Honing rod recommendations

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Hi, I am after recommendations for a honing rod for my Shun Kaji 6.5” Nakiri knife (From their website: 65-layer blade features a premium SG-2 powdered steel cutting core clad in 64 layers of forged nickel/stainless steel Damascus. exceptional hardness of 64 ±1 HRC. hollow ground with indentations that keep slices from sticking.)


I have a run of the mill supermarket steel hone which I have used so far with my cheap knives but I’m wondering if my new knife deserves a new hone to match.

my local shop stocks:
Victorinox
Cambria
F Dick
Fallkniven
Frosts
Ultimate Edge

TIA
 
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You don’t want to be taking that hard a knife to a honing steel. The knife is probably harder than the steel. Maintain using strops with diamond compound. You may get away with a decent fine ceramic rod but I don’t know enough about the make up of SG-2 to say for sure. A quick google suggest its a high carbon stainless so it should work.
 
Craig James said:
You don’t want to be taking that hard a knife to a honing steel. The knife is probably harder than the steel. Maintain using strops with diamond compound. You may get away with a decent fine ceramic rod but I don’t know enough about the make up of SG-2 to say for sure. A quick google suggest its a high carbon stainless so it should work.
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would this work? My local stocks it.
https://fallkniven.se/en/knife/c10/
 
Quite possibly, although no direct experience of the product. I’d recommend letting some of the longer standing members on here to give their 2cents prior to ordering
 
I use a Victorinox smooth polished steel on my Kaji steak knives, works beautifully.​
 
Get an old engine valve from your local auto machine shop (usually free). Works great for a smooth steel.
 
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