Honing rod is a quick and effective way to restore the sharpness of the knife. In our offer you can find ceramic and diamond rods. Ceramics are finer and we recommend them for knives made of brittle steel like Shirogami#2, diamond sharpener is much more effective and will require fewer knife strokes, but we advise you to avoid it with knives over 63 HRC.
Honing rod will straighten the cutting edge of the knife, which bends when cutting, and tilts slightly to the sides, so the knife does not cut as before. This tool is not used to sharpen completely dull knives, for this you need to use stones.