Victorinox Honing Steel 10-Inch Round Smooth Polish, Black Plastic Handle

Smooth and Polished ... should NOT removed any metal

Which is what you want in a steel.

The steel is ONLY to straighten out the blade after the edge is curled somewhat

If you need a true smooth steel, this is not it, but for most carbon steel kitchen knives it will be satisfactory. Works fine for my 1970's Sabatiers.

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Steeling your knives realigns the microscopic teeth on the knife blade (honing) and should not remove metal like a stone or file. Every other steel I could find had a grooved or file-like surface on it so I went with this one and it is great. It has a very slight texture to it like brushed metal but no grooves and is long enough to use with an 8" chefs knife. I do wish they sold a 12 or 14" version for my longer knives.

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