New Gear - Fine Whetstones

Unimi Professional Sharpening Water Stones (600/1,000 Grit and 2,000/6,000 Grit)

​Keeping your knives and other blades sharp is critical since a sharp blade really reduces the effort you need to expend to cut something.  In our experience, to really sharpen your blades correctly you need three sharpening stones - one to rough-grind, one to sharpen and one to hone. So, although we already have a file for when we’ve really nicked up our machete, hatchet or axe blades, a dedicated sharpening stone (325/750 grit) for normal sharpening, and a small sharpening stone (120/400 grit) for on the spot touchups, and backup in the outback, we decided to add some finer (e.g. higher grit number) sharpening stones to our gear – especially for our knives. To that end, for medium to fine sharpening and honing we purchased two different dual-sided Unimi Professional sharpening water stones; one with 600/1,000 grit and the other with 2,000/6,000 grit – both for use before we head out on any adventure.

You can find the details about the Unimi Professional Sharpening Water Stones on the Camping/Tools page.