Güde Delta Sharpening Steel 26 cm - CVM Knife Steel - Handle Scales Grenadilla Wood

The GÜDE Delta sharpening steel features a 26 cm long, round blade made of chrome-vanadium-molybdenum knife steel with fine ridges on the blade. A hand guard is integrated between the blade and the handle to protect you from injuries. The handle is also made of steel, which is hollowed out. A handle shell made of very hard grenadilla wood is fitted into the hollow. Although the handle appears bulky, it still fits extremely well and securely in the hand.

Sharpening steels are excellent tools to keep your knives in shape. When used, the edge is deburred. This means that the microscopically small deformations of the edge are straightened again. With regular use, the service life is maintained, and the time until actual sharpening is extended. A sharpening steel does not remove material from the blade and is therefore only conditionally recommended for very dull knives.

Usage is very simple:
1) Place the tip of the sharpening steel on a solid surface to prevent wobbling
2) Draw the knife against the blade (away from you) at an angle of about 15 degrees with light pressure over the sharpening steel. Make sure to draw the edge completely from the back to the tip over the sharpening steel.
3) Repeat the procedure with the other side
4) Start again at point 1 and repeat the process about 10 times.
5) Clean your knife with some dish soap under running water
6) Dry your knife thoroughly
7) Find something to chop and get started!