Shun Sharpening Steel
In my kitchen I use a variety of knives ranging from the Japanese, German as well as French brands. And to maintain these knives I use well-known German brand sharpening steel. Each time I had to sharpen them I used to get frustrated thinking it’s my inability and not the sharpening steel’s to sharpen them correctly. All I could do was watched the videos and read manuals on how to sharpen the blades properly but after all that I still failed.
Then at a party I heard someone talking about a knife sharpener by Shun and decided to try out this one also. But to my surprise I never had to look back!
The moment I put a blade in it, I could feel the difference between Shun sharpening Steel and other sharpening steels. It not only realigns but also maintains the edge on both the European and the Japanese blades every time I use it.
There is one thing that I would like to clarify before going on. A shun sharpening steel is not for sharpening the knives but actually for honing your knives. They can be more accurately called “Shun honing steels.”
A regular “Honing” prevents the need of sharpening the blade frequently and increases the live of your knife. Nothing is better for Honing your knives than the shun sharpening steel. Honing actually realigns the edge of the knife. When you sharpen a knife you actually remove metal from its surface and bring out a brand new edge.
The main advantage to go for that Shun sharpening Steel for honing your kitchen knives is its built in guide in the hilt so as to align your knives to the correct 15 degrees which is required for the correct honing. Well here we see another advantage and another reason to buy the Shun sharpening steel; it grounds at a 15 degree angle and has a guide too in the Shun sharpening steel to make honing easier.
The Other advantages are that the AUS6A high-carbon, stainless steel is for the superior edge retention. The blades are pretty thick and rigid for the strength and ease of cutting. The handle is soft to touch and co-polymer to reduce fatigue and provide a secure grip even when hold with wet hands. The Shun sharpening steel is available in two solid colors; handsome black and elegant white. The safety in dishwasher and the easy to clean is all I love.
The only word of caution I would suggest is be careful while placing the knives at15degree angle it might just scratch your knife and spoil the aesthetics if you are a little careless.
I have not regretted my decision of buying it and I am sure even you won’t.