EZ to use...
Tim M--
I would like something simple and easy to use.
For simplicity, you cannot beat an ordinary diamond-grit hone. It takes just a little bit of doing to learn to keep the knife angle steady on the hone, but once learned, it's a lifetime skill. I like having a medium-grit hone, for serious edge damage, and a fine-grit hone for finishing the edge.
(Another thought--How you gonna use that Grainger power-tool thing, out in the woods?)
I used to be an advocate of the Arkansas stone, but that requires the use of water, or better yet, oil, and can be a bit messy. (I still have my good Arkansas's, reserved now for "special" jobs.) The diamond hone you use dry, and wipe off afterwards with a dry paper towel. No fuss, no mess, no bother. One of the best diamond hones I own, I found @ a Wal-Mart. Have others from various sporting-goods stores, etc.
I do NOT like putzy, fancy devices like the Lansky sharpener. There are those who do use, and like, such.
One of the stickies at the top of this forum has detailed directions on hand-sharpening of knives.
I expect it's one of those things were seeing someone do it would help--find a good person with a hone and ask for a lesson. (OTOH, I learned, half a century ago, by trial and error. I can put a shaving edge on a knife.)
Bottom line: Tim, my friend, IMHO, it's high time you learned to sharpen your own knives!