Made from Superior high-carbon stainless steel</br>Perfect blade realignment and edge retention</br>One coarse slot to sharpen knives. One fine slot for precision honing</br>NEW EDGE SLOT: Built-in tungsten carbide angle guide - coarse slot is ideal for sharpening dull or damaged knives</br>HONING SLOT: Built-in ceramic angle guide provides a fine slot for maintaining?? honing and finishing your knife edge</br></br>Product Description</br></br>The Cuisinart 9"Sharpening Steel provides more than just the standard sharpening steel?? it has a slot for honing and one for repairing damaged blades.</br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N9HWFCWe