I picked this up over the weekend because when I was out at the family home / Bug Out Location, I realized I forgot a knife sharpener. So, when I ran out to pick a couple items up for the family dinner, I also picked up the Bear Grylls Knife Sharpener. Not unlike the Bear Grylls Firesteel I reviewed ‘briefly in this post. I was pretty pleasantly surprised. Like the firesteel, it has a sheath, a hole for a lanyard, a rough and fine diamond bar, as well as a course and ceramic fine blade shaping sharpener. It is 4+ inches long, has rubberized grips so you can hold it securely. It has a good solid feel to it.
All that said, one of the knives I have had the hardest time getting a good edge on is my Ka-bar Becker BK2. I’ve tried several methods of sharpening it, and have not been a ble to get a good edge on it, until now. And here is my hypothesis why. Most of the handheld knife sharpeners like a Smith’s that I have used in the past do an okay job, but the Bear Grylls Knife Sharpener did an excellent job. I believe in part because the ceramic fine sharpening portion has a squared off area and is not round giving the knife an edge to scrape itself [click to continue…]
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