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Blade Sharpening Lanyard Bead

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majixmatrix

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I couldn't find anything like my idea out there, but I'm thinking of a knife lanyard bead that actually served a purpose other than making the knife easy to draw. The bead could be diamond coated and maybe have a fine and a hone on each half? It would work kind of like a honing steel for cooking knives, but more similar in action to the stones used to keep blades sharp thousands of years ago. Thoughts on such an item and would you be interested in buying one?
 
That sounds like a terrible idea. Use the right tool for the right job.

Lanyard beads are small, the last thing I want to be doing, is holding a tiny object in my fingers, while I run a blade across it. Even the 2" pocket stones are damn near useless.
 
Its a creative idea but unless I was in a survival situation I don't think I would have a use for it! Like Dave said i would imagine it being just too small to actually use.
 
Yeah the first thing that came to mind was slicing my finger wide open haha thanks for the input! I think that the risk for slicing your find wide open could be reduced significantly in the design of the bead, but I think it would be more for an emergency/wilderness type situation; I hate how bulky even the pocket stones are...
 
majixmatrix said:
but I think it would be more for an emergency/wilderness type situation
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Keeping your knife sharp is something you should be doing regularly, when needed of course. Having a lanyard bead to help "sharpen" your blade isn't really going to do much good. If you are carrying a large fixed blade knife, most sheaths have a pouch for a small stone or PSK. If you are carrying a small folding knife. I'd be more worried I would break the knife, before the edge got dull in a survival situation.
 
We're surrounded by things to sharpen a knife with everyday. Any unglazed ring on the bottom of a coffee mug or plate, a smooth stone out a creek, top edge of a car window, stropping on the back of a belt or steeling on the shaft of a screw driver. A small bead on a lanyard is a recipe for a cut finger or two. Just too small for the job.

Or you could just carry a diamond hone in your wallet.
 
Ha. Don't listen to the haters. It will sell if it is in the right sales channels. It is a great idea. All the bear grylls guys will be lie: Yarrrr I need this.
 
If you're out in the woods for long enough to dull a knife, you should be keeping a proper sharpener on you. If it's a pocket knife for edc duty, it will never need sharpening away from home. You'd be better off keeping a small piece of leather with you to strop with.
 
I made something similar years ago.



I bought a small sharpening stone about 1-4" long and used a hacksaw to remove a piece and then drilled it for the lanyard. Although it wasn't on my knife, it was on my knife pouch and served as both a lanyard bead and a sharpener. And I'm careful enough to use it without cutting my finger, before anyone assumes otherwise.
 
That's sweet!! Interesting point about having the bead be an angle guide for a flat sharpening stone....

Samon said:
I made something similar years ago.



I bought a small sharpening stone about 1-4" long and used a hacksaw to remove a piece and then drilled it for the lanyard. Although it wasn't on my knife, it was on my knife pouch and served as both a lanyard bead and a sharpener. And I'm careful enough to use it without cutting my finger, before anyone assumes otherwise.
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Not a bad idea at all. It should be at least two inches long... a healthy bead if there ever was any. And it will ruin your knife's handle if carried in the pocket. That said, I'm all one with things dangling outside, especially in the summer...
 
I've had some pretty close calls with this 5" Spyderco ceramic. Even before I got into super steels. There's no way I'd use a sub-2" bobble to sharpen anything.

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Especially since this ceramic is so easy to carry.
 
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I have a small, 1" dia 1/4" thick, piece of Coors ceramic that I've had for years, and use occasionally. Works great, and haven't had any problems yet :)
 
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