ISO knife sharpener advice

[mpjunior]

I just got a henckels pro s set and they say to use their specific honing rod.
I am also getting an additional set of knives and i dont want to pay for 2 rods, is it ok to use a ceramic rod from a different company on both sets (i want a rod with higher than 66 HRC because my second set may be a miyabi)?
Also, can someone please reccomend a good smooth rod?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Rob Babcock]

You can absolutely use a different ceramic hone. I highly recommend the superb Idahone ceramics. I have a few of them. They'll work well on all knives, very hard ones included. For knives over 60 RC I also have a glass honing rod from HandAmerican. It's incredible but of no use at all on softer German knives (eg Wusthof, Henckels, etc).

 

[mpjunior]

Thanks!

So the ceramic rod will work on the miyabi line (~66HRC) too?

 

[Rob Babcock]

Absolutely.