Survival kit sharpeners

[haggisbasher]

Evening all

I am new to survival kits and was wondering if any of you include some form of sharpening aid or device in your kits. If so what do you use?

Tom

 

[The Government]

I use a DMT brand sharpener called the Diafold. The one I use is two sided with fine/exra fine. It works great with my RC knives.

The "RAT Pack Kit" comes with a diamond sharpener, but I am not sure what it is. I am sure someone can chime in on it. Here is a link:http://www.ratcutlery.com/rat_pack_kit.htm

 

[DH1]

How big is the kit?

The sharpener with the best size to usefulness ratio is probably the first one on this page;

http://www.ragweedforge.com/SharpeningCatalog.html

A two sided diamond plate (comes in a vinyl cover).

The bigger you go, the better I think with sharpeners. All depends on how much room you have to work with.

 

[The Government]

I have no experience with the "RAT Pack Kit" but my DMT dialfold works great.

It has the same size sharpening space as Ragnar's offering. I have heard great things about his too, but the diafold has a nice fold out handle.

The one I have is the second one down: http://www.dmtsharp.com/products/diafold.htm

 

[haggisbasher]

Thanks guys, I dont have any set ideas about kit size or contents. I am new to the idea of carrying some form of survival kit so I am just trying to figure out the best sort of stuff for my environment here in rural Canada. It seemed like a logical item to include to get the best from your knife but I dont see much mention of them in the reading I have done so far.

Tom

 

[burddogg]

Check out the DMT Credit Card Size Sharpeners, Gatco Tri-seps, and good ole sand paper.

 

[Rotte]

The RAT Pack kit comes with a Smith's diamond rod-type sharpener. I don't know what grit it is, but it's on the coarse end of the spectrum.

 

[wildmike]

I just threw in an extra Fallkniven DC4, and a piece of eraser to clean it with.

 

[Suveges]

This or an altoids tin with different grits of wet/dry sandpaper.

 

[kta2402]

I have a DC4 for field sharpening, works great and very effective on the RATs 1095 steel. I highly recommend it as a pocket sharpener, a great value.

 

[1066vik]

diafold fine/x-fine does good for me until I can get home to the strop and red rouge for fine polishing.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I use either a DMT coarse/fine Diafold or the kit that I keep in my EDC bag.

What I keep in the bag includes: Coarse, Fine, and Extra Fine DMT credit card sharpeners, carbide drag-through for fixing really mangled edges in the field, and a tube with half of a medium and half of a fine Sharpmaker rod in it (I took a medium rod and a fine rod and deliberately broke them in half to fit in the tube).

 

[molly's survival]

+1 on the fallknive d4 with or with out the ceramic side the thing works great, you can even use the leather it comes with to strop

 

[Cpl Punishment]

I carry a DMT Diafold coarse/fine -- I figure if I actually have to use a sharpening stone in the field, it's because I really messed up the blade and have to move some metal. I also carry a small 4" ceramic honing rod, which maintains the edge great for field use.

 

[adaman04]

Plus, the DMT Diafold was the 1994 and 1998 Blade Accessory of the year. That has to mean something!

 

[killstew]

Has anyone used a puck in the field? If you did how did you like it?

 

[Jason B.]

Another vote for the diafold here, probably one of the best field sharpeners money can buy. I also carry the coarse/fine when I go out.