Lamson Fire Series 10" Sharpening / Honing Steel - Knife & Blade Sharpener

A good honing steel is essential for keeping your Forged or Precision Knives sharp and at the ready! Even though we offer free sharpening via our "Sharp for Life" program, a honing steel is less abrasive than a full sharpening, and can therefore be preformed more regularly. Watch "How to Hone Your Knife" using the Lamson Honing Steel to learn more about the process. Signature Craftsmanship. Meticulously formed in our Massachusetts facilities, each of our knives is finished to perfection using state-of-the-art technology coupled with hand finishing as well as proprietary polishing and sharpening processes. You will never find a better Forged knife anywhere. Unmatched Blade Quality. Blades are precision-forged from the finest high-carbon Grade 4116 stainless steel from Solingen, Germany, using the traditional hot-drop method. Blades are then tempered and ice-hardened to a perfect 58 on the Rockwell Hardness Scale.. This results in a hard, wickedly sharp blade that retains an edge for longer and is both highly corrosion-resistant and elastic. Gorgeous & Ergonomic Handles. Knives come with a choice of 5 sleek and sturdy handles of either Tough Acrylic (Fire Series & ICE Series), Striated Wood (SIERRA), Infused Walnut, or incredibly strong G-10 (Midnight Series). Superior Handling & Cutting Performance. Full tang blades with triple-riveted handles ensure ideal balance and weight. Our combination machine and hand-sharpening processes ensures a consistently sharp and durable edge. Lifetime Warranty. Every Lamson product comes with a Lifetime Warranty against manufacturing defects Guaranteed reliability. Our Sharp for Life program supplies a lifetime of complimentary professional sharpening on every knife we make. Lamson knives are not dishwasher safe. See Lamson Product Care for more information.

When that time comes that you need to touch up the sharp edge of your Lamson knife the 10" steel is a good option. The Lamson10" inch steel can realign your knife edge quickly and easily. Honing steels are often confused as sharpeners. Your honing steel will realign your knife edge but will not put a new edge on it. In trying to explain what a honing steel does try to imaging your sharpening steel and your toothbrush. It is a maintenance tool that you use everyday. In the case of your knife this would be maintaining the knifes edge. Now eventually you would need to see your dentist. That would be a sharpener. This would be a more detailed and aggressive action and they would actually remove metal from the edge of the knife. Much like a dentist would do to your teeth. Now to maintain healthy teeth you brush everyday. To maintain a sharp knife you should steel your knife everyday. And remember only go to the Dentist(sharpener) once or twice a year.