When I first learned to cook, I purchased a mechanical sharpener simple enough to use each time my knife began to dull. Then, several years later, I heard the term "honing" for the first time and ...

Honing. Performed much more frequently than sharpening, honing maintains a knife's edge and ensures that it's ready to tackle ...

Knife sets can come with anywhere from three ... a wooden block to hold your blades safely, a honing steel to sharpen the edges, and a pair of “come-apart” kitchen shears (the “come-apart ...

All four knives in the seven-piece set are of great quality, but the honing steel and shears left us rather disappointed. The plastic handles don't match the rest of the set, and both just feel ...

It's time to dust off that strange metal tool that's tucked into the center of your knife block. If this contraption is unfamiliar to you, it's called a honing rod, and it's not too hard to use.

Its edge also held up excellently after thorough use, requiring less honing than most of its competition. Its sky high price point makes it tricky to recommend, however, making this knife better ...