How To Clean A Ceramic Honing Rod

Anyone who has done plenty manual pocketknife sharpening knows that their sharpening tools need to exist cared for equally much as their knives. Over time, metal shavings begin to fill the pores of sharpening stones. They accumulate on ceramic crock stick rods. The more these metal shavings clog your sharpeners, the smoother your blade begins to slide across them. This in turn can create an ineffective sharpening session.

Fortunately, there are a few easy ways you tin keep your sharpening hones and rods make clean.

Cleaning Your Hones:

If you own a Deluxe 5-Rock Sharpening System, so you already know your kit comes with a bottle of Nathan's Honing Oil. Although this oil should not exist used on diamond hones, it is great for use on our Standard (Alumina Oxide) hones.

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You lot can clean your hones by putting a few drops of the oil on them. Later on a moment, the oil will lift the metallic shavings off of the stone's surface. They can then be wiped away with a rag.

This method can be used for cleaning the alumina oxide hones in any Lansky Sharpening kit. Nathan's Honing Oil can also be used on Arkansas benchstones, our dual-dust Combo Stones, and the Lansky Puck.

If you've run out of Nathan's Honing Oil, you can also utilize a little bit of Dawn dish soap and warm water. This will likewise lift the shavings to the surface where they tin can easily be wiped abroad.

(Note: Exercise not apply oil to the Lansky Diamond hones. Instead clean diamond hones with water and a soft nylon castor. Diamond hones should be completely dry before next usage).

Cleaning Alumina Ceramic Crock Stick® Rods:

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When cleaning ceramic Crock Stick® rods similar those establish in the Lansky 4-Rod Plow Box, we recommend using a mildly abrasive eraser similar the Lansky EraserBlock®.

The Lansky EraserBlock® was created specifically to make clean metal particles which accumulate on the Crock Stick® rods during the sharpening process. Used periodically, it chop-chop removes metal deposits and restores the maximum sharpening power of ceramic Crock Stick® rods.

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