The Ceramic Honing Rod allows you to maintain your knives like a professional at home. Unlike other honing rods and steels, the built-in angle guides provide a consistent and repeatable 20Adeg angle to ensure you can quickly and accurately hone the edges of your knives. The fine ceramic hone removes a small amount of material to refine your cutting edge back to the sharp knife you need to get back to work. Place the ceramic rod&';s rubber tip on your counter or workbench for safe and stable honing. Designed to fit in your knife block or attach a lanyard to the handle to hang it on your BBQ so it is always ready for use. This is the solution for daily maintenance to keep all your kitchen knives sharp and ready for action. Fine ceramic rod 20Adeg Angle guides Fits in most knife blocks