TEXT BY KEVIN ESTELA AND AMERICAN SURVIVAL GUIDE STAFF
Photo by Thanh Tran on Unsharp.
You arrive in camp and begin to use your blade. It’s late and, as a result of both the darkness and exhaustion, your hand slips while cutting — and you damage the knife’s edge. Worst of all, you realize you failed to pack any sharpening provisions, and you anticipate using your blade fairly often while you are out.