Knife Sharpening How To Sharpen Knives With A Sharpening Steel Part 2

Welcome back this is part 2 in my series of posts about knife sharpening using a sharpening steel or honing rod. As stated we use the honing steel in order to realign the blade of our knives or to straighten or true the blade back to it’s correct geometry before having to do a full on knife sharpening. Many people over the years have asked me what makes a knife edge go dull? There are many reasons why a knife edge will go dull but, when it comes to knife sharpening it is a matter of returning the edge to it’s proper angle and this is also so when it comes to using a honing rod. I will say however that you can only “hone” a knife edge for so long with a honing steel before it is time to do a full on knife sharpening from scratch with multiple stones at multiple grits.