Bought a knife sharpening block to finally do something about my outdoors knives and my pocket knife. I’m sure my technique would make a professional cringe and say things about consistent angles, but hey, the knives are sharp now.

I only cut myself once on the pocket knife, and that wasn’t even during the sharpening itself – it happened when I was oiling it afterwards. It has sharp bits in all kinds of directions.

The outdoors knives get spotted and pitted no matter what I do. I can clean and oil them all I want at home, but when I take them with me on a hike, I inevitably cut acidic stuff like apples, and wiping the knife blade afterwards clearly doesn’t get it clean enough. Well, they exist to be used, so if they wear out, then that’s that.