Hello all,
I've always struggled with what to carry to sharpen my knives in the field. Now this is partly my problem since I can't seem to settle on what kind of grind. I love both convex and traditional grinds. Haven't tried Scandi but hope to do that soon.
I was watching a Ray Mears video earlier where he carries a small double sided diamond stone and positions it betweens some small tacks on a stump to sharpen his knives and suddenly had an idea.
Here is my first setup.
It's a DMT fine diamond stone with a piece of mouse pad epoxied to the back. I cut some sections of fine waterproof sandpaper and a piece of leather the same size as the stone. I have the diamond stone for my traditional grinds and the mousepad/sandpaper for my convex grinds. I use a couple of small ranger bands to hold the mousepad/sandpaper in place. I tried it out on my favorite (because I made it) convex knife and it worked great. Touched up the edge to shaving with minimal effort.
Here's the second idea. I basically cut the same pieces and just use the ranger bands to attach them to an Eze-Lap double sinded paddle that I have. This also works good. I tried it on my 12" tramontina and again seemed to work good.
Of course these kits won't replace the sharpening systems I use at home but they look like they would be more than adequate to sharpen just about anything I would carry in the field.
So, what say you?
Charlie
I've always struggled with what to carry to sharpen my knives in the field. Now this is partly my problem since I can't seem to settle on what kind of grind. I love both convex and traditional grinds. Haven't tried Scandi but hope to do that soon.
I was watching a Ray Mears video earlier where he carries a small double sided diamond stone and positions it betweens some small tacks on a stump to sharpen his knives and suddenly had an idea.
Here is my first setup.
It's a DMT fine diamond stone with a piece of mouse pad epoxied to the back. I cut some sections of fine waterproof sandpaper and a piece of leather the same size as the stone. I have the diamond stone for my traditional grinds and the mousepad/sandpaper for my convex grinds. I use a couple of small ranger bands to hold the mousepad/sandpaper in place. I tried it out on my favorite (because I made it) convex knife and it worked great. Touched up the edge to shaving with minimal effort.
Here's the second idea. I basically cut the same pieces and just use the ranger bands to attach them to an Eze-Lap double sinded paddle that I have. This also works good. I tried it on my 12" tramontina and again seemed to work good.
Of course these kits won't replace the sharpening systems I use at home but they look like they would be more than adequate to sharpen just about anything I would carry in the field.
So, what say you?
Charlie
