Wusthof Sharpening Steel 23cm Diamond Cut

All knives need proper maintenance to last longer. The sharpening steel is the first stage of maintenance of a knife but perhaps the most important. Fine cheeks to maintain the perfect edge. Extra protection between the blade and the handle for more safety and better stability. With industrial diamond coating. Ideal even for ceramic knives. The sharpening of a knife needs care since the more correctly it is done, the longer the knives will have a longer life and perfect cut. There is no specific way to use a steel, but there are some basic rules: The knife should be in contact with the sharpening steel at an acute angle (about 20 degrees), so that we have a better result and maintain the correct proportion of the blade ether. We sharpen a knife when it does not cut or has "mouth" and not every time before using it. When sharpening, the entire length of the knife blade should touch the entire length of a pin. All steels have a specific life time - passes, so if we use the entire length we will need fewer passes. The length of the blade of a knife must be equal to or longer than the length of the blade of the knife.