Shun SWT0790 Kanso 9-Inch Honing Steel

With each use of your knives, the razor-sharp edge naturally bends over just a tiny bit. The edge is still sharp, but the sharpest part isn’t making contact with the food. The answer is honing with the Shun Kanso Combination Honing Steel. It gently realigns the edge of the blade, prolonging the knife's sharpness. The Shun Kanso Combination Honing Steel has two surfaces: a smooth one for day-to-day honing, and a micro-ribbed one for weekly honing. While fine European knives can require honing after each use, Shun's harder steel means you can hone just once a week or so, depending on your level of use. To make honing to the correct 16° Shun angle easier, the Shun Kanso Combination Honing Steel has a built-in 16 degree angle on the handle. The steel handle provides a secure grip and matches the look of the rest of the Shun Kanso line. Hand-crafted in Seki City, Japan, Kanso is essential simplicity: a simple kitchen tool that simply performs.