WAZOO SURVIVAL GEAR VIKING WHETSTONE PENDANT KNIFE SHARPENER

Keeping a knife sharp, especially while out in the field, has been an issue since blades were first carried. Over 1000 years ago, Iron Age Vikings actually had a solution to this problem: Whetstone Pendants. A small piece of stone used for sharpening that had a hole so that a leather strap could be tethered.

Wazoo wanted to put a modern twist on this legendary tool so they maintained the original concept but made them in the USA with a US-quarried stone.

It is believed that Vikings suspended these knife sharpening tools from their belt. However, it is not exactly clear, even to scholars, how the Vikings wore these pendants. Wazoo laced theirs with a versatile, adjustable high-quality leather cord and packed it in a USA-made muslin pouch so you get to choose how to wear it or carry it. Wear it around the neck for the most Ragnariest looking necklace you’ve ever seen, cinch it all the way down so that it can be hitched to your belt or clipped onto your pack, or simply pocket it while still contained in the hand-stamped muslin pouch.

• World-famous genuine Arkansas Novaculite (99% pure silica), the rarest and finest abrasive stone in existence.
• Great general purpose field stone for edge maintenance. Medium fineness (600-800 relative grit size).
• Each stone has been carefully chosen, hand-cut, ground and drilled.
• Antiqued Mahogany Brown colored and conditioned leather cord.
• The unique “Napoleon Claw” knot is inspired by Viking/Celtic knot-work and is thought to be an otherwise unknown knot
• Each whetstone comes with a made-in-the-USA double drawstring muslin bag and each has been hand-stamped with a custom Viking emblem.