Portable / Compact Convex Sharpening?

[Cliff Nieporte]

I posted this here a while back,but it's what I still use & it works well.

I glue a piece of wet/dry paper on the inside of one of the covers.
I use 1000 grit,but you can obviously use any other you like:

Rub some black compound on the inside of the other cover:

Then you can use the glossy part of the outside cover to finish it off:

Use it the same way you'd use a strop.
Start with the wet/dry paper if you need to,then go to the compound,then the glossy cover & you'll have a sharp,nicley polished edge.
It even comes in handy as a notebook if you need one of those too.

Cliff

 

[HikingMano]

That's my attitude. The only sharpening device I carry is a DMT Mini-sharp

Yeah, I carry a DMT Diafold in my pack, but I use it mostly on my Moras. I really should practice using it on a convex edge. Anyway, I think it's time to branch out from the Sharpmaker and learn how to freehand any sort of edge...

Derrick, that really is a great little kit. A little bulky and heavy for throwing in a pack, for me, but it'd be great to have in the car. And Cliff's idea is pretty cool too, I'll have to try that one out one day.

 

[mcjhrobinson]

interesting idea cliff....ill have to try that...maybe ill put the green compound on the opposite cover...

 

[okbohn]

Yeah, I carry a DMT Diafold in my pack, but I use it mostly on my Moras. I really should practice using it on a convex edge. Anyway, I think it's time to branch out from the Sharpmaker and learn how to freehand any sort of edge...

Derrick, that really is a great little kit. A little bulky and heavy for throwing in a pack, for me, but it'd be great to have in the car. And Cliff's idea is pretty cool too, I'll have to try that one out one day.

That is a great idea. I like a little more give, but it is hard to beat the simplicity.