How To Use Smith's Knife Sharpener Pocket Pal. Smith’s recommend a 23 degree sharpening angle for best results. Like the current pocket pal, the new x2 is lightweight, compact, and durable, but this new version comes with several, really cool features.
Continue to repeat these steps until your knife. Hold the sharpener with one hand and your knife in the other (see the pic courtesy of smith’s here to get the idea). Our first pick for the best pocket knife sharpener is smith’s pp1 pocket pal, featuring a simple, lightweight, and durable design at a very affordable price point.
While applying light pressure, push the knife away from you towards the end of the rod.
Both the carbide blades and ceramic stones are reversible and replaceable for extended sharpening life. Hold the knife with one hand and the sharpener with the other. Carbides provide quick edge setting, and the specially shaped ceramic stones are designed to give you a razor sharp edge on either standard or serrated edges. Not sure what the smiths is but i’m trying to find out.