How did I miss these?

They do look pretty good. Not too expensive either.
 
You can get smaller ones like IIRC the credit card sized diamond sharpener from Eze-Lap.
 
mete said:
You can get smaller ones like IIRC the credit card sized diamond sharpener from Eze-Lap.
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Yes you can. I use a Fallkniven diamond stone in my PSK all the time in the field. However there is nothing like using a waterstone IMO. I didn't know what truly sharp was until I bought my water stones. Most waterstones are large and therefore we improvise with other products.

There are also fantastic for the flat bevels on scandi grinds.

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tarmix101 said:
There are also fantastic for the flat bevels on scandi grinds.

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Yeah I just use a strop w/sandpaper on most of my convex.

A diamond stone on my flatground.

With the scandi I have been tightening the strop up all the way and then laying sandpaper on it which has worked out OK but I have been concerned about making them convex over time.

I tried the Viking Whetstone that Ragnar sells and it works well but is a little small.

I think these may just be the thing. I ordered a 4000 which most stuff says is equivalent to 1000 grit sandpaper, 1500 grit sandpaper being my most used so hopefully it will work.

Regardless I'll report back:thumbup:
 
I made my own small waterstones.

Start with a 1000 grit Makita waterstone, approx. 7" x 3" x 3/4"; score it on both sides with a used hacksaw blade; then cleave it along the score line using a wide brick chisel.
This makes a reasonably clean cut; the sides aren't perfect but it's pretty good.
I made 3 pieces from the large stone: one piece 2" x 3", and 2 pieces 5" x 1.5".

Works for me.
 
i have seen these and want to get one in the future, but for now i am happy with my arkansas pocket stone
 
I have several of these fine stones in the shop for smaller cutting tools. However, for backpacking, I prefer the more light weight, thinner, diamond stone options such as the DMT folding diamond stone (many flavors to choose from). :)
 
I'm thinking of cutting a piece of 1/4" micarta to shape and sandwiching it between the 400 grit and 1200 grit credit card size sharpeners with epoxy. I think it'd make a good double sided stone, with enough to hold to keep your fingers out of the way, giving you a chance to use the full length of this short 3 1/4" stones.

Or instead of micarta what about a piece of ceramic tile? I've never used ceramics to sharpen, could the edge of a tile be prepared as a hone that could protrude from between the diamond plates? Or would the ceramic be redundant?
 
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