How often should I be sharpening my knives, anyway? And can that honing rod that’s been sitting in my knife block for years ...

It's time to dust off that strange metal tool that's tucked into the center of your knife block. If this contraption is unfamiliar to you, it's called a honing rod, and it's not too hard to use.

The most common way to hone a knife is with a honing steel. These inexpensive tools, starting at around $10, are essentially steel rods with a handle. The surface of the rod is coarse ...

You can fix these small issues by honing your knives regularly with a honing rod or similar. Honing is a process that re-straightens the edge of your knife, bringing it back to sharpness without ...

There are lots of tools for knife maintenance -- I'm sure you're all familiar with the honing rod and knife sharpening stone or whetstone -- but I wanted the knife sharpening process to be a ...