Keep your knives as sharp as the day you bought them. The Sabatier Fully Forged Sharpening Steel has a high chrome content making it extremely hard, perfect for sharpening a knife's edge. The 200 year old Veritable Sabatier brand is proud of creating high-quality kitchen tools. Made in France, these well-balanced knives and sharpeners have blades drop forged from a single piece of high carbon stainless steel that is precision ground and hand-honed for a perfect cutting edge. Three solid brass rivets secure the tough, high-density handle firmly to the blade for reliable, superior performance every time.