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product_id: 42140349
title: "Kota Japan 12 in. Diamond Carbon Steel Professional Knife Sharpener Rod | Kitchen, Home or Hunting | Master Chef, Hunter or Home Gourmet Blade Sharpening Rod or Stick"
brand: "kota japan"
price: "16206 Ft"
currency: HUF
in_stock: true
url: https://www.desertcart.hu/products/42140349-kota-japan-12-in-diamond-carbon-steel-professional-knife-sharpener
store_origin: HU
region: Hungary
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# Lifetime guarantee 12 in. length Ultra fine grit Kota Japan 12 in. Diamond Carbon Steel Professional Knife Sharpener Rod | Kitchen, Home or Hunting | Master Chef, Hunter or Home Gourmet Blade Sharpening Rod or Stick

**Brand:** kota japan
**Price:** 16206 Ft
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🔧 Sharpen Your Skills, Elevate Your Game!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Kota Japan 12 in. Diamond Carbon Steel Professional Knife Sharpener Rod | Kitchen, Home or Hunting | Master Chef, Hunter or Home Gourmet Blade Sharpening Rod or Stick by kota japan
- **How much does it cost?** 16206 Ft with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hu](https://www.desertcart.hu/products/42140349-kota-japan-12-in-diamond-carbon-steel-professional-knife-sharpener)

## Best For

- kota japan enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted kota japan brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Sleek & Stylish:** Elevate your kitchen aesthetics with an elegant, modern design.
- • **Light as a Feather:** Weighing only 191 grams, it’s easy to handle and store.
- • **Sharpen Like a Pro:** Experience precision sharpening with diamond electropolishing.
- • **Confidence in Quality:** Backed by a lifetime guarantee for peace of mind.
- • **Effortless Efficiency:** Oval design maximizes sharpening effectiveness with minimal effort.

## Overview

The Kota Japan 12 in. Diamond Carbon Steel Professional Knife Sharpener Rod is designed for chefs, hunters, and home gourmets alike. With its ultra-fine grit and lightweight design, this sharpener ensures efficient and effective blade sharpening, all while adding a touch of elegance to your kitchen. Plus, it comes with a lifetime guarantee, making it a reliable choice for anyone serious about their culinary tools.

## Description

12 in. Diamond Carbon Steel Professional Knife Sharpener Rod | Kitchen, Home or Hunting | Master Chef, Hunter or Home Gourmet Blade Sharpening Rod or Stick

## Features

- ✔️ DIAMOND ELECTOPLATING: State-of-the-art manufacturing for precision Kitchen, Home or Hunting blade sharpening. Ensures efficient and sharp sharpening of dull knives and tools.
- ✔️ OVAL SHAPE: This knife sharpener rod is designed to ensure higher sharpening efficiency.
- ✔️ LIGHTER TOUCH: Requires much less force than most sharpening steel. 'Easy-does-it" leads to long lasting results..
- ✔️ ELEGANT DESIGN: A pleasing and attractive addition to any kitchen or work area,
- ✔️ UNCONDITIONAL LIFETIME GUARANTEE | 100% TESTED | BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!! Visit KotaJapan to contact our friendly Customer Service in Sunny Arizona, or contact us through your desertcart order screen.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Grit Type | Ultra Fine |
| Color | Silver |
| Material | Carbon Steel |
| Item Weight | 191 Grams |

## Product Details

- **Material:** Carbon Steel
- **Brand:** Kota Japan
- **Color:** Silver
- **Product Dimensions:** 18"L x 1.5"W x 2"H
- **Item Weight:** 191 Grams
- **Grit Type:** Ultra Fine
- **Number of Items:** 1
- **Manufacturer:** Grade-A Global, LLC

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: is this honing rod made in Japan?**
A: The seller says it's made in China; the ad says it's made in the USA; and the name of it is Kota Japan!!!

**Q: Is the steel rod smooth or groved?**
A: Think of two operations - in one, any stone and almost all diamond products, you are removing more or less material. This will leave a "scratch pattern". As the abrasive gets finer and finer, you remove the deeper scratches and leave finer ones, getting finer until the edge is 'sublime.'

The grain of the edge's metal will eventually dictate how sharp it can get, and you can verify this with a microscope. What a 'steel' does ideally, when used correctly, is to compact the edge's material, and removes the finest wire edge or swarf left by a stone. Stones and diamonds remove materia, steels refine a sharpened edge - for most knives. 

Chisels, plane or planer and jointer blades would be hard to accurize with most rod type steels. For such wider, very straight edges, either use a special purpose fixture and machine, or at least a jig and probably a diamond-on-machined-steel-plate untile straight, even, and the same size as the other blades on the cutterhead, then use finer diamond plates, machines steps, or work into polishing in a way that doesn't roll the edge. Some HSS can be made quite sharp.

**Q: it's this for honing or sharpening? people are using the words like they are interchangeable.**
A: A regular steel, steel is for honing. When it's a diamond "steel" it takes a bit of metal off the knife, so it also sharpens. it does NOT replace a proper stone for sharpening, either, oil, water, or diamond. But, it could lesson the number of times you'll need to use a stone.  I was really quite impressed with the one I got, especially for the money. Touches up the edge beautifully. NOTE: My knives never get really dull. If you have a dull knife you need to use a stone.

**Q: does the knife need to be honed after using this sharpener?**
A: Technically yes. 
This is for extra fine sharpening and should be honed with a 'groved' honing steel and/or strop after and between uses, however the knife is ready to use without honing.
A properly sharpened and honed knife edge is like a fine strip of foil that will curve over with use. A honing steel or strop will straighten the foil edge until it wears away. It than needs to be sharpened again.
Using this as a sharpener without a honing, than using the knife will leave the blade with an extremely fine 'saturated like' edge, but it is still really sharp.
While this will make a low quality steel knife sharp the edge wont last as long as a better, higher quality steel knife. 
Nothing will help a poor quality steel knife no matter the brand name.

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*Last updated: 2026-01-22*