Convenient Steeling The Dick Rapid Steel provides fast and easy steeling in any kitchen, restaurant or butchery. The Standard Cut Steel Rods are specially coated for hardness, shaped to maintain the proper angle in use, and spring loaded for tension. Just draw the knife through and let the rods do the work. Keeping knives with excellent cutting edges couldn't be easier. Base Included The Rapid Steel Action Set comes complete with a base to hold the Rapid Steel and three suction cups to hold the base to a work surface. Set the Rapid Steel up at a work station for safe, hands-free steeling. A really bonus in a hectic kitchen Highest Quality Sharpening Steels Since 1873 And F. Dick has been around even longer than that. Johann Friedrich Dick founded the company in 1778 to manufacture files. They began making sharpening steels in 1873, and have been producing the finest quality sharpening tools in Germany as a family owned business ever since.