On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:56:08 +0800, Old Nick wrote:

|On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 01:33:58 -0600, "Ivan"
|vaguely proposed a theory
|......and in reply I say!:
|
|You probably bought one of those diamond coated steels. They're nice. We
|have a butcher shop on our farm. We went from having our knives ground
|often to keeping our own knives sharp with the diamond coated. (well that's
|what they call it anyway....I doubt if there's diamond on it)
|
|You would probably be wrong. Minute industrial grit. And yes they work
|amazingly well. For tools as well as knives. (Well, I have a
|grindstone of the same stuff, and I use the little "steels" on
|clippers etc.)

OK, I'm convinced, and I'm tired of dull kitchen knives.
Where does one buy a good steel, and how can you tell it's a good one?
Rex in Fort Worth