I hadn’t realised until after speaking to a good friend of mine that sharpening a knife is a bit of art form and takes a fair bit of practise to get the perfect angle and sharpness, especially when…

… they’ve moaned that some bystanders may mistake the coating for blood, I can see why!

I explained that I wanted a good, dependable general purpose camp knife, a knife that can easily cut rope, feather branches, slice food and so on.  I didn’t want anything fancy or ridiculously expensive either as I have a bad habit of losing things!