On 3/16/2012 5:13 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> Jerry > writes:
>
>> I have a diamond-coated "steel" that works, but I prefer a stone most
>> of the time. Ceramic rods are similar, but without the hand guard.
>
> You still want a real steel; it does different things than your abrasive
> one. Basically, the steel straightens the edge, whereas everything else
> takes off metal to re-form the edge (at varying rates of speeds and
> degrees of precision).

But a steel would probably not reform the edge of a ceramic knife.
Anyone tried?

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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