sharpening

[ahairymole]

hey guys i need a great sharpener that is small enough to keep in a pack but god enough to keep my blade at a 20 degree angle and still shave hair with ease.. any suggestions

[Madnumforce]

There is a special "blade sharpening" section on this forum. Anyway. It depends what is your edge condition. Personnaly, 98% of the time i deal with pocket knives i use in everyday light tasks. The better and simplier sharpener i've found to fulfill my needs at the moment is the Lansky mini sharpener with ceramic rods. I killed two or three diamond stones cause i confused whet with wet, and i thought wet meant dry (i'm french, actually, english's not my mother tongue), and thus i used them without water, which is not good AT ALL! Though this misuse, i found the Fallkniven diamond/ceramic pocket stones very efficient for edges in good condition. I guess the diamond side has a 400 grit or so. I never tried to hand resharpen edges with much denting, chiping or dulling, as i have knifemaking tools that make this work fast and easy, so i can't give you any serious advise for edges in bad condition.

[xxo]

smiths pocket pal is a good one for about $10 weighs about 1 oz, has carbide and ceramic V sharpeners and a diamond rod for serrations.

http://www.amazon.com/Smiths-PP1-Pocket-Multi-Function-Sharpener/dp/B000O8OTNC

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