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Mar 3, 2017 08:48:38   #
llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio
 
Tormek sharpening system for chisels, knives and planes.

Arkansas black surgical stone for razors (straight) followed by stropping.

Softer Arkansas stones for general honing.

Lansky System for touch-up on knives.

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Mar 3, 2017 09:26:06   #
DavidJon Loc: Ada, Oklahoma
 
Stash wrote:
I keep a Leatherman Wingman on my belt. It has all of the essentials and has come in
handy on more than one occasion. The blade part is always sharp.


I too have a Leatherman Wingman on my belt and a Swiss Army Tinker in my pocket. Hardly a day goes by I don't use one or the other.

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Mar 3, 2017 09:34:41   #
Greg Brandt Loc: illinois
 
Yes, Yes, and Lansky and ceramic rods for the finishing touch

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Mar 3, 2017 09:41:56   #
berchman Loc: South Central PA
 
There's a lot of handy people on this forum. I know my limitations and I would not be able to keep a knife at a consistent angle for sharpening. So I use a Chef's Choice electric sharpener for my mid-level kitchen knives, but my Japanese chef's knife will go to a professional when it needs sharpening. I did buy a glass hone for it.

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Mar 3, 2017 09:52:19   #
L-Fox
 
1) Always a knife and a lighter. Also a pistol in the woods.
2) Keep it sharp. An unsharp knife is a dagger.
3) Ceramic usually.

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Mar 3, 2017 10:39:20   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
1.Carry, at least one, almost all the time, a Smith and Wesson given to me as a gift. Airports and Government buildings are the exception.
2. Yes, razor sharp
3. I use a small ceramic sharpener. It's not good for sharpening a very dull knife (I use Japanese sharpening and honing stones for that). But for touching up an already sharp knife, it works great.
--Bob

GENorkus wrote:
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and noticed they had tied up a bed sheet from a couple trees. (I still don't know if that was for an outdoor backdrop, shading, or to reflect light a bit.) Anyway I guess all turned out well until they started to disassemble things. They couldn't untie the rope to the sheet/tree.

No one had anything to cut with so I handed them my Swiss Army Knife. One guy yelled out those things are not sharp at all and it wouldn't work on nylon rope. I just smiled and told them to try it. Like cutting warm butter, my knife went through the rope. The guy's jaw dropped!

That leads me to wonder:

1 How many carry a knife with them? (short of an airport, etc.)
2 How many keep it sharp?
3 For those who do, what do you sharpen with?

For me, 1 = Yes, 2 = Yes, 3 = A small ceramic "dog-bone". (I hold the knife still at angle and slide the dog bone across, most of the time sliding out to the tip of the blade.)
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and not... (show quote)

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Mar 3, 2017 11:06:11   #
CaptainBobBrown
 
Boye cobalt folding with titanium marlinspike; Benchmade folding. Don't go anywhere without one or the other (except on a plane).

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Mar 3, 2017 11:07:54   #
lbrande
 
GENorkus wrote:
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and noticed they had tied up a bed sheet from a couple trees. (I still don't know if that was for an outdoor backdrop, shading, or to reflect light a bit.) Anyway I guess all turned out well until they started to disassemble things. They couldn't untie the rope to the sheet/tree.

No one had anything to cut with so I handed them my Swiss Army Knife. One guy yelled out those things are not sharp at all and it wouldn't work on nylon rope. I just smiled and told them to try it. Like cutting warm butter, my knife went through the rope. The guy's jaw dropped!

That leads me to wonder:

1 How many carry a knife with them? (short of an airport, etc.)
2 How many keep it sharp?
3 For those who do, what do you sharpen with?

For me, 1 = Yes, 2 = Yes, 3 = A small ceramic "dog-bone". (I hold the knife still at angle and slide the dog bone across, most of the time sliding out to the tip of the blade.)
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and not... (show quote)


For Me, Gibbs rule #9, 1 = Yes, 2 = Yes, 3 = Survival tool Ceramic.

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Mar 3, 2017 11:25:50   #
One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID
 
Dull knife is as bad or worse as a gun that is not loaded, next to worthless.

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Mar 3, 2017 11:54:07   #
Popeye Loc: LifIno
 
Still carry my folding buck knife that I've had for a little over 40 years. Keep it sharp.

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Mar 3, 2017 12:18:43   #
romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
 
GENorkus wrote:
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and noticed they had tied up a bed sheet from a couple trees. (I still don't know if that was for an outdoor backdrop, shading, or to reflect light a bit.) Anyway I guess all turned out well until they started to disassemble things. They couldn't untie the rope to the sheet/tree.

No one had anything to cut with so I handed them my Swiss Army Knife. One guy yelled out those things are not sharp at all and it wouldn't work on nylon rope. I just smiled and told them to try it. Like cutting warm butter, my knife went through the rope. The guy's jaw dropped!

That leads me to wonder:

1 How many carry a knife with them? (short of an airport, etc.)
2 How many keep it sharp?
3 For those who do, what do you sharpen with?

For me, 1 = Yes, 2 = Yes, 3 = A small ceramic "dog-bone". (I hold the knife still at angle and slide the dog bone across, most of the time sliding out to the tip of the blade.)
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and not... (show quote)


1-yes; 2-yes, 3-a 6x2 diamond plate.

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Mar 3, 2017 13:18:23   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
rmalarz wrote:
1.Carry, at least one, almost all the time, a Smith and Wesson given to me as a gift. Airports and Government buildings are the exception.
2. Yes, razor sharp
3. I use a small ceramic sharpener. It's not good for sharpening a very dull knife (I use Japanese sharpening and honing stones for that). But for touching up an already sharp knife, it works great.
--Bob


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Mar 3, 2017 13:18:47   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
GENorkus wrote:
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and noticed they had tied up a bed sheet from a couple trees. (I still don't know if that was for an outdoor backdrop, shading, or to reflect light a bit.) Anyway I guess all turned out well until they started to disassemble things. They couldn't untie the rope to the sheet/tree.

No one had anything to cut with so I handed them my Swiss Army Knife. One guy yelled out those things are not sharp at all and it wouldn't work on nylon rope. I just smiled and told them to try it. Like cutting warm butter, my knife went through the rope. The guy's jaw dropped!

That leads me to wonder:

1 How many carry a knife with them? (short of an airport, etc.)
2 How many keep it sharp?
3 For those who do, what do you sharpen with?

For me, 1 = Yes, 2 = Yes, 3 = A small ceramic "dog-bone". (I hold the knife still at angle and slide the dog bone across, most of the time sliding out to the tip of the blade.)
Once came by the tail end of a photo shoot and not... (show quote)

I even carried one in the airport and they let me on the plane with it ( it's just a small 4" Schrade folding knife)! That was 3 years ago! I always do carry a carbon fiber (undetectable plastic) throwing knife on me. That thing is amazing ( you throw it at a dead tree or even an old fence post and it does sticks to it rather deep! It is also very sharp for cutting!

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Mar 3, 2017 13:46:50   #
Kfallsfotoman
 
I carry a "blade" about 99% of the time I'm out.
The type, and number, depends on situation and area.
Wet stone seems to be best - but newer blades seem hard to keep an edge

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Mar 3, 2017 13:47:39   #
Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.
 
happy sailor wrote:
Cutco in Olean, New York makes great knives, lots of great things from Olean, New York two of my granddaughters were born there!!

My Dad lived in Olean....

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