The description says it's a sharpener but really this is a honing steel and as such, doesn’t actu...The description says it's a sharpener but really this is a honing steel and as such, doesn’t actually sharpen your knife but realigns the edge on your knife. If your knife is really dull, you should sharpen it on a whetstone after which you can hone the knife with this. If you use a short bladed knife frequently, this would be a really handy item as after each use, you could quickly and easily hone your knife and not have to use a whetstone very often. It'd be a good idea to keep one in your glove compartment (if you keep a pocket knife on hand) and another one in the kitchen for those paring knives.
The steel resides inside the orange tube until you want to use it then you unscrew it, pull the steel out, turn it around and screw it back in and you're ready to go.
Fully assembled it is 9.5” long
The orange “handle” is 5.25” long
The entire steel portion (steel + the part that screws into the handle) is 5” long
It comes with a metal clip if you want to clip it onto a pocket.
by SHELLEY