Nice "In-The-Field" Knife Sharpner (Cheap!)

[SmokeStack Lightning]

I've used lots of portable knife sharpners in my live-long life.

All sorts, types and brands. I used to carry a stone but it got broken, accidently.

I was really impressed with my "Vulkanus" carbide blade portable, but it had a plastic housing and accidently went under my toaster oven one morning and melted. I used it for 10 years.
I was gonna replace it but the price tripled in that time.

I use a "Lansky" 5 stone system on my bench at home so I wondered if Lansy made a portable.

I found this reasonably priced @ $8.99 on Amazon so I gave it a try.

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Pull the blade thru the carbide "V" slots 10 times then hone the blade by passing it thru the ceramic "V" slots.

Has a ceramic stone on the side for sharpening serrated blades and a diamond impregnated rod that folds into the unit held in place by magnets.

Weighs less than 3oz.

The housing is metal, not plastic and has a lanyard hole, too.

I've had it for a couple of weeks and have run out of knives to touch up. My son is using it on his "inherited Case pocket knife from Grandpa" as I type this.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Nice knife sharpener - I carry one like it in my hunting bag. I found this one recently, and I really like the results I get from it:

Guided Field Sharpener - Sharpeners

It's a bit pricier, but you can usually find it for around $25.00 at Cabelas, Academys, etc.

Regards,

Dave

 

[kozmic]

I use the Lansky on the fly. It works great for touch ups and even some light resurfacing. It's not light and would give you a workout if you tried to pocket carry it. Mine is pretty much relegated to the glove box.

My son has a similar one ("Smith" maybe)? It's pretty nice too.

 

[Fishslayer]

Always pooh poohed those carbide sharpeners... til I tried one! Great for putting a quick edge on while cleaning a batch of fish. Takes up zilch room as well.

I use one of these at home. Another example of a perfectly useful item from Harbor Freight. About $10-ish IIRC.

 

[phonejack]

If your vehicle is available, the top of a door window will hone a slightly dulled edge. Then again, old timers would wade into a creek and find a smooth rock and use that.

 

[Rule3]

You may not have been around on the forum back then, but someone will remember.

We don't sharpen we "polish" the blade Strapping belts and such.

 

[chief38]

I have an original Marbles Axe Co. Sharpener that is very compact but is the same basic concept. It has two Carbide sharpeners at pre mounted angles and has sort of a Diamond dust in the back for honing after sharpening. It is OK for Field use and will make a dull knife into a usable tool, but it is no substitute for my set of Arkansas Stones and honing oil. I do carry it when in the woods or on a Hunting trip, but I always make sure my knives are razor sharp before I leave the house. For emergency use they are great!

 

[RSBH44]

If your vehicle is available, the top of a door window will hone a slightly dulled edge. Then again, old timers would wade into a creek and find a smooth rock and use that.

Ain't nothin like the original whetstone.

 

[snubbyfan]

I got this diamond impregnated sharpening rod many years ago for $20. Works great, gets at the inside curves like on my leather cutting knife.

It unscrews and the rod stores in the handle.

It's spent lotsa time riding in my backpack back in my backpacking days.

 

[32flyingk9]

I use the same Lansky sharpener in my field bag as well. It's pretty good for dressing up an edge while skinning. At home, I use a Steam Boat ceramic rod set up, and my grand dad's whetstone. That stone has sharpened so many knives, that it has a visible concave on one side of it.

 

[Fishslayer]

You may not have been around on the forum back then, but someone will remember.

We don't sharpen we "polish" the blade Strapping belts and such.

Oh yes...

 

[A10]

(shudders and backs away from the thread.........)

 

[Frank46]

I must be old fashioned. I use a series of stones to sharpen my knives. Used to have a guy at work would bring his expensive carving set twice a year to have me sharpen them. Axes, I'd use a file to get the basic edge and then use a couple stones to get them sharp. I have one of the estwing leather handled had axes that someone gave to me. Looks like they tried to cut nails with it. Never saw an axe so abused. Went to work filing down all the chips, nicks and chunks missing from the cutting edge. Then a couple stones to get it sharp. i'm not one to use a grinder on knives or axes as I have seen too many of them badly ground or ground so that they have lost their temper from being ground on too hard. Frank