[Dan Metsker]

Okay, I've been all over the Search items and can't find an answer. Maybe it hasn't been asked? In many kitchen knife sets there is a sharpening steel or honing steel included that is used to straighten the edge on kitchen knives. Many of us have used the wife's honing steel to sharpen our "other" knives.

In making my knives I contemplated attaching one of these short honing steels to each knife I was selling. I can't find what I want on the internet (about 5-6" long). Here's the question:

does anyone know what type of steel these are normally made of? 01, A2--etc. I'm assuming these have to be heated to non magnetic in order to be tougher than the steel it is straigtening. I hope I'm making sense to you that are reading this. Any thoughts?

thanks,

Dan