I have been using a Steel like device to sharpen my knives. It is just like an old fashioned steel but has a wood handle and is made out of ceramic. I find it sharpens things in half the time of a stone and if you put a lighter stroke to it after the edge is set it produces some excellent sharp edges. I don't know where to get it now because the place that sold it doesn't carry it any more. My current favorite sharpening device I paid $ 20.00 for.
Buckfever
