Do people actually take their sharpening equipment to camp?

When I head out to the hunt camp, my knives are sharp, and in good shape.

I do take a small stone set just in case, but I don't really sharpen my knives while there.

I do however, wind up putting an edge on some of the knives my buddies bring. :eek:
 
I always carry in the door of my pick-up the 1X3" EZ-Lap diamond stone but its too fine and too small to sharpen much on . For a very slight touch up its ok . Then I keep a 2X6" Norton India coarse/fine stone under the seat which will do more serious sharpening . In my day pack is a 2X6" well worn DMT blue, the holes I don't care for but its lite and has a thick enough base to keep fingers out of the way and still works . I'll replace it someday with my 2X6" EZ-Lap fine, also worn . A bit heavier but won't break and just need to chisel a groove in a board in order to have finger clearance then glue a strop to the other side . DM
 
A blue/red DMT diafold does 90% of my sharpening, and I have one stashed in several places. I have also been using the Spyderco med/fine 1x4 ceramic as a finisher lately, and having great results with that combination.
 
rayban said:
Doesn't get much lighter weight than this does it?
Diamond credit card by DMT...we're only talking "touch up" right?

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+++ on that I carry the 325,600,1200 grits and a little piece of leather to strop, it all fits in an Altoids can, you can imagine the size......
 
kta2402 said:
I've been using the Fallkniven DC4 and it works really great, I always have on me and i actually use it for the kitchen knives also. I have multiple benchstones from japanese to diamonds, but I don't even use them I just use the DC4. That little thing is worth the money, just keep it clean with a good bath in soapy warm water and dry it well and it will last you a lifetime. Plus it comes in a neat leather pouch, its very compact and it doesn't have that plastic feeling I get with DMT products (they are very good by the way)
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Same here! Does everything I need, great little stone!
 
I Don't usually sharpen my knives in the field. I make sure they are sharp before I go out and then sharpen them when I come home again. I do how ever carry either my 2x6 exrta coarse DMT stone or an old 3x4 Arkansas stone my grandpa gave me when I was only a few years old. At home of course I use the Sharp maker or sand paper.

On a side note, didn't it seem like Mr Myers was pushing kind of hard on the stones? I always try and use light pressure. Is that correct?
 
He was also running the blade off the stone chipping the end of the stone. Not great for the blade either.
 
I always bring some means of sharpening my knife to the woods, like a small diamond abrasive or a small stone, for instance. I am looking at making a small leather hone, to fasten to a tree or my shoe or something.
 
rusty edge said:
I always have a DMT Diasharp 1" x 4" fine hone with me, it is very easy to carry and smaller than a cell phone. If I'm going out of town or camping I keep my DMT coarse, fine and extra fine 2" x 6" Diasharp stones in the truck, along with a green compounded loaded strop. I have found that I don't like the aligner systems, instead preferring free hand almost exclusively. After spending plenty of money on Lansky, Spyderco and other systems, nothing works as well for me as DMTs diamonds.
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same here;I find DMT's last longer.
I have a pair of small keychain stones,red/blue that I epoxied back to back
and those are my pocket touch-up stones.
DiaFold goes with on camping trips as well.
Best sharpening $ I've spent.
Avoid Smith's diamond stones;they don't last nearly as long!
(Cheap,made in China copy of DMT)
 
Camping box has a tiny 4in file, a spyderco double stuff and a 2x8in strip of leather with green compound.
Light and fully covered.

Hiking I take a 1.5x6 charged leather strip and a tiny ezeelap diamond rod.
 
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