Sharpening on vacation

[RugerNurse]

Does anyone take a sharpening system on vacation? Or do you know use the knife enough to have to sharpen it?

 

[DMG]

I bring a couple of folders and some sort of pocket sharpener. I almost never have to use the sharpener.

 

[RugerNurse]

I used just curious about the need to sharpen on the road lol

 

[Ernie1980]

I have only ever brought a sharpener on the road when hunting, for a vacation I don’t think it would be necessary.

 

[Bob Denman]

I carry something with S90V under the hood. They always survive the trip!

 

[RugerNurse]

I carry something with S90V under the hood. They always survive the trip!

I was just thinking that. Long lasting steel is an option. But harder to sharpen

 

[Bob Denman]

I usually just use my 14" F. Dick honesteel. It's put the edge back on everything from crap steel; to S110V.

 

[Andy the Aussie]

Depends where I am going and what I am doing. I normally have a small steel, a small hone (for cleaning up damage) and a strop in my gear when I am on a hunting trip. While I was in New Zealand and Africa on longer remote trips it was just the strop.

 

[unwisefool]

Does anyone take a sharpening system on vacation? Or do you know use the knife enough to have to sharpen it?

A whole sharpening system? Uh, no, I want to have fun on vacation. I just take a little pocket hone.

 

[Bob Denman]

A whole sharpening system? Uh, no, I want to have fun on vacation. I just take a little pocket hone.

1. "Is that a hone in your pocket: or are you glad to see me?"
2. Always keep a pocket hone nearby; in case your pocket gets dull...

 

[toker]

I have enough knives for an extended sabbatical. Easier than packing my sharpening setup.

 

[Alberta Ed]

I take a DMT Diafold.

 

[guy g]

The wife and I went to Vegas for 4 days last July. Brought Buck 303, SAK Compact and EnZo 70. 5 edges, didn't even think about sharpening.

 

[Jsega51]

A whole sharpening system? Uh, no, I want to have fun on vacation. I just take a little pocket hone.

I’ve taken the Sharpmaker (if that’s considered a system) on hunting trips but it stays home if I’m doing a “normal“ style vacation. It’s nice it packs down small and easy.

 

[Corton93]

No sharpener for me. For a week vacation I would normally take 2 or 3 folders just to have some variety and a medium size fixed blade, normally either a BK16 or a BHK Pitbull.

My wife would probably divorce me if I pulled out the KME on a family vacation

 

[JWright214]

My daily carry is always a SAK and a small fixed blade along with a DMT fine grit credit card stone in my wallet. So I’m always good to go. When traveling we always take my truck, so we have my emergency bag that has other knives and sharpening stuff in it.

 

[RugerNurse]

I’ve taken the Sharpmaker (if that’s considered a system)

That more along the lines I was thinking. Not a huge Wicked Edge thing haha

 

[EngrSorenson]

I bought the Baryonyx pocket stone and it’s the new thing I’m bringing when I’ll be gone for a week or using my knives frequently.

Heck, I use it at home to practice with it and it does a bang up job. For 7 bucks you can’t beat it.

https://www.baryonyxknife.com/baafopost.html

 

[Spats McGee]

I bought the Baryonyx pocket stone and it’s the new thing I’m bringing when I’ll be gone for a week or using my knives frequently.

Heck, I use it at home to practice with it and it does a bang up job. For 7 bucks you can’t beat it.

https://www.baryonyxknife.com/baafopost.html

Dangit. I should not have clicked on that link. Now I want one.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Dangit. I should not have clicked on that link. Now I want one.

I will be getting several more stones from there. I got an American Mutt bench stone on a whim, which is recycled grit and supposedly finicky to maintain by virtue of its uncommon recycled composition, but I’ve had really good experiences so far.

Next I want the field stone, and matching manticore and arctic fox bench stones.

FortyTwoBlades is there a ‘tweener grit in bench stones?