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1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in one comment.
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1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Sharpening steels do exist, but they indeed operate differently than honing steels: https://www.amazon.com/W%C3%BCsthof-4473-Wusthof-10-Inch-Sha...
I don't think we can be sure which he used, and I'd be willing to bet the NYTimes reporter understood the difference.
EDIT: I messed up and linked to a mislabelled honing steel. Replied with a diamond steel that would be more considered a "sharpening steel"