>>768089I don't really understand the need for a whole knife sharpening kit. I've worked in the armed forces for several years and routinely use my tools for all manners of different work, including building shelter. I've used a Gränsfors Axe, a Fällkniven Knife, two Moras and a small Gerber folding knife quite often. I also have a KH kukhri and a coldsteel tomahawk for novelty. I sharpen all of these except the folder with a gränsfors sharpening stone, two sided (coarse and fine, of course). For the folder I have a small and cheap "diamond grinder" in a plastic, folding package attached to my keychain. The only reason for the second one is that it's cumbersome to sharpen the smaller knife with the bigger, round gränsfors knife.
I get good, durable edges with my single stone. I do not know of a single Swedish military, hunter or general outdoorsman that sharpens his knives with several stones. They might, if the situation is dire, machine-sharpen a knife beforehand to get a rough grind to work on.
Why do people feel the need for a whole kit? What are the actual gains from it? Is it because of the different grinds? And why the strop? I can, if I want, get a knife sharp enough to shave with my stone, although I generally consider it unecessary.
