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Kitchen knife rod sharpener Why a honing steel and/or ceramic sharpening rods The use of honing rods will extend the sharpness of your knives. They don't sharpen, per se. To sharpen they would need to remove material and most don't do that. However, they do make knives "sharper" through cutting edge alignment. Consider using rods at least every three times you take a knife out, if not every time you use each knife. Just a few strokes can change the performance of both your German and/or Japanese knives. It's a big deal. How to use ceramic rods and/or sharpening steel...

How do you find a knife sharpener that is near by. It'd be better if they were "near me" anyway. Maybe it'd take less time. I always forget to go sharpen my knives. Can it just be easier somehow?

What are the best woods for cutting boards? Glass cutting boards Just kidding. Food prep can and should be easier than cutting on a glass board. A glass cutting board is far too hard a surface to use as a cutting board material if you want your knives to stay sharp longer. While it might be good to have a cutting board that is non-porous, the characteristic needs to be balanced with the impact cutting boards have on the durability of your kitchen knife edges at the cutting surface. When a sharp knife comes incontact with a softer material it...

Content Creator/Strategist – Vivront is interested in hiring and partnering with energetic content creators currently in high school and interested in brand social media.  Company Overview:  viv • ron(t) – Vivront, the verb, is a future plural form of “life,” in French, meaning “they will live.” Vivront, the company, helps you, your kitchen knives and school aged students live on.  A portion of sharpening services goes toward improving school lunches, starting by eliminating lunch debts and extending to education. Visit us at our shop in Edina at 50th or find one of our sharpening by mail kits online or at...