Fallkniven CC4 Ceramic Whetstone

This is a great little portable sharpener for field use and the service from Heinnie was fast, efficient and reliable as always

The synthetic sapphire side (grey) feels rather coarse at first but mellows to a usefully aggressive scratch pattern after some use. The sapphire side works very well with my VG10 Fallkniven F2 (which I think of as a 'bird and trout' type knife - it works very well as a boning and filleting knife). The ceramic side (white) works well to refine the scratch pattern, if needed. The ceramic side puts a very keen burr edge on VG10 and cobalt steel. As with all pocket stones it is more suited to sharpening knives intended for everyday general use or for the field preparation of game rather than knives used for wood carving. The ceramic side also works very well to put a keen edge on Hitachi's White Paper steel #1, so is most likely to work well with hard steels in the Fallkniven inventory. The sheath on the latest production has one side reversed (the rear side), so that the rough side of the leather can be used as a strop.

Interestingly, this stone arrived in the same HH delivery as a pocket knife that really needed sharpening out of the box, so I tested it within the hour... Interestingly the instructions state to use it dry..... And yes, this works, and you would clean it occasionally. The pouch, which is suggested to use as a strop seems to be made with the finished leather side inside the pouch... the outside being a little softer in touch. I personally wouldn't use the outside to strop, as it would become filthy with stropping compound, and I'd be worried about forgetting my direction, and cutting the pouch in half !! Verdict - Yes, very good used dry on a factory 'blunt' edge..

Fantastic compact whetstone that comes with a leather pouch for storage and protection. Leather pouch can also be used to strop. Have used the CC4 to sharpen my Swiss army knife and some pen knifes that have came up razor sharp with very little effort,well chuffed. Would highly recommend this product to anyone thinking of investing in a compact whetstone. Special shout out to Hennie Haynes your service is second to none.Top notch company,thanks.

Lovely little piece of kit. Small enough to fit comfortably in a pocket and the double ceramic means it’ll last a lot longer than the diamond/ceramic version. One side of the pouch is even set up for you to use as a leather strip. Clever bit of kit.

This fallkniven ceramic sharpening stone is excellent for sharpening my Fallkniven Knives, just with a few passes on the fine ceramic side is all that is needed before stropping! I highly recommend purchasing only if you know how to sharpen with stones!

Have several DC4's but they only take the blade edge to a basic sharpness. This finishes off the job as it should do. I carry this CC4 now as I find its enough and I find I don't let my blade edges get so bad as to need a DC4 now. My 154cm fine edge blades come up like a razor with this ! Wasn't sure if one of these was worth the money, as had DC4's but it so was.

Bought this cc4 especially for my Origin brand knives which have a Convex edge. Great size and quality and top service from HH as per usual.

its nice , well made etc. my sharpening lies probably between novice and expert. ive done taxing jobs like putting an edge on an unfinished kukri, both curves, convexed. using the cc4 i always end up with a messed up edge. it takes a lot of stropping after to get that continuous mirror finish on the cutting edge. i've been using it a number of months. ive established, i find the cc4 tricky. the dmt 'butterflies' results are easier to control in field conditions....for me. it's maybe a bit easier on larger blades. my appeciation of heinnie and fallkniven remains undiminished