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What are some good sharpening rods? I'm looking for specific brand/product recommendations.
 
Well my shun is my favorite for a fast honing don't have a sharping rod just the shun for honing hope that helps
 
I use a ceramic rod I got from bladehq.com; I purposely got ceramic because I try to keep my edges fine. I find its best in my uses when I do a light touch up with my Lansky set using a base 600 grit stone then touching up with the ceramic rod, then stropping with a leather belt.
 
JJR512 said:
The only sharpening rods I saw on Emerson's site seem rather...small.
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There are two on Emerson's site. The small pocket sharpener is meant for field touch ups and it is small. It's a pocket sharpener. The other one is the same medium in a longer rod. It's longer than Sharpmaker rods and works very well.
 
dalefuller said:
There are two on Emerson's site. The small pocket sharpener is meant for field touch ups and it is small. It's a pocket sharpener. The other one is the same medium in a longer rod. It's longer than Sharpmaker rods and works very well.
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Good to know. Last I looked at those I don't think it mentioned the sizes of the rods and I thought the same as JJR, that they seemed small.
 
dalefuller said:
There are two on Emerson's site. The small pocket sharpener is meant for field touch ups and it is small. It's a pocket sharpener. The other one is the same medium in a longer rod. It's longer than Sharpmaker rods and works very well.
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I know. I saw them. The Sharpener is described as five inches long, while the Sharpener Compact is described as four inches long.

The five-inch version is the one I was thinking of when I said it seems small, and I stand by that opinion.
 
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JJR is right about the length of the actual sharpening rod on the longer sharpener... it's about 5" and about 2/3 as long as a Sharpmaker rod. Apparently, I was remembering the overall length including the handle. The pocket sharpener unscrews about 1/2 way down and the rod fits into the handle, making it pocketable when closed.

I've used both of the rods on my Emersons and a couple of Benchmades and they have worked well for the sharpening technique that is demonstrated on Emerson's web site.
 
dalefuller said:
Pics always help, so...

View attachment 577188View attachment 577189

JJR is right about the length of the actual sharpening rod on the longer sharpener... it's about 5" and about 2/3 as long as a Sharpmaker rod. Apparently, I was remembering the overall length including the handle. The pocket sharpener unscrews about 1/2 way down and the rod fits into the handle, making it pocketable when closed.

I've used both of the rods on my Emersons and a couple of Benchmades and they have worked well for the sharpening technique that is demonstrated on Emerson's web site.
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It was the technique shown on the Emerson website that prompted me to consider rods. And I think that the one Emerson sells would be fine if I only wanted them for short blades on folding knives...but I want something for all my knives, including the fixed blades from other brands, some of which are 7" or longer in actual blade length. For those, I think the 5" rod would be too short.
 
I've never used them, but DMT & EZE-LAP both make 12" diamond rods in F & XF. I like DMTs products that I have used, so I'd have confidence in their diamond rod if I needed a long one.
 
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