🔪 Smiths Outdoors Pocket Sharpener 50364 Review

Suitable for a person unable to properly sharpen a knife using stones OR to temporarily restore the edge of a properly sharpened blade when the environment, time or place requires proper sharpening with do not allow wet stones. This gives the knife a decent sharpness, but nothing more. If you expect more from this device, then learn how to properly sharpen your knife. However, it will do a decent job of restoring the edge of a well-sharpened knife that is still in good condition. The flint and…

Okay, I've had a lot of "pocket" knife sharpeners and one of the things that always pissed me off was that I could usually get a pretty decent edge on a knife (when also not always the correct TYPE/ANGLE of the edge) if there were serrations on the blade there was nothing I could do about it without a separate set of small files and one or more "diamonds". "Whetstones on hand too. What usually turned into a pretty decent set of sharpening tools. This tool allowed me to do one of the things I…

TLDR Version: Buy if you want a good sharpener and are not a survival idiot. Do not buy this if you have any illusions of surviving in the ultra light as you will likely die. This little device has a fun design that packs a lot of nice features into a compact design. The through-hole sharpener is not a new idea and works on the principle of creating a small micro edge that can be quite sharp. A diamond round sharpener is also good for re-sharpening serrated edges and for deburring a blade that…