sharpening recommendations

[emtdaddy1980]

Im looking for a good sharpener to keep on hand in my edc bag for use with an Izula. I will also be using it to maintain an old Case 640045R. The Case is from when i was a kid and is made of some kind of cv as well, not sure if its 1095 or whatever Case used in the late 80s, but pretty certain its not stainless as theres no ss marking after the model number or on the tang. Both knives are going to be new edc for me and will recieve a lot of use.

 

[Dan57]

1. Wrong forum, maybe? An Izula is hardly traditional, and I think that sharpening questions go in Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment.
2. CHANGE YOUR FONT SIZE.
3. The Case and the ESEE are 1095. The Case might have a bit of Chromium and Vanadium added, (that's what CV stands for,) but it won't make much of a difference in use. For all intents and purposes, they're both plain old 1095.
4. There are plenty of compact sharpening options. DMT and Fallkniven make small, flat credit-card sized sharpeners, and Smiths, Norton, and Spyderco have pocket sized sharpening stones. And then, you could also just carry around small pieces of sandpaper. There're probably more options that I'm not thinking of, but that's all that comes to mind right now.

 

[emtdaddy1980]

1. Wrong forum, maybe? An Izula is hardly traditional, and I think that sharpening questions go in Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment.
2. CHANGE YOUR FONT SIZE.
3. The Case and the ESEE are 1095. The Case might have a bit of Chromium and Vanadium added, (that's what CV stands for,) but it won't make much of a difference in use. For all intents and purposes, they're both plain old 1095.
4. There are plenty of compact sharpening options. DMT and Fallkniven make small, flat credit-card sized sharpeners, and Smiths, Norton, and Spyderco have pocket sized sharpening stones. And then, you could also just carry around small pieces of sandpaper. There're probably more options that I'm not thinking of, but that's all that comes to mind right now.

Thanks for the info. It's my first time posting on here and I'm working from an android keypad. sorry if the font etc came out funky.

 

[dalefuller]

I keep an Izzy on my Maxped bag for woods use. I just carry a Spyderco Doublestuff stone in a leather pouch. It's got 2 different grit stones glued together and the leather pouch can double as a small strop if you want. DMT also makes some compact folding sharpeners that travel well.

 

[Nasty]

I wear a belt...simply apply some black compound on the inside of it and use that as your strop.

Always with me, always works, always a sharp edge.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

A fine or ef diamond pocket hone will easily handle most sharpening tasks for your carbon steel blades. My first preference would be something like DMT's 'credit card' hones, or their Dia-Fold. The Dia-Fold is available in double-sided config as a fine/ef (red/green). If the edge on the Izula needs heavy work, a coarse/fine combo would handle that easily. That's also available as a Dia-fold (blue/red).

Some green compound on a leather belt would work well as a strop, for carbon steels.

BTW, the large font doesn't seem all that bad to my aging eyes (and they weren't all that good to begin with).

 

[emtdaddy1980]

Thanks for the recomendations. Interesting ideas about the compound on the back of the belt. When at work Im wearing a nylon duty belt, so not really on option for me on most days. The Izula definitely doesnt need work....hes freshly arrived today and freshly wrapped, ready to join the trusty little case knife in the daily carry.

 

[Nasty]

Black compound...and it's for any steel, not just carbon.

The green chromium is for color...polish only, it does not cut like the black does.