Total L.17.5-Inch/Rod L.12-Inch 3000-Grit Ceramic Sharpening Steel with Built-In Angle Guides and Anti-Breaking Cap, Sharpening Rod, Knife Steel, Ceramic Honing rod, Chaira Afilador Cuchillos

Once you have taken care to ensure your knives are sharp at the outset, most of the time when your kitchen or other knives seem like they need sharpening (e.g., using the whetstone or diamond stone), what they really need is a few passes with a honing rod and leather strop to bring them back to the razor cutting edge you expect. Use both of these tools regularly, and you'll find that your knives under typical use hardly ever need the diamond stones.This honing rod is generously sized both in diameter in length, which means it can handle anything from my cleaver and large kitchen knives to my smaller-bladed pocket knives. I use a set of angle guides to ensure I am honing sharpening with the correct blade angle geometry. For my Japanese knives I'll do the 14 degree honing guide and finish up with 11 degrees on the strop. For my inexpensive, utilitarian cleaver I'll use the 20 degree honing guide and finish up with 17 degrees on the strop. ~5-10 minutes per blade 1-2 times a month with the honing rod and strop is all that is needed to keep all of my knives paper-cutting sharp.After about a year of use this honing rod is holding up very well. With care I doubt I'll ever need to replace it. It has taken on a bit of color from my cleaver (a high-carbon non-stainless blade where I used a boiled vinegar patina to protect against rust), but it continues to work great for all of my blades. It is very smooth and hard to the touch-- the advertised 3000-grit seems accurate and works well for re-setting the edge and making sure things stay razor sharp. I'm impressed!

Works well for honing the edges of a knife. After this, hit the blade with a sharpening steel and you can shave with the knife!

It works well at first, but then metal shaves/dust get between the groves, and it stops sharpening. I cleaned it with a brush and a sponge, and it got a bit better, but it never was the same again.

A great tool for knife sharpeningAngled guide on handle makes it simple to attain proper edgeIt’s a winner for sure

The angle guide is definitely a plus, and a ceramic honing rod is essential for japanese knives. I also like that this is 3000 grit. the value is definitely good.

I saw a similar Ceramic sharpening rod being used on a Youtube video and decided it was time to get one to compare to the steel sharpening rod we've had in our kitchen for years. Great sharpening rod. Love the 20-degree guides. They make it relatively easy to set the angle and hone my kitchen knives. Certainly, better than the steel rod. I would say that it's a honing rod for knives that are not completely dull. You can bring a relatively dull knife back to being sharp, but it takes a lot of passes. It works best for me as a honing rod. It is longer than the steel rod by about 2.5" but it fits in the same drawer as the steel rod, no problem. The rubber end makes it convenient to use on the countertop. Easy to hold. I'm glad I bought it. I'll likely retire the steel rod now. Recommended.

So far ... so good. I've had this sharpener for about a week, and used it on three knives, abut twice on each. My prior sharpener was the 600-grit The Ultimate Edge in the oval shape, and it worked out very well, but over 18 months, the diamond surface grit has started to wear off.I'm very particular about my various non-serrated knives and they were not really needing a severe redressing. From the Amazon page, this looked almost like a honing rod rather than a sharpener, but I took a chance. I decided to try the extra fine grit (1,200) and so far I'm very satisfied, finding this Sharpal device (new to my experience) really does enable me to achieve an extremely sharp edge. I use it about every 2nd or 3rd time for each knife before I use it, and I usually do only 2 swipes on each side of the blade. With its very fine grit, I'm confident that VERY little metal is being removed. I like the extra length (12") and the heaviness/sturdiness of the item is conforming without it being cumbersome. It feels like it's very high quality. I'm hoping for the best, and will update this review as needed.

This sharpening rod works great. It’s my understanding ceramic rods can remove more material from a knife than steel rods but this one has been impressive. Not disappointed at all. Amazon app doesn’t seem to let me select 5 stars but that’s what I give it.