Sharpen tool question

I am going through a final edit of photos and am trying to figure out a way to either a, add the sharpen tool to the tool bar on the lower left hand side of the screen b, have a shortcut key to get the sharpen brush (i see on line that it is control v but that is not working for me or c, find some other way that lets me get to the sharpen tool quickly and easily without having to hit the drop down and scroll to the bottom. There has to be a way...

Frank -- my apologies! You are 100% correct. I must have added that to my custom command set. I have no memory of adding it.
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It does illustrate something for this thread. The OP can follow your advice and add the Sharpen Quick Brush to his/her command set and use it with a keyboard shortcut.
I find no way to activate a Brush from a Brick via the keyboard.
The commands "Select Burn Tool" and "Select Dodge Tool" do nothing on my system except remove the focus from the current tool.
Here, fwiw, is my current command set for Quick Brushes:
Again, sorry for attempting a correction that was wrong.

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