# Honing Steel - Made In Designed for use with all non-serrated knives, the Honing Steel is the assistant you need to keep your knives maintained, sharpened, and perfectly aligned. A dull knife is a dangerous one. Keep your knife edge maintained, straight, and perfectly aligned with the Honing Steel, featuring a built-in angle guide. ## Description Honing is used to maintain, straighten, and realign the sharp edge of your knife, which can bend and warp over time and with frequent use. This differs from sharpening, which removes tiny fibers along the edge of your blade, essentially shaving it to create a new edge. Honing can be done much more frequently than sharpening—up to every time you use your knife. Our Honing Steel features a finely textured grit and a comfortable black POM handle with a built-in angle guide to help achieve universal angles for both Eastern (15 degrees) and Western (20 degrees) knives. The Honing Steel itself is made of Tungsten Steel, which is often compared to natural diamond and is prized for its wear resistance, strength, and durability. The Honing Steel can be used on all knives without a serrated edge. ## Dimensions - Steel Length: 11 ⅝” - Total Length: 17 ½” - Steel Width: ½” - Weight: 1 lb ## Care - Hand Wash Only - Periodically wipe with a damp towel ## Shipping, Warranty, and Returns - We offer easy shipping options for the US and EU. We also ship internationally to over 200 countries. Learn more about our shipping policy [here](https://madeincookware.com/pages/help-center). - All Made In Cookware products come with a limited or lifetime warranty. For eligible items, we will replace any defective cookware with some exceptions regarding proper care and use. Learn more about our warranty policy [here](https://madeincookware.com/pages/warranty). - We accept returns and exchanges for up to 60 days on the majority of our items within the contiguous US and EU. Exclusions apply including — consumables, customized/engraved items, final sale products, limited edition releases, and other select items. Learn more about our returns policy [here](https://madeincookware.com/pages/made-in-cookware-returns-exchanges). ## Features - Dual Grit Textures - Built-In Angle Guide - Tungsten Steel - Black POM Handle - Made in China ## Customer Reviews 4.9/5 based on 169 reviews ### ★★★★★ Honing rod Perfect addition and a must have for any knife collection. — Anonymous ### ★★★★★ Great Steel! Great Steel! Nice and long and the angle guides are excellent at helping maintain proper angle for honing! — Jason F ### ★★★★★ Honing Steel I have many Made In knives that I use all the time so I finally bought the honing steel to keep them nice and sharp. It works really well especially with the built-in angle guide. — Renee' ### ★★★★★ Factory 2nd honing steel Great weight and easy to use! Can’t ask for much more out of a honing steel — Mike ### ★★★★★ MADE IN Honing Steel One of the nicest honing tools I've ever owned well woth the money — Dean R ### ★★★★★ Works well I love the 15, 20 degree angle guides. Works perfectly in honing the edge of my knives — Sean E ### ★★★★★ Honing Steel I bought this as a gift for my son who has several Made In knifes. I'm sure this product is just a great as everything else I have purchased over the years! — KJS ### ★★★★★ It works well to hone all knives. I honed some old sharp knives on it and it instantly made them much sharper. — Connor P. ### ★★★★★ This is my first time using a honing steel and wow what a difference! Very easy to use and it’s built to last. Highly recommend! — JH ### ★★★★★ Absolutely wonderful. Honed all of my made in knives and they came out sharp as expected Thank you madein for top quality products and helping me to outfit my kitchen. — Darryl S. ### ★★★★★ Simple, incredibly well made, perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for and helps keep my knives straight and working better between sharpening. Highly recommended. — Joshua P. ### ★☆☆☆☆ — Barnaby H. ### ★★★★★ This is the best steel I have ever seen. Has heft, and can sharpen any knife. In my opinion, its better than sharpening stones. — David M. ### ★☆☆☆☆ — Gwen K. ### ★☆☆☆☆ — Christopher W. ### ★★★★★ — Matt ### ★★★★★ Great honing steel! This honing steel is perfect! It has the exact angle on the safety edge at the top so your knife is honed to the perfect angle making it simple to use! Works beautifully! — J Bigs ### ★★★★★ A Must Have Honing Steel for an asymmetric blade The honing steel is a must have, if you invest in one of made in’s knives or own a knife with an asymmetric edge. I bought one of the Damascus knives, and the honing steel has both a 15 degree and a 20 degree angle to hone the asymmetric blade. Nice heft and feel to the steel. Better than any other honing steel that I have. — Scott in Texas ### ★★★★★ — E Leek ### ★★★★★ — Adam ### ★★★★★ — A. C. ### ★★★★☆ Knife tools Easy to use good length and matches knife set perfectly — Ed S ### ★★★★★ Knife sharpening made easy The two different angles provide the correct position to hold my knives. One of the angles is used for my Made In chef’s knife and the other angle is used for the other knives that I have. — Rich ### ★★★★★ Rod With An Angle Guide Built In I love this honing rod! I have several Western and Japanese knives and this rod is made of tungsten steel which means I can sharpen all my knives on this rod. The other feature that I love is that it has a built in angle guide at the top of the rod for 20 degrees (to sharpen my Western knives) and 15 degrees ( to sharpen my Japanese/hybrid knives). This is the only honing rod I have found that has this feature and it works great!! — Michael ### ★★★★★ Great angle guides, feels heavy Ordered the Made-In honing steel, not to sharpen but to fix up the edges after sharpening. Works great at maintaining that edge and the angle guide feels great to slide the knife off of. Quality that will last a long time. — Zackary T. ### ★★★★★ — Tim ### ★★★★★ — Katie S. ### ★★☆☆☆ Safe knife is a sharp knife.the 15 & 20 degree is Able to get those longer knives sharpened quicker as you go top to bottom. My friend is ordering his this week end . If you have knives you use thay need to be nice good tools can last you for a life time . Take and make your kitchen meals the very best thay can be . ENJOY !! — W.R. ### ★★★★★ — Brian K ### ★★★★★ — JW --- URL: https://madeincookware.com/products/honing-steel/truffle-black