Mac Knife Ceramic Honing Rod, 8-1/2-Inch, White

The Seisuke Japanese knife store in town told me that a ceramic rod works a lot better than a metal rod for Japanese knives which use harder steel. They are right. I like this one since it’s cheaper than what the knife shop has in store and the wooden handle feels good to hold.

Use this when your fine knife edge is folded or lightly dinged. I can shave hair afterward. Don’t cut yourself. This is not Chinese junk.

Cant believe how sharp my mac was afer first sharpening. I am very happy and dont wait any longer well worth it.

Very light, happy with the purchase.

I've been very impressed with this sharpening rod. It's a great product, but more importantly it's a great value. Before buying this product, I priced ceramic sharpening steels around the Toronto area [where I live] and came away appalled at how much places were charging. They commonly ranged in price from $50-150, and none were much different than this one. I recently compared this rod to a $150 Global ceramic sharpening rod, and couldn't find much difference in the ceramic surface. The difference was that the Global rod featured their signature metal handle, and a giant rubber guard at the top of the handle. The finger guard on the Mac rod is quite trim, but I have yet to really see any need for a giant rubber guard. If you are really so concerned about cutting down into the handle and catching your fingers, you don't need a $150 rod, you need to change your technique.

I quite like the length on this ceramic steel and use it very frequently at work. The price is very nice for a 1200 grit ceramic. I've known people to have and use these for awhile and have just recently bought my own. If you wash it properly and keep it somewhere safe it should last quite a long time. It is a ceramic so it WILL shatter if dropped so just be careful where you set it. Mine usually stays in my kit unless needed. I'll probably be trying out the newer 2000 grit black ceramic steel sometime in the next year as I've heard great things about it too.

Finally a stone that works. Ok so really I have been using that less than favorable metal honing thing that came with an old set of knives for years Just began purchasing some much higher quality knives and ran across this. I was not familiar with ceramic but what the heck gave it a shot. I love it, 6 swipes on the stone and it polished up the edge on an old high carbon blade. It worked well on my stainless as well. The cost was great and this will get use after each use of the knives, a great way to keep them sharper longer. Recommended!

Recently I purchased an expensive Japanese chef knife, which was the sharpest knife I'd ever used... for about a week... at first I was disappointed that it went dull so quickly, much quicker compared to other knives I have owned before. Then I realized that this new knife just requires a bit of sharpening in between uses, so I got this MAC sharpener, which is the perfect tool for the task. 3-4 swipes of the knife on the MAC tool on each side is all it takes to make my knife sharpest as ever.