Withdrawn Old Nitto Japanese steel honing rod

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$35 shipped

332 g
Steel rod length 280mm from base to tip
153mm handle length
34mm

It does work. . . .not the greatest lol. Stones are better. But it is really cool. Says gyuto yasuri (file). Really cool for collector reasons so I HAD to buy it. Small orange rust spots. Disassembles. Will keep on lowering the price lol. It does get an edge to catch on hair, but stones are faster I feel the edge is better. The grooves on the honing steel are pretty sharp and crisp though, deeper than I've seen in regular honing rods

Nitto is a file making company that still exists . . . Many file makers were in Kure city in Hiroshima

 

[Tekkz]

Neat!

 

[waterandrocks]

is it bad since its metal?

 

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@waterandrocks

It's slower than a stone is what it is. A ceramic rod could be finer but could also be slower than a metal rod. For example, I'd recommend a shapton 1000 as a touch up stone over this. But historically, this is cool, and why I bought it. I just think in general, stones are better than honing rods because there's more stone area, it's faster. The honing rod still worked on a japanese monosteel gyuto, but probably would work better on a softer knife