You could always make your own, get a piece of MDF and glue some wet 'n' dry emery paper to each side, 800's and 1200's grit should be ideal.. Check out youtube theres loads of ideas....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTX7rqv7szs
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Great tip.
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I have tried a few, look a spyderco double stuff as an option. It's a very nice stone IMO. But the most important bit of sharpening kit for me is a strop. I can't really remember the last time I took any of my knives to a stone, and they are always hair popping if I keep them stropped up.
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That.
The best results I get are when using wet and dry. That may say more about my sharpening technique than anything else, but I can get a demon of an edge using wet and dry, so that's good enough for me.
Cost is just a few pence as well.
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I have the Doublestuff and use if on my knives and axes...quite a handy bit of kit, and even its leather pouch can be used as a strop. Normally I just use my leather belt for a strop since I'm most often wearing it when I go out.
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I use a compound board type, mainly as it keeps the edge as square as possible. Also if I loaded my belt up with compound, it would play mayhem with the waistband of my moleskin trousers. Mrs Shug would never forgive me for that one.
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Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
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I recommend a flat stone such as an Arkansas, ceramic or fine diamond for sharpening/maintaining a Scandi edge. Once the edge is sharp a compound loaded strop will keep it honed.
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Have you looked at this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lansky-Bla...item5b02cac089
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I don't care for those sharpeners that utilize tungsten carbide blades as they will ruin the edge of a good knife by removing too much of the steel unnecessarily. Scandi edges require a flat stone to maintain the bevel angles.
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