How to Sharpen a Pocket Knife or Multi-Tool

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I know this is Mitchell donated survival school today we're going to sharpen a pocketknife stay tuned parking I from sharpening today is an old Boy Scout model a gift for my buddy Malcolm quick tip this is the wrong way to open pocket knives you never open a knife up like this or try to close it in that manner

steady want to put the blade facing down when you open it like so you close it in the same in its a put a fresh bevel and sharpen this knife using a fall in livin dc4 Stone commonly on these old knives the profile of a bevel has been mishandled throughout the years so first thing I'm gonna do is take the medium grit side of my sharpening stone I'm gonna work on setting up my bevel again so it's consistent all the way down on each side my light source is coming from this side it allows me to see my bevel perfectly first thing I do is set up a foundation I take my first finger my hand hold a knife and I line it up with the plunge line that's where the bevel starts I then take my stone and I put it on that finger so now as I slide my stone it's going to stop right at the plunge line and not go any further and do damage to the knife I hold my sharpening stone by the edges my pinky is on the back of the stone that allows me to put even pressure on the back of the stone right where the plunge line starts my pinky is right behind the stone right here it also allows me to interface both hands together my pinky comes in meets my first finger as the stone moves like so so as my stone moves my pinkie touches my first finger right on the plunge line that allows me a tremendous degree of control of my sharpening stone on my knife when lining on my bevel I simply tilt the knife until the shadow disappears

going lengthwise on my bevel helps me create a consistent edge along the length of the knife you can see the bevel has a consistent grind color to it the previous owners botched the grind right here it's gonna take some extra work to fix as I sharpen I start towards the bottom of the stone as I make passes I slowly work my way down once I finish one side I'll work on the other side the exact same process lining up my punch line lining up my bevel created my foundation between my hands looking at their grind consistency it is balanced it's looking good I keep that up until I'm happy with my bevel that looks consistent it looks bounced it looks nice and clean has no leanings on it any wave rings once they get to that point I switch to the fine side of the stone same operation does you have a status stone this next today is turning to a great little project I very much enjoy bringing nice back to life I consider it a privilege to bring a noble knife such as this one is about the proper working order the bevel is a nice polish to it now as a near the end of my sharpening I do each side less and less

it's a slowly Center the bevel I move down the edge quickly instead of staying on spa long keep alternating until I'm happy with the edge the billion tip I finalized with a different technique I line up my hands with the belly so look I've reached the same spot of a stone every time angle my bevel until shadow disappears and I draw a straight down and change the angle of the blade the reason I'm doing that is because right now perpendicular the edge is being pushed away I don't want the edge to be pushed non perpendicular when I get towards the point so I angle my blade until the point is perpendicular as I strike when I go down just like this so I make a wiping motion it's 20 times then I switch over and do the other side twenty times becomes 10 ten times five and drop it down to two times the point is I'm slowly centering the bevel it might be fidgety we're moving around a lot

it pays off because my double was centered and strong and to finish it off a single swipe on each side the best one I can make nice and slow precise

now I've got myself a nice gleaming bevel this Ben Mitch with the native survival school hope a method of sharpening a pocketknife resonates with you Oh bleep I'm sure to check on our website in a survival calm and as always enjoy the outdoors