Many people have a knife block sitting on their kitchen
counters. The block is filled with a wide variety of knives that can but used
for paring, slicing and dicing. But there is one tool on the block that many
people don’t know how to use properly. A lot of people have no idea how to use
the round, cylindrical rod in their butcher block. This tool is called a steel,
and it is more commonly referred to as a knife sharpener or a sometimes people
refer to these as shredder knives. Knife sharpening is a more complicated
process than most people think. When you first try to sharpen your knife, you
will want to rub the steel against the knife quickly, using hard and fast
strokes. Do not do this too long, however, or you may grind away too much of
your knife’s blade. When sharpening a kitchen knife it is more important to
keep the angle consistent, rather than worry about the exact angle. If you are
cutting constantly, you may want to sharpen the knife many times, even between
cutting different foods. You can test your knife sharpening skills by cutting a
piece of paper after you have used the steel. If the piece of paper has a razor
sharp edge, you have sharpened your knife correctly. You can even possibly use
this paper for paper shredding.

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