What sharpening tool for backpacking trips?

stitchawl said:
Lightweight? Hell, I cut the handle off my toothbrush to save weight, and throw away the Joker from my deck of cards. For sharpening on a 5-day backpacking trip, nothing is lighter or easier to pack that a piece of wet/dry sandpaper. Two pieces if you don't mind the extra weight. Sandpaper grits 400 and 800 are more than enough for any job I've found in the woods.
Stitchawl
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^^Good Idea!^^
 
The use of the XC would be repairing severe edge damage (i.e. "aw crap--I hit a rock" type damage.)

Personally I wish they made a XC/F combo.
 
John Juranitch at 'RazorEdge Sharpening" sells his Sic stone as heavy-duty sheets of 'sandpaper' with an adhesive backing. No need to carry an actual stone. He sells coarse and fine, made to be stuck to the top of a tackle box, the bumper of a car, the bottom of a canteen cup, etc. I bought a couple of each to try out, and they work very well. I don't know that they work better than wet/dry automotive sandpaper, but they are certainly longer lasting. They do wear down though, getting finer and finer, until the 'fine' sheet is almost like a compounded strop, but then you just peel them off and slap on a new one. The coarse one stays coarse for about 15 profiling jobs...


Stitchawl
 
This is what I use . Altoids tin with velcro stuck to lid with a piece of leather(with the other side of the velcro) loaded with compound. 3 sheets of sandpaper 500,800 and 1200 (if I remember correctly). A small piece of a ceramic rod that I broke a long time ago and a little bit of compound to reaply if needed.I picked this up from davematic1 . This set up allows me to get anything from a toothy edge to a hair whittling edge.wieght is about 70 grams.
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