Sharpening in a pinch

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Just finished a week in Maui staying in a rental condo by the beach. A condo with about 20 kitchen knives, each duller than you think knives can get.

I don't travel with a sharpening stone but I grabbed a small stone from the ocean and went at it. Wasn't easy or fast and I didn't get an edge you'd brag about, but when I finished I could slice pineapple leaves with it.

Interestingly, the stone I used was sort of, I dunno, soft isn't the word. But like you could shave layers of it off with the blade. Kind of like a Japanese water stone. Not sure if I just randomly picked up a special stone or if everything in the water around here is like that. I think if it was a flat piece of stone it would sharpen things decently.

Anywho, just thought I'd share. I also found a store that had, no joke, 40 spyderco knives for sale. But that's for another day...
 
I used my endura enough that it was no longer cutting cardboard so I just used some wet/dry and stropped on cardboard. I was away from home that time and away from my sharpening gear. Sal Glesser sent me a golden stone to play with after reading my post about that though. :thumbup:
 
Years ago I used the edge of my truck window to touch up my knife while on a hunt.
 
singularity35 said:
I used my endura enough that it was no longer cutting cardboard so I just used some wet/dry and stropped on cardboard. I was away from home that time and away from my sharpening gear. Sal Glesser sent me a golden stone to play with after reading my post about that though. :thumbup:
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Wet/dry is my default sharpening medium.Just put it on a hard or softish substrate depending on your edge, and you got a great, inexpensive way to go through 4-6 grits while sharpening.
 
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