MAC Black Ceramic Honing Rod 10.5"

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MAC Black Ceramic Honing Rod 10.5

MAC Black Ceramic Honing Rod 10.5

Japanese cutlery derives much of its lauded performance from its use of high hardness steels. These steels are more prone to damage than traditional western cutlery when steeled on common steel honing rods. This ceramic honing rod from MAC cutlery is a designed to safely and effectively refresh edges on Japanese kitchen knives. The rod is designed with coarse and fine sides to cater touchups to the condition of the edge. A rubber tip allows the rod to be securely set upon a work surface for safe, slip-free honing. The d-shaped ring on the handle allows for easy storage. To use the rod, draw the edge across the rod while holding at the existing bevel angle, commonly 15° per side, using little to no pressure.

Weight: 8.8 ounces

Rod Length: 10.5"

Overall Length: 16"

Rod Diameter: 15.8 mm

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Best Bet@

Posted By: Bill Goolsby
3 people found this review helpful

Didn't by this rod from here.
But you cannot go wrong on this purchase at all!
Used it from Swedish steel, german steel to hap 40 knives from chefknivestogo.com.
Very impressive and does the best!!!

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Good honing rod

Posted By: Jenna
2 people found this review helpful

Love this honing rod. Even down to the color. Thanks good product

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Great product for daily use.

Posted By: Brian - verified customer
4 people found this review helpful

I'm still relatively new to the world of nicer knives, but so far this has been a great tool in maintaining my Japanese knives. If you don't have the time or patience for a whetstone, this is a fantastic alternative that gets your knives more than sharp enough. I haven't used the coarser side yet, but I imagine it will be helpful on knives in worse condition.

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Perfect rod for Japanese steel

Posted By: Lucian Hand - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

The only honing rod that I use for keeping Japanese knives nicely sharp. It has held up great and keeps a nice fine edge on knives.

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Worth it

Posted By: Morgan - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Not made in Japan but still quality. Worth the price. Much better than the cheaper ceramic rod from Mac priced at $50

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A very hard honing rod.

Posted By: Terry Trimble - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

It workes very well.I would buy it again.

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Terrific

Posted By: Geoff McKay - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Excellent honing rod.

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Terrific

Posted By: Geoff McKay - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Excellent honing rod.

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Darn good ceramic rod!!

Posted By: Arthur Person - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This is the best ceramic rod that I have used thus far. Still learning but it does a good job of keeping a blade sharp. That to me is key, you need a blade that is already fairly sharp.

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Awesome

Posted By: Andy - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Cktg came through again. Quick delivery of a fine product. I turned up a couple knives in no time. Thanks

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Posted By: Ernest - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This is a great product keep your knife sharp.

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Posted By: Allen St. John - verified customer
5 people found this review helpful

One major problem...The diameter of the rod is too thick to fit in the honing steel slot in my Sur La Table knife block. It's a great piece but if you want to store it in a block measure it first.

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Posted By: Donn - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

I recently acquired a Tojiro DP Gyuto and the MAC Black Ceramic Honing Rod.Decided to put the honing rod to the ultimate test on an old,questionably sharp santoku from the local housewares store.After completing the requisite 'before' test, I gave the old knife seven passes over the grooved side of the rod. The 'after' test results were incredible.I spent the next several minutes turning several pages of the new phone book into a pile of yellow shredded paper.The mind reels at what the test would have yielded if the knife had a proper edge.

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Posted By: Tom G - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This honing rod is just a great product. It is solidly constructed, and the two-surface design is both clever and very effective. Until now I have used a Global ceramic rod, but I prefer the feel and performance of the MAC.

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Posted By: ER - verified customer
3 people found this review helpful

I love the two sides for honing on this rod.Keeps my knives scary sharp between stone sharpening, and does it's job.Well built and worth every penny.

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Posted By: RioChef - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Great product. Even does a great job on my Miyabi MCD 7000 Santoku which is HRC 64+.

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Posted By: Justin - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Keeps my knives sharp. What more could I ask for?

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Posted By: Deborah - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This is a wonderful hone. I really like that it has a coarser side for knives that haven't been kept up. It really makes keeping edges sharp. I would highly recommend this as a stand alone or to compliment a standard steel.

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Posted By: Albert Alhadeff - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Excellent value for money steel. This steel alone will cover all your needs. Has 2 zones for honing - aggressive and smooth, so you get 2 in one. Also being ceramic it is also well suited to Japanese knives. I think this steel could be improved with 2 changes. It should be a bit longer at say 12 inches. Also I don't care for the rubber end. For those who hone with the steel horizontal, you may find that the rubber end just gets in the way.

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Posted By: Gene Maluski - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

it works great just like it says it will I like the two different sides that it has, so depending on how dull your knife is you can choose what side to use

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Posted By: alan - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

makes my Mac knife shaving sharp. The video on your site is helpful.

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Posted By: Trey - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Not a big fan of the rubber tip at all. Other than that it's a great product.

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Posted By: Erica - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This ceramic rod corrects all the other minor issues I had with the first version of the ceramic rod (i.e. breakage, coloring, etc.) I've used it for a few weeks now and the grooves on the side make honing my knives very easy! If you're in the market for a ceramic rod, buy this one - you won't regret it! Thank you, Mark for all your great recommendations and help in acquiring such awesome tools!!!

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Posted By: John B - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

More agressive than a steel -- requires more skill, delivers faster results

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Posted By: Jacob - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

I purhcased this ceramic and was not happy. It was way to fine of a grit to make any difference. I ended up goign with the messemiester ceramic rod and I am So much happier wiht this purchase.

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Posted By: Bob Carr - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This is a great ceramic rod. I use it almost daily to keep my edges up to par. I was worried about packing a ceramic rod in my knife bag until I got this one. I have been carrying it in my knife bag now for about a year and it shows no sign of breakage. This is a great product.

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Posted By: Mark M - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This is a good honing rod. It's a pretty good deal for a solidly built ceramic rod.

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Posted By: Larry K - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

This honing rod is outstanding! Turned my Tojiro into a razor in a few passes per side. Even German steel is easy to make really sharp. Why even have good knives if you can't keep them sharp? This rod makes it easy.

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Posted By: Woo-bae Kim - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Good~!!

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Posted By: Shawn Bohl - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful

Purchased as a compliment to the MAC 7 piece block set. Welcome addition, handsomely made and the same great quality as their knives.

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