How Do You Hand Sharpen A Knife With A Butchers Steel?
A butcher’s steel isn’t used to sharpen a knife but rather to true, or hone, the blade immediately after the knife has been sharpened on a sharpening stone. When performed correctly, truing perfects and smooths out irregularities and keep the knife’s edge in alignment. Steels come with coarse, medium or fine grains. Although traditionally made from hard steel, glass, ceramic and diamond-dust coated versions are also used. All steels are designed with a guard or hilt between the handle and steel to protect you from an accident. When using one, it should be held with your thumb and fingers safely behind the guard. Step 1 Allow yourself plenty of workspace and stand with your weight evenly distributed. Step 2 Hold the steel and the knife away from your body. Make sure your thumb and fingers are safely behind the steel’s guard. Step 3 Hold the steel in one hand and the knife in the other. Start with the knife held nearly vertically, with the heel of the blade resting on the inner side of t
