What is the worst thing you have ever sharpened on?

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GroovyMr1337

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First of all, hi, I am new to the sharpening craze. Second, I have a question for you guys- what is the worst thing you have ever sharpened something on. FOr me, it has gotta be when I was camping one time. I had stupidly forgot to sharpen my axe. Now, this was an old axe, my grandpa gave it to me and it was dull as hell. You could drag it straight across your throat and have nothing happen, not even a nick. SO I obviously intended to put a good edge to it. However, when I got out there, the temperature was dropping, and it turned out I had forgot to sharpen my axe. It was getting cold, and I needed firewood, so I decided to sharpen it on a curb. Just a solid block of cement. I hated doing it to a family heirloom, but I'll be honest- it was F-ing cold. So I went at it with a block of cement, and I ended up finally getting it just sharp enough to chop wood. Thats my story. Yours?
 
I once used a ceramic ferrule from a job site. If any of you know about construction, its the little ceramic ring left when you weld shear studs down. Its a lot like sharpening on a flower pot.
 
A concrete block then stropped on cardboard. I saw it done on Carters video so I tried it.
 
I used concrete curbage for my homemade crap shoot knife. 2 perpendicular edges, tanto esc, but right angle.
 
putting down gravel the other day I was laying the mesh for underneath it and it kept dulling my knife down so I sharpened it on the cinderblock wall next to me, gave it some MEAN "micro"serrations but it got the job done
 
I don't sharpen with anything other than abrasives but I do sometimes steel kitchen knives on a pot lid.
 
A long time ago in a far away place... my knife was in dire need of sharpening and all I could find at the time was a flat rock. Not the best but was able to get enough of an edge to complete the task.
 
Clay on a piece of drift wood, push the clay with the wood. It worked well enough till I got picked up. Gave a very frosted sheen to the knife but it was sharp enough to cut meat rather than hack it.
 
back in my young ignorant days...i had found an extremely dull all metal axe with an edge that wouldn't mar the bark on a sapling. i had no files, no stones, no knowledge. i scraped it on a rock until it could chop. then i found a file and figured out how to sharpen it for real.

for a knife...i once tried to use a bit of smooth brick that i found...i ended up cutting myself because of the size of the brick and how i was holding it, and i guess my innability to sharpen.

i now carry one of those little pocket hones. it works great.
 
I successfully sharpened a hatchet with a brick. It took a while, but I got a good edge on it. It probably didn't hurt that I was doing this in a cabin in the middle of summer, not trying to do it quickly outside in the cold.
 
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