Items that count as sharpenable

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 104 items carry the base:sharpenable tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any sharpenable" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Antique Table Leg with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	2
Axe	Tool Weapon	3
Axe Head	Material	2
Baseball Bat with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Broken Scrap Metal Sword	Broken Weapon	2
Broken Simple Sword	Broken Weapon	1.5
Broken Simple Sword Blade	Material	1.5
Broken Simple Sword Blade (No Tang)	Material	1.5
Broken Sword	Broken Weapon	1.5
Broken Sword Blade	Material	1.5
Broken Sword Blade (No Tang)	Material	1.5
Butterfly Knife	Weapon	0.3
Crude Scissors	Household Weapon	0.5
Fighting Knife	Weapon	1
Fillet Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Firefighter Axe	Tool Weapon	3
Firefighter Axe Head	Material	2
Garden Fork Scrap Metal Weapon	Weapon Crafted	4
Hand Axe	Tool Weapon	2
Hand Scythe	Gardening Weapon	1
Hand Scythe	Gardening Weapon	1
Hand Scythe Blade	Material	0.3
Handguard Dagger	Weapon	1
Handiknife	Tool Weapon	0.4
Hatchet	Tool Weapon	1.5
Hatchet	Tool Weapon	1.5
Hatchet Head	Material	0.5
Hunting Knife	Weapon	1
Hunting Knife	Weapon	1
Hunting Knife Blade	Material	1
Ice Pick	Cooking Weapon	0.3
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.6
Kitchen Knife Blade	Material	0.5
Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Large Knife Blade	Material	1
Long Metal Spearhead	Material	1
Long Simple Metal Blade	Material	1
Long Simple Metal Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Machete	Gardening Weapon	2
Machete	Gardening Weapon	2
Machete Blade	Material	2
Machete Blade (No Tang)	Material	2
Machete Blade Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver	Cooking Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver	Cooking Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver Blade	Material	1
Medical Shears	First Aid	0.3
Metal Spearhead	Material	0.5
Multitool	Tool Weapon	0.5
Paring Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.3
Pocket Knife	Tool Weapon	0.3
Railroad Spike Knife	Weapon	0.5
Safety Scissors	Household	0.2
Scalpel	First Aid Weapon	0.3
Scissors	Household Weapon	0.5
Scrap Metal Chopper	Weapon Crafted	2
Scrap Metal Cleaver	Weapon Crafted	2
Scrap Metal Cleaver-Axe	Weapon Crafted	3
Scrap Metal Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Scrap Metal Shortsword	Broken Weapon	2
Scrap Metal Sword	Weapon Crafted	3
Scythe	Gardening	2
Scythe	Gardening	2
Scythe Blade	Material	1
Shears	Tool	0.3
Shears	Tool	0.3
Shiv	Weapon Crafted	0.5
Short Bat with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	3
Shortsword	Weapon	1.5
Shortsword Blade	Material	1.5
Shortsword Blade (No Tang)	Material	1.5
Simple Metal Blade	Material	0.5
Simple Metal Knife	Weapon Crafted	0.7
Simple Shortsword	Weapon	1.5
Simple Shortsword Blade	Material	1.5
Simple Shortsword Blade (No Tang)	Material	1.5
Simple Sword	Weapon	2
Simple Sword Blade	Material	2
Simple Sword Blade (No Tang)	Material	2
Small Knife	Tool Weapon	0.5
Spade Head Scrap Metal Weapon	Weapon Crafted	4
Spear with Fighting Knife	Weapon Crafted	3
Spear with Hunting Knife	Weapon Crafted	3
Spear with Kitchen Knife	Weapon Crafted	2.7
Spear with Large Knife	Weapon Crafted	3
Spear with Long Metal Head	Weapon	2.7
Spear with Long Simple Metal Head	Weapon Crafted	3
Spear with Metal Head	Weapon	2.4
Spear with Scissors	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Spear with Scrap Knife	Weapon Crafted	3
Spear with Simple Metal Head	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Spear with Small Knife	Weapon Crafted	2.7
Spear with Steak Knife	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Steak Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.5
Straight Razor	Household	0.5
Sushi Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Switchblade	Weapon	0.3
Sword	Weapon	2
Sword Blade	Material	2
Sword Blade (No Tang)	Material	2
Wood Axe	Tool Weapon	3
Wood Axe	Tool Weapon	3
Wood Axe Head	Material	2

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Recipes that use it

Recipes that accept any item with this tag:

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Quick answers

Which items count as sharpenable in Project Zomboid?

104 items: Antique Table Leg with Sawblade, Axe, Axe Head, Baseball Bat with Sawblade, Broken Scrap Metal Sword, Broken Simple Sword, Broken Simple Sword Blade, Broken Simple Sword Blade (No Tang), Broken Sword, Broken Sword Blade, Broken Sword Blade (No Tang), Butterfly Knife and more.

What is the sharpenable tag used for?

It is used by 3 crafting recipes, including Sharpen Blade, Sharpen Blade Poorly with File, Sharpen Blade with Grindstone.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.