Now in search of Henckel alternatives..

[Deckhand]

Hesitated putting this, but I love my 270mm Sakai Yusuke in Swedish stainless I bought from Pensacola Tiger. I like it better than my more expensive knives. I know the collective knowledge on this forum will put you in the right direction. Also, you can't go wrong buying from Jon.

 

[slowtyper]

This video helped me figure out what stropping meant. 2 parts:

[video=youtube_share;-HNO8sPhz4Y]http://youtu.be/-HNO8sPhz4Y[/video]

[video=youtube_share;fAdyOP7IDMc]http://youtu.be/fAdyOP7IDMc[/video]

 

[SpikeC]

Honing is removing metal by definition. Steeling is not honing, but is steeling.