How to Sharpen a Pocketknife
Q: How do I keep my pocketknife sharp?
Knife Safety
How to Buy a Good Pocketknife or Multitool
Keep sharp in your Scouting endeavors with the right knife or multitool for the job.
How to Clean Your Pocketknife
Q: I use my pocketknife almost daily, and it gets so dirty. How can I stop that?
How to Clean a Dirty Pocketknife
Q. Dear Gear Guy, I got a pocketknife from my grandfather, and it's all dirty and rusty. Can you tell me how to clean it, please?
Knife Safety Quiz
Knives can be a handy tool, but they can also be dangerous. This quiz covers the basic safety rules.
How to clean a sticky knife
Q. Whenever I go camping I always cut oranges with my knife. But then my knife sticks and is hard to get open. What is the best way to de-stick my knife?
How to Sharpen a Pocketknife
A pocketknife is only useful if you keep it sharp. Here's how to sharpen a knife using a whetstone.
Sharpening a pocketknife
When and how should I sharpen my pocketknives?
Clean sand out of a knife
Q. How do you get sand out of your knife’s insides?
Sharpening a knife without a whetstone
Q. Hey Gear Guy, which devices (other than a traditional whetstone) can I use to sharpen my knife? How well do they work?