Sharpeners & Steels

A kitchen tool designed to remove cleanly file or hone the cutting edges on the steel blades of knives and other utensils with cutting edges.

Here's where honing and sharpening come in: Honing: A honing steel basically pushes the edge of the knife back to the center and straightens it. ... Sharpening: Sharpening, on the other hand, is a process where bits of the blade are ground and shaved off to produce a new, sharp edge.