Confessions of a tightwad!

[olddogrib]

I took a Spyderco triangle sharpmaker on trade and was at first disappointed with the choice of only the brown/white rods. While I concede these are entirely sufficient for all but the most anal retentive(a large percentage of those represented here, lol), I just couldn't bring myself to spring for the $$$ of the diamond rod set. Then it occurred to me that I had a ton of mixed and matched diamond, ceramic, aluminum oxide and every other media sharpeners I'd accumulated over many years. Lansky, DMT, crocK sticks, yadayada. The beauty is that most were flat, of uniform diameter and would nestle nicely against the Spyderco rods in the base. I'd even secure them with rubber bands at each end, voila. Go ahead, out-cheap that, make my day!

 

[hughd]

Congress Tool
MOLDMASTER Triangular Rods 1/2 Tri. x 6 $5.90 - $8.10

 

[David Martin]

Good for you. You don't need a zillion grit stones. In your mix pick out something in the 120-150 grit range and one in the 300 grit range and that will take you a long way. DM

 

[scottc3]

And tilt base for different angles. We used small clips to hold wet n dry sand paper.

 

[dirc]

I use the bottom of a large coffee mug, which was a gift ; )
beat that for low cost sharpening

 

[David Martin]

Yes, ^ but thats not coarse enough to reproduce. DM

 

[000Robert]

I concede defeat. I'm not a tightwad.

 

[GABaus]

I sometimes use a piece of concrete or a brick to use for the coarsest work if i don't have access to a belt grinder.