Wiitek 10inch Diamond Houselold Sharpening Rod, Professional Kitchen Knife Sharpener Steel, Premium Knife Blades Honer, Ideal for Kichen, Master Chef, Home Cooking and Hunting, 600# Grit, Oval

We use these in the kitchen to keep our knives sharp all the time. If they are held at the right angle and used often our knives stay factory sharp. The theory of these is the same as the steel sharpeners that are sometimes provided with expensive knife sets. However, these work quicker because of the diamond particles. We actually have two of these. One is course which is used to establish the edge and the other is medium grit to provide a nice finished edge. So far, this product has worked very well in our kitchen and all of our knives are sharp.

I make a ton of cosplay costumes out of EVA foam and it requires a very sharp razor knife to make clean cuts. Replacing blades every 3 or 4 cuts is not a cost effective solution so sharpening the blades every few cuts saves a ton of money. This sharpener was purchased as a solution to the more expensive sharpeners out there. A few passes along its surface on both sides and my blades were sharp enough to cut through 1/2 inch foam tiles like a hot knife. It does what other sharpeners do and the handle actually feels great holding it while sharpening. It has paid for itself literally in one day.

It's big. Seems durable. Gets the job done. But, it's ovoid shaped and it won't fit inside the rod carrier I already have.

I am very happy with this steel. It has the non circular shape and what I mean is that the surface you use is up to you. The wider or the narrow. I also like the thickness of the working end. The only thing I don't like is the end cap is very slippery and is hard to hold it down firmly pressed on a table = this is where a soft cap would be useful, so a wet rag helps to keep it from sliding around. Sharpening power is there even against stubborn older chef knives. It is a good deal

Works great, much better then the round style. Does not drag like some others, works quite smoothly.

There have to be better tools to keep knives sharp. This does an OK job but not great.

Love this product. Easy to use and sharpen my knife more than the service i had to ship out.

I bought this with the expectation that it would remove a lot of steel very quickly, and It does do that. This is helpful for re-profiling very dull, thick-edged knives and will help you approach your desired edge geometry. However, the surface of the product has inconsistencies which have chipped the edges on some of my very expensive knives. If you have a fine edged knife, this will cause substantial chipping damage to your blade. To summarize, if you have a cheap VERY dull knife, and you want it to put a cutting edge on it quickly, this will work. If you have a very nice knife that you care about, please don't use this on it.