Sharpening Equipment: Very necessary

[SouthernCross]

I use the fallkniven DC4 stone:
It consists in a ceramic stone glued to a diamond stone.

The diamond stone is very aggressive and will sharpen quickly even difficult steels like 3V.
The ceramic stone is great for final edge and touch ups.

The whole package is very compact. It can be used without water. The ceramic stone is somewhat brittle to impact. The diamond stone is on a steel plate, it always remain flat....

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Kind regards
Mick

 

[udtjim]

Leather has it's usable life limits but when you are talking a survival situation, unless the sheath was shot before you left, it's gonna make through a pretty good chunk of time The little flat credit card size diamond sharpeners would be easy to carry. I always carry some sand paper as well

Koyote, I like the idea of the leather strop built into the sheath.

 

[JD Spydo]

I use the fallkniven DC4 stone:
It consists in a ceramic stone glued to a diamond stone.

The diamond stone is very aggressive and will sharpen quickly even difficult steels like 3V.
The ceramic stone is great for final edge and touch ups.

The whole package is very compact. It can be used without water. The ceramic stone is somewhat brittle to impact. The diamond stone is on a steel plate, it always remain flat.

For final treatment, I take my leather belt off, hang the buckle to a branch, and strop the knife on it.

http://www.davesknifeworld.com/productimages/d-j/fK-DC4.jpg

Very interesting post "Ravaillac" :thumbup: I've heard that those Fallkniven stones are really very good ones. That's one piece of sharpening equipment on the commercial market I've yet to try. Where might I ask did you get yours?

Hey "J's Knives & More" if you sell those please get ahold of me because I would love to try one of those on a bowie and another fixed blade I have in my bugout kit. I've been trying to find a Fallkniven Thor knife for over a year now without forking out the dough for a brand new one. I've heard that Fallkniven has great quality on everything they sell.

If that diamond side of the stone is more aggressive than my Spyderco diamond stones I do indeed want one. I think that would really be a great sharpening tool to have. Because of it's compactness and aggressive abrading. Thanks for the tip. Because I haven't heard much about Fallkniven's sharpening tools up till now. I will investigate them for sure.

Some very good posting from all of you guys. But don't stop yet

 

[batosai117]

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Hey "J's Knives & More" if you sell those please get ahold of me because I would love to try one of those on a bowie and another fixed blade I have in my bugout kit. I've been trying to find a Fallkniven Thor knife for over a year now without forking out the dough for a brand new one. I've heard that Fallkniven has great quality on everything they sell.

If that diamond side of the stone is more aggressive than my Spyderco diamond stones I do indeed want one. I think that would really be a great sharpening tool to have. Because of it's compactness and aggressive abrading. Thanks for the tip. Because I haven't heard much about Fallkniven's sharpening tools up till now. I will investigate them for sure.

Some very good posting from all of you guys. But don't stop yet

I'll say this only because you asked, I don't want to appear that I'm "self-promoting" outside of the dealer and W&C area.

I don't have fallkniven knives or sharpeners, but I can get just about anything from DMT sharpeners, from the credit card size up to the Deluxe Aligner kit :thumbup:

I hope that helps, J.

 

[Ravaillac]

Where might I ask did you get yours?

Some webshop, I've had it for several years so can't really remember, plus since we're not same side of the pond what worked for me might not be as practical to you.
But as far as I know, last time I checked there wasn't that much price difference between sellers.

 

[koyote]

I also want to check one out.

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

http://www.blade-tech.com/Sharp-Shim-pr-1059.html#product_images

a good idea. I will have to nab a couple sometime.

 

[steelscout30]

In my larger survival kit, I carry a pair of DMT DiaFold sharpeners, in coarse/extra coarse, and fine/extra fine to give me a bit of flexibility in the purpose of knife sharpening---it makes sense for a knife enthusiast like myself to carry a mite of extra weight to properly take care of an edge when my life is on the line.

In my pocket survival pack, I have a small DMT card-type sharpener. I used to pack a standard coarse ceramic rod by Spyderco, and a small sheet of sandpaper.

 

[JD Spydo]

Well I'm definitely going to do some comparison shopping in the next 3 to 4 days. I'm going to check out J's Knives & More's recommendation of the DMT products. I have a couple of their pocket sharpeners and they seem to do a reasonable job.

But I really like what I'm hearing about this Fallkniven sharpening stone with 2 grits on each side. That sounds like a perfect sharpening tool for a bug-out kit.

Now as some of you know I'm a regular over at the Spyderco.com forum as well as here on BF. I just got told this morning by a Spyderco brother that the new Byrd Duckfoot Sharpener which is an import of Spyderco's is a very good portable hand sharpening tool. I've yet to use one myself but I have a lot of confidence in the guy who informed me of it.

But I'm still open for more suggestions of portable sharpening tools that could work well in a survival situation.

 

[dartanyon]

Nice thread JD, thanks.
Great reading ... this is an issue that I have struggled with for ages being "kit crazy" I have tries to ad a sharpening device to all my kits no matter how small.
My first solution was to buy a cheap soft pocket stone and cut it up into small thumbnail pieces and wrap it in a small amount of cling wrap to protect other kit components.
Next was a sharpener that had a couple of ceramic wheels in it, so I took the wheels out and dropped them into the bottom of my firemaking containers. I also put one of the wheels on my keys to go with my SAK classic although the wheel damaged my keys
The smallest of my kits have a piece of fine emery cloth in them just in case I need a really sharp blade, although I also keep a scoupel blade in nearly all my kits.
I have never forgotten an answer to a thread I started a few years ago about sharpening in the wilderness without correct tools and one of the answers was to sprinkle fine sand on a flat split timber and use that.

 

[Revolvergeek]

I normally carry these four DMT sharpeners in my Jumbo every day; Diafold Extra-coarse, Diafold Coarse Serrated sharpener and Diasharps in coarse and fine. I used to carry one of the x-fine credit card sharpeners also but found that I can do just as well most of the time stropping on a leather belt or cardboard box.

 

[JD Spydo]

Nice thread JD, thanks.
Great reading ... this is an issue that I have struggled with for ages being "kit crazy" I have tries to ad a sharpening device to all my kits no matter how small.
I have never forgotten an answer to a thread I started a few years ago about sharpening in the wilderness without correct tools and one of the answers was to sprinkle fine sand on a flat split timber and use that.

I don't know if you all there in Australia get the Discovery Channel on your TV satellite systems or not. But there is a show that's on the Discovery Channel here in the United STates called "Man Versus Wild" hosted by a really brilliant British guy named Bear Grylls who was a former British Special Forces soldier. It is a show about survival in the wild.

That method of sharpening with sand on a split timber has been shown on his show a couple of times. Once it was on a split timber like you described and then once it was done with sand on a flat rock.

One of these days I'm going to take one of those older $1 folders I've bought at a garage sale and I'm going to see how that works. I'm just sure that Mother Nature has ways for us to sharpen our knives.

 

[runningboar]

I don't know if you all there in Australia get the Discovery Channel on your TV satellite systems or not. But there is a show that's on the Discovery Channel here in the United STates called "Man Versus Wild" hosted by a really brilliant British guy named Bear Grylls who was a former British Special Forces soldier. It is a show about survival in the wild.

That method of sharpening with sand on a split timber has been shown on his show a couple of times. Once it was on a split timber like you described and then once it was done with sand on a flat rock.

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Brilliant???? are you serious.