Mini Sharpmaker?

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Mr. Glesser,
I was wondering if a travel size Sharpmaker might have been brought up before. I was thinking that a Sharpmaker the size roughly of a pack of cigarettes would be awesome. I find alot of the times I just need to touch-up a blade while on the road. I love my regular Sharpmaker but it adds a bit of weight to my EDC. :)

Thanks in advance.
 
Have you checked out the Double Stuff? As a pocket stone it rocks when you can't use something larger. Give it a look ... :D
 
Yeah I was looking at flat stones. What I was talking about is an actual Sharpmaker, just small. Same plastic base, rods and stones but maybe half the length of the full size model. I think that would be really cool. Flat stones are cool but if you're not skilled in sharpening with that method it may do more damage than not. Especially if you just want to touch up. Reprofiling would be easier on the larger model.
 
Yeah, ifair Sal have said something about more compact sharpener…
For me just one rod is enough (in fact I use one, alternating hands)
 
The regular Sharpmaker is a very compact complete package that doesn't weigh much and is easy to carry camping, hunting, fishing, etc. The case is light weight plastic and the ceramic rods and little brass hand protector rods don't hardly weight anything.

I wouldn't spend my money on anything else but I'm cheap.
 
The regular Sharpmaker is a very compact complete package that doesn't weigh much and is easy to carry camping, hunting, fishing, etc. The case is light weight plastic and the ceramic rods and little brass hand protector rods don't hardly weight anything.

I wouldn't spend my money on anything else but I'm cheap.

With flat whetstones it is too easy to scratch up a knife blade. If it is an old-dog knife then I guess it is okay. If a good knife that you want to keep looking good you should tape up the blade with masking tape to avoid scratching.
 
DGG said:
The regular Sharpmaker is a very compact complete package that doesn't weigh much and is easy to carry camping, hunting, fishing, etc. The case is light weight plastic and the ceramic rods and little brass hand protector rods don't hardly weight anything.

I wouldn't spend my money on anything else but I'm cheap.

With flat whetstones it is too easy to scratch up a knife blade. If it is an old-dog knife then I guess it is okay. If a good knife that you want to keep looking good you should tape up the blade with masking tape to avoid scratching.
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Yeah I got all that but my point was for travel. The regular sharpmaker even though compact is still rather large for travelling with. If I'm on the road and gotta start taping my blades I might as well wait to touch-up until I get back home.

Glad to hear that they are working on this.
 
I normally just carry a brown Sharpmaker rod in my Maxpedition along with a DMT Green diafold. Usually, the brown rod is more than adequate to touch up an edge. I'm probably going to get the Double Stuff - funny I didn't notice it before - got to be age:)

- gord
 
a mini sharpmaker would be just the thing to send to our troops as they already have 80+ lb packs and no room for much of anything else.
 
Benchmade has some sort of pocket sharpener the size of a lighter in the works. Not sure if it would be a good move for Spyderco to do exactly the same thing, but then again, Spyderco might even improve the idea :D

Keno
 
I imagine the same exact thing. Just smaller. The point is you get all the functionality without compromising pocket size.
I know flat stones and other pocket stones exist but nothing like a pocket Sharpmaker. I use mine for sharpening many things from fish hooks to chisels, clippers, etc.
Small size plus the same versatility sounds like a win/win to me.
Is there an ETA?
 
Here's what you're looking for:

http://www.agrussell.com/accessories/sharpening/a_g_russell_field_sharpener.html

Or for something even smaller, try this:

http://www.gatcosharpeners.com/cata...=ff9a0e3dc520ac09271cdd14a3f672bf&category=34

Neither have the triangle rods, but are very serviceable. I had one of the small Gatco sharpeners and it worked great for touch ups in the field. I sharpened a lot of friend's knives with it. I lost it and replaced it with a DMT Duo Fold but still miss the little Gatco. The DMT is much bilkier and doesn't put as fine an edge on the blade as the ceramics do. It's truly pocket sized (I kept it in my laptop case) and gives you the medium and fine grit rods in a tiny package. I'll buy another when I see one at a show or a knife shop. They're really handy.
 
I think just two slots, one at forty degrees, one at thirty, and two stones, one of each grade, would work well.

To change between sharpening each side of the blade you'd just have to rotate the rig 180 degrees - no problem.
 
GFarrell3 said:
Yeah I got all that but my point was for travel. The regular sharpmaker even though compact is still rather large for travelling with. If I'm on the road and gotta start taping my blades I might as well wait to touch-up until I get back home.

Glad to hear that they are working on this.
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If you have a decent knife with a good steel blade you shouldn't have to sharpen it all the time one it it sharp the first time. If things get rough you can always use a flat smooth river rock to touchup the blade edge. All these little gadget are just more stuff to tote around and slow you down. Life is too short for that!
 
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