Patent ID: 8591294

Claim:
A sharpening rod assembly with a peripheral surface which constitutes a sharpening surface, wherein the sharpening rod assembly is formed of a material with a specified grain size, characterized in that the peripheral surface includes at least two pairs-of sharpening surfaces-made of different materials, which sharpening surfaces of each pair are located opposite each other transverse to the longitudinal direction of the rod, wherein the pairs of sharpening surfaces are arranged offset with respect to each other in peripheral direction of the sharpening rod and a first one of the pairs of sharpening surfaces is formed of a first material with a first grain size and the at least one second pair of sharpening surfaces is formed of a second material with a second grain size different from the first grain size; and characterized by the sharpening rod assembly consisting of three rods extending one beside the other and parallel to each other, each of the three rods having a length and a constant cross-section extending the entire length, wherein the three rods are connected with each other and one of which forms a center rod which is formed of the second material, and the two other rods form two outer rods which are formed of the first material and are mounted on two opposite sides of the center rod, the first and the second material being ceramic materials, and wherein the two outer rods form the first one of the pairs of sharpening surfaces and the center rod forms the center rod forms the at least one second pair of sharpening surfaces.