EDC sharpener

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What kind of sharpening tools do you EDC? I usually use a synthetic stone and a butchers steels for my SAK but I have room in my EDC bag for a wee sharpening rod or something.
 
I carry a pair of double-sided DMT Diafolds. One is X-coarse/Coarse, the other is Fine/X-fine. They both fit in my back pocket and let me do anything from a quick touch up to repairing a completely trashed edge anywhere I happen to be.
 
Gatco triangle keychain sharpener. When im away from home more than a day its great to have for touch-ups. Otherwise I probably wouldn't carry one, but i fish a ton, so its on me most of the time as a hook sharpener.
 
Check these options:
A piece of waterproof sandpaper 600 grit or finer. I have one taped to mu glass topped desk.
One of those little diamond paddles, I forget who makes them DMT or the other folks, extra fine
Ceramic "credit card" sharpener ( check AG Russell, e.g.)

I always strop my knife at the post office on the Formica counters after I use it to open my letters.

Or a small piece of softer wood with stropping compound on it.

I'm from the University, and I'm here to help.

jd
 
Check these options:
A piece of waterproof sandpaper 600 grit or finer. I have one taped to mu glass topped desk.
One of those little diamond paddles, I forget who makes them DMT or the other folks, extra fine
Ceramic "credit card" sharpener ( check AG Russell, e.g.)

I always strop my knife at the post office on the Formica counters after I use it to open my letters.

Or a small piece of softer wood with stropping compound on it.

I'm from the University, and I'm here to help.

jd
 
yablanowitz said:
I carry a pair of double-sided DMT Diafolds. One is X-coarse/Coarse, the other is Fine/X-fine. They both fit in my back pocket and let me do anything from a quick touch up to repairing a completely trashed edge anywhere I happen to be.
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+1 for the Diafolds. They are excellent sharpeners, light and easy to use in a variety of grits. My favorites are the XF/Ceramic. You can also use these babies with the DMT Magna guide system (similar to the Lansky only considerably better).

NJ
 
I carry 2 Sharpmakers in my backpack. They are rubberbanded together. One of them houses the diamond rods and the medium rods. The other one houses the fine rods and ultra fine rods.
 
mrjed said:
... I always strop my knife at the post office on the Formica counters after I use it to open my letters. ... jd
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We can get away with that around here, but you'd probably get thrown in the slammer in other parts of the country! :D
 
Maybe that's an oxymoron, but nobody seems to notice when I stop at the counter pull out my mini-grip, slice open the package and pull another new knife out for inspection....... before I strop the old knife on the counter.

Hard to imagine living where knives are not seen as everyday tools for everybody.
 
I keep a smallish (4x1") medium arkansas stone in my pack which I use to 'daily' maintenance. I've found it leaves the best edge of any method I've tried. Granted, I prefere a toothier edge than that, but this seems to last the longest; especially on my S30V Native.
 
Bottom of a coffee cup, works well.
Granted the nearest piece of cardboard usually brings back the edge after stropping.

These padded emery boards with two grits, work real well, especially the flexible ones, as they do not break - this is akin to emery paper on a mouse pad.

Emery paper on a pc of card board or even pc of a paint stick, yard stick works well.

Actual "stones", I am partial to the small Norton India [~ 1 x 3"] or the little Case hard stone in the plastic case.
I use a dry hone btw.

Also my knives are Case Chrome Vanadium mostly, though some are 1095 , and the SAKs that I sometimes have to mess with, sharpen real easy.
 
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