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Hi everyone,
After returning from a rather long trip during which I managed to dull both my SAK and Opinel I realized that I should have brought along a sharpening stone of some sort. Since then I've been looking for something durable, lightweight, and simple for backpacking and travel; needless to say my SharpMaker doesn't quite fit the bill.
I've been looking at the DMT Diafold files and am pretty set on picking one up in a few days. I usually carry my scandi-grind Helle when backpacking and a SAK soldier when traveling and think the DMT should work great for "field" touchups, I just can't decide on what grit combination would be the most versatile.
> coarse/fine - described as "quickly sharpen a neglected edge"/"put a keen edge on a maintained tool"
> fine/extra fine - described as "put a keen edge on a maintained tool"/"sharpen to a razor edge"
I wouldn't ever let my knives become "neglected" if I could help it, in which case a fine/extra fine file would probably suffice, but then perhaps the coarse/fine combination would offer more flexibility in fixing accidental damage or unanticipated wear? Anyone with experience using one of these in either combination in a "field" situation care to chime in?
Thanks!
After returning from a rather long trip during which I managed to dull both my SAK and Opinel I realized that I should have brought along a sharpening stone of some sort. Since then I've been looking for something durable, lightweight, and simple for backpacking and travel; needless to say my SharpMaker doesn't quite fit the bill.
I've been looking at the DMT Diafold files and am pretty set on picking one up in a few days. I usually carry my scandi-grind Helle when backpacking and a SAK soldier when traveling and think the DMT should work great for "field" touchups, I just can't decide on what grit combination would be the most versatile.
> coarse/fine - described as "quickly sharpen a neglected edge"/"put a keen edge on a maintained tool"
> fine/extra fine - described as "put a keen edge on a maintained tool"/"sharpen to a razor edge"
I wouldn't ever let my knives become "neglected" if I could help it, in which case a fine/extra fine file would probably suffice, but then perhaps the coarse/fine combination would offer more flexibility in fixing accidental damage or unanticipated wear? Anyone with experience using one of these in either combination in a "field" situation care to chime in?
Thanks!