steel vs sharpening steel what is honing.

Ceramic rods create a more polished edge and diamond rods simply speed up the already speedy process. Sharpening rods are two rods set in a base at a specific angle 30 degrees for the ones i use. Hones are typically made out of either steel or ceramic. Ceramic rods on the other hand are less aggressive than diamond and can sharpen as well or better than a steel.

The ultimate solution that you can ever try is to use the messermeister ceramic rod knife sharpener 12 inch is a sharpening tool providing the basic sharpening needs. Once you ve chosen your sharpening steel you ll need to take care of it. While some users report that the brittleness of the ceramic coating makes it liable to break easily green elephant fully ceramic honing rods feature a proprietary shock absorption technology that keeps their survival up and lasting longer than previously possible. It s more instinctive and works super well with a minimum of effort.

Ceramic steels which should maybe be called ceramics not steels are capable of rubbing off a teeny tiny amount of metal from your knives as you hone them which you can immediately see as gray streaks on the white ceramic rod this means that they have a slight sharpening effect. You clean a knife each time you use it and you should also clean your sharpening steel every time you hone your knife. Honing is a process named after the item used to carry it out. Ceramic diamond rods.

The rods can be round square or triangular as long as the knife has a smooth surface to slide along. Imho ceramic rods are much better than steel for their purpose. Still ceramic is gentle enough not to do anything too drastic to your blade in the process so it s a nice. Any other considerations i should look at when honing this blade.

Photo by flickr member matt feifarek under creative commons. I think for now i ll let a pro actually sharpen the knife since the knife sharpening sets are fairly expensive and i don t want to ruin the knife. Wusthof 10 inch sharpening steel. This 12 inch sharpening rod is made of 1200 grit industrial strength ceramic combined with a honing or alignment steel and is good for preventative maintenance of your knife s edge.

A comfortable slip resistant handle and loop for hanging for easy storage finish. I ve had both a round ceramic rod and an oval one.