Credit-card sized diamond sharpener

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RobbW

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I'm thinking of putting one of these credit card sized diamond sharpeners in a survival kit (scroll 2/3rds of the way down the page):

http://www.woodtechtooling.com/DMT/DMTDiaSharpLine.html

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with one of these, and what grit would likely be most useful. I'm not happy with any of the other "portable" sharpeners I've seen. I use mostly S30V and D2 in the field, as well as EDC.
 
I got one of these for main reason that it can be brought any where. I got the extra fine as I figured that the only time that I would use it would be for a touch up, rather than re-bevelling, which I would have carried out at home and not in the field.

You have got to be careful with these though, due to its small size, I end up sticking the knife into my finger each time I use mine.
 
I use a DMT folding diafold in the fine/x-fine but would prefer a x-coarse/x-fine combination.

-Cliff
 
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll split the difference and get the fine. It's just for touch ups in the field so I don't need to re-profile. On the other hand, the X-fine might not be able to remove enough quickly enough in a real survival situation where I were using a knife heavily.
 
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