Talk:Sharpening steel

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I would like to see a comparison to the ceramic-rod steels that are sometimes uses for the same purposes. 75.84.191.42 19:53, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Sharpening"

Every mention of steels I see tries to make a distinction between "sharpening" and steeling. As far as I can tell, it is a question of semantics. If you think sharpening just means "making the edge cut better", then clearly a steel sharpens. If you think sharpening means "removing material from the blade so the surfaces come to a point rather than a radius", then a regular steel can't do much, although a diamond steel probably could. Given that this is a semantic argument, I don't see why the page makes such a big deal about it. The distinction should be made clear as it is important in describing what a steel does, but saying that a steel doesn't "actually sharpen" seems meaningless to me. Comments? —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 04:34, 8 April 2008 (UTC)