Burgon & Ball - Sharpening Steel – Genuine Sheffield Magnetized Honing Steel

Burgon & Ball Sharpening Steel – Genuine Sheffield Magnetized Honing Steel

The Burgon & Ball Sharpening Steel is a professional-grade maintenance tool crafted in Sheffield, the historic home of British steel. Unlike standard sharpeners, this steel is magnetized, a clever feature that ensures metal filings are captured on the steel itself rather than being left on your garden blades where they could cause rust. This chunky, high-performance tool is specifically designed to maintain the razor-sharp edges of medium-to-large garden cutting tools, ensuring they perform at their peak for years.

Best For: Gardeners who own high-quality Sheffield steel shears and want a traditional, professional method to maintain edges without the aggressive metal removal of a file.

Key Features

• Magnetized Performance: The magnetized Sheffield steel pulls metal filings away from your tool's edge during sharpening, allowing you to simply wipe them off with a cloth for a cleaner, rust-free finish.
• Sheffield Steel Heritage: Forged from genuine Sheffield steel, this sharpener offers the perfect hardness to realign and hone the edges of premium high-carbon steel blades.
• Substantial 19cm Honing Surface: The chunky 19cm steel rod provides ample surface area for sharpening larger tools like hedge shears and lawn shears with a smooth, controlled stroke.
• Integrated Hanging Ring: Features a sturdy metal ring at the base of the handle for easy storage on a workshop pegboard or garden shed hook.
• Ergonomic Design: At 29cm total length, the tool is perfectly balanced to provide the leverage needed for sharpening while remaining lightweight enough (140g) for comfortable use.

Specifications

• Brand: Burgon & Ball
• Total Height: 29cm
• Steel Length: 19cm
• Weight: 0.14kg (140g)
• Material: Magnetized Sheffield Steel
• Dimensions: 2cm (W) x 8cm (D) x 29cm (H)

Ideal For (Uses)

• Topiary Shear Maintenance: The preferred tool for keeping the delicate edges of Topiary Trimming Shears in surgical condition.
• Large Shear Care: Perfectly suited for the long blades of Hedge Shears and Lawn Shears, where a consistent edge is required across a long surface.
• Professional Tool Kits: An essential item for those who own Sheffield-made carbon steel tools and want to maintain them using traditional, non-abrasive methods.
• Regular Honing: Best used frequently to "touch up" edges, keeping tools sharp enough to slice through foliage without crushing it.