collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Knife sharpener  (Read 3201 times)

Offline Commando

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2013
  • Posts: 648
  • Location: Kitsap
Knife sharpener
« on: October 09, 2016, 07:34:57 AM »
Just wondering what everyone like to use to sharpen there hunting knives. I'm trying to find something I can put in my pack and use at home as well.

Offline huntandjeep

  • Trade Count: (+13)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2009
  • Posts: 2899
  • Location: West Valley , Yakima
Re: Knife sharpener
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2016, 07:49:42 AM »
At home I use a Ken Onion work sharp , all my pack knifes have been replaced with a Havalon and an Outdoor Edge with replaceable blades.
Anyone that thinks a Glock is better than a 1911 paints his toenails.
Yakima Valley Mountaineers

Offline TONTO

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2007
  • Posts: 1018
  • Location: Longview,WA
Re: Knife sharpener
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2016, 08:31:16 AM »
Eze-Lap I carry the little brass tube style in the field and keep the 12" oval diamond at home/truck. Dosen't take much to put a razor edge back on. Just have to keep the same angle, once you get the feel it's not too hard. One trick I do if having problems is I'll color the edge with a sharpie, that way I know where I am removing the metal from and if not feeling the drag on the stone clean it. It will get metal built up on the stone, just wipe it with a damp scotts brite.

Offline Okanagan

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2010
  • Posts: 708
Re: Knife sharpener
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2016, 08:39:17 AM »
That sharpie idea is a good one!

Ditto to having a Ken onion Worksharp at home though I avoid replaceable blades.

Start with hard steel, sharpen well and you should have no need to sharpen in the field if you don't cut rocks nor wire, etc.  I carry a small sharpening tool but have never sharpened a hunting knife in the field, and this includes gutting, skinning and breaking down a whole moose with one small Buck lock blade.

In recent years I've carried one of these little triangle sharpeners sometimes (link below) though mostly keep it in my fishing vest to sharpen hooks.  Way better sharpening tool than it appears, one of those deceptively useful low cost items.

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Lansky-Crock-Stick-Multi-Sharpener-P165C57.aspx

Before the triangle item I used to carry a small diamond rod but mine was too coarse so for awhile went to one of the Lansky small ceramic rods that come as a set to place in angled holes in a box.   https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/-Replacement-Ceramic-Rod-for-the-Lansky-Turn-Box-P190C57.aspx  If you happen to have the set, take one rod along in the field to touch up a blade. 





Offline Wetwoodshunter

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2014
  • Posts: 1320
  • Location: Sekiu & Goldendale, WA
Re: Knife sharpener
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2016, 09:44:11 AM »
Like others have said, the Work Sharp does awesome if your at your place. In my kill kit and in my bino case I carry a outdoor edge, I like the redundancy of 2 knifes. I use 3 blades do a whole elk bone out. Outdoor edge makes an awesome knife.

Offline Commando

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2013
  • Posts: 648
  • Location: Kitsap
Re: Knife sharpener
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2016, 05:48:04 PM »
Thanks guys I'll check all those out

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Early Huckleberry Bull Moose tag drawn! by HillHound
[Today at 02:32:41 AM]


Easy To Use GMRS Radios by Machias
[Today at 01:38:37 AM]


North Sea Fishing trip by Machias
[Today at 01:24:33 AM]


I'm Going To Need Karl To Come up With That 290 Muley Sunscreen Bug Spray Combo by highside74
[Yesterday at 10:43:42 PM]


AKC lab puppies! Born 06/10/2025 follow as they grow!!! by scottfrick
[Yesterday at 09:08:47 PM]


Lots of bear but scattered feed by Pete112288
[Yesterday at 08:32:45 PM]


KODIAK06 2025 trail cam and personal pics thread by kodiak06
[Yesterday at 07:20:18 PM]


49 Degrees North Early Bull Moose by wannabhntr
[Yesterday at 06:06:40 PM]


Westside muzzy bull by Crunchy
[Yesterday at 03:26:36 PM]


Archery elk gear, 2025. by geauxtigers
[Yesterday at 02:56:29 PM]


Leupold Display fade by ballpark
[Yesterday at 01:55:19 PM]


Should I come back or find someplace else? by BigredRusch
[Yesterday at 01:51:29 PM]


Brittany spaniel puppy by huntnfmly
[Yesterday at 01:51:00 PM]


Also looking for help deciding on a scope by Sakko300wsm
[Yesterday at 01:05:49 PM]


Best all around muzzy (updated) by trophyhunt
[Yesterday at 12:09:26 PM]


Wa, Or & NW Regional Sanctioned Duck Calling Contest by Brute
[Yesterday at 11:28:33 AM]


2025 Montana alternate list by tdot24
[Yesterday at 08:24:52 AM]


10 years ago- Now by kball4
[Yesterday at 07:33:37 AM]


Up DATE!1993 Merc issues getting up on plane by EnglishSetter
[July 13, 2025, 06:57:24 PM]


2025 NWTF Jakes Day by wadu1
[July 13, 2025, 06:51:15 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal