field sharpening.

[Rotte]

I keep a diamond rod, small ceramic stone, and piece of leather (glued to a paint stirrer) for a strop as a little kit for field use. Most days they just stay in the pack.

 

[elchris123]

I usually only carry a 2.5" smiths fine (1,500 grit) Arkansas stone. works wonderful for touch-ups and weighs next to nothing. In the field with any quality blade you shouldn't need to do any sharpening. A good knife shouldn't get so dull that it can't wait till you get home.

 

[Bobber]

I always carry a cheap copy of the DMT duo fold with me, the more you use it the finer the grit will get....
The finr grit on mine gives me almost a polished edge now.. For strop I just use my belt, treated it with stropping compound, and when I`m in the woods, I just hook the buckle in a tree and TAADAA strop ready for use...

 

[Silverthorn]

I got one of them DMT coarse/medium ones like in Mooses post.Ed Fowler recommends a Wyoming sex rock,and Bare Grills crushes quartz and rubs it on a stick to make a hone,but this only works if you have a urine soaked t shirt on your head and have just ate the ass of a rotten zebra carcass.A small piece of leather with the green stuff on it would not take much space and would be good for stropping.With those diamond stones don't use much pressure 'specially with the coarse and it will last a long time,water helps also,but can be used dry.My 2 coarse ones are smooth in spots where the diamonds were lost due to my ignorance and heavy pressure on a new dry stone.

Any stone that Ed picks up is a Wyoming sex stone ..lol.