Honing steel

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A honing steel, sometimes referred to as a sharpening steel, whet steel, sharpening stick, sharpening rod, butcher's steel, and chef's steel, is a rod of steel, ceramic or diamond-coated steel used to restore keenness (the microscopic shape of the cutting edge) and therefore its useful sharpness to blade edges.

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