Reddit reviews Idahone Fine Ceramic Sharpening Rod (12", Natural Handle)
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From the legendary Idahone -- Trusted and used by professional and home chefsMade of high alumina ceramic with a grit rating approximately 1200-1500Near diamond hardness yields a remarkable cutting ability for a perfect honing resultQuality handles are hand crafted from hard rock maple and come with a hanging ringSourced and produced in the USA
Ceramic hones are abrasive and will lightly grind down the edge to reveal a fresh edge. Metal hones instead straighten what edge is already on the knife. Harder steels like the one used in the Kaji will hold their shape much longer than an old school German knife, but when they give way they tend to microchip rather than roll, so they generally respond better to a ceramic hone. An Idahone or Messermeister hone is the best meeting of cost and quality. I like the ring hook on the Idahones enough to validate the extra $4.
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Like is a strong word for the Kaji. Kitchen supply stores only offer knives from the largest kitchen knife makers like Wusthof, Henckels, and Shun, and among those the Kaji is one of the best, but there are smaller makers selling more remarkable knives for similar prices. These makers lack the capacity and in most cases desire to produce and distribute knives on a scale to stock their knives across North America, but they do produce knives efficiently enough to keep their prices competitive and they are the makers who developed the styles of kitchen knives Shun and Miyabi imitate. Shun's knives are the Thomas Kinkade prints of the knife world.
For the price of a Kaji block you can get a full set of extremely* impressive artisanal knives.
As someone who probably just wants some decent knives, I realize this might be a deeper rabbit hole than you want to explore, but it would be unfair for us to rubber stamp a Shun set and send you on your way.
derp, I can't believe I forgot hones were a thing while typing up my initial response.
This is also good advice. Idahone makes a fine product in this case.
https://www.amazon.com/Idahone-Ceramic-Sharpening-Natural-Handle/dp/B01BUNEO0M
Does this look ok?
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Would you recommend buying the angle guides (please recommend which ones to buy with this rod)? I didn't fare very well with the whetstone I mentioned in OP.
For stones pretty much everything in the 400 - 2000 range can work with these knives and a honing rod.
As for the rod I would rather go with a known good brand like F.Dick or Wusthoff or Victorinox.
No you do not need a strop in the kitchen.
For me what works quite well is the combination of the Naniwa Pro 1k and after it sligtly dulls a fine cut steel like this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XTP7MY .
Alternatively xou can also get a steel with 2 different cuts and use this like for example https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MF2RTK.
Ar you forego the classic steels completely and use a ceramic rod which acts like a hard fine whetstone https://www.amazon.com/Idahone-Ceramic-Sharpening-Natural-Handle/dp/B01BUNEO0M
Such as a Lansky 8" Ceramic Sharp Stick or Idahone Fine Ceramic Sharpening Rod?