Recommend a good ceramic rod?

[Tin.Man]

Can any of you fine gentlemen recommend a good ceramic rod? Just for touch ups and what not. Preferably field sized, not kitchen sized

Or are all ceramic rods really the same?

 

[KNIFEABILITY]

The lansky ceramic sharp stick about 8" long costing around ten dollars. After using a ton of field sharpeners I now take a 1200 grit dmt steel with me in the field for constant touch ups during hard use. At first I thought it would be to big but I just slide it in the molle webbing on the side of my pack and I forget it is even there. It removes a very small amount of metal and constantly gives me a fresh razor sharp edge by removing any burrs or rolls in the edge. Good luck man!

 

[KNIFEABILITY]

I am sorry man DMT also has a really good ceramic rod as well but it is larger than the lansky.

 

[gadgetgeek]

I have a gatco tri-seps ceramic works really well, is triangular for different serrations, and has grooves for fishhooks and such. but the one i see online now claims to be diamond.. not sure I'd go for that.

 

[beandip]

I've bought the 3 dollar e-bay rods and I've used my white Lansky turn-box rods. I can't tell a different at all but I just use them for touch ups.

 

[tiguy7]

Ceramic rods come in different grits just like stones. I dislike the rods because the knifepoint wraps over the rod at the end of the stroke and ruins the sharpness of the point. I like to finish my stroke in the middle of a flat stone to ensure the sharpness of the point. You can get folding 2 sided diamond "stones" for touch up field work. If you don't need a sharp point, A.G. Russell sells a mini crockstick kit.

 

[s7brad]

I actually use a piece of ceramic from old thermocouples from our furnaces at work. About 3" long oval shaped. Works great and free!

 

[texastonydobbs]

bensbackwoods has a nice ceraminc rod ,that works and it is under $5

 

[Colt6731]

I have a gatco tri-seps ceramic works really well, is triangular for different serrations, and has grooves for fishhooks and such. but the one i see online now claims to be diamond.. not sure I'd go for that.

I had one of the Gatco ceramic sharpeners in my sharpening kit on my last deployment to Iraq and used it more than my DMT diamond rod. Its a great sharpener for fast touch ups and is really light weight. Worked well to touch up my Striders in SV30 and my Bucks in 420HC. IIRC I bought it about six years ago at the Ft Bragg MCS for $5.99.