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Title: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: LB_hntr on August 22, 2015, 12:29:00 AM
Here is a video I did on how to strop broadheads and knives.
Its That Time Of Year!

http://tbwpodcast.com/video-39-stropping-for-razor-sharp-edges/
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Post by: Mryan2176 on August 22, 2015, 04:24:00 AM
Thank you for this, very helpful. I can get an OK edge on my broadheads with a file, but this looks to be the way to get a shaving sharp edge.
Matt.
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Post by: maineac on August 22, 2015, 08:56:00 AM
I'll be doing some stropping this afternoon
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Post by: tracker12 on August 22, 2015, 09:09:00 AM
LB
Thanks for the tips.  I have sharpening challenged so every bit helps.
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Post by: Longbow917 on August 23, 2015, 12:57:00 AM
The blue jean tip is crazy!!  Who knew!  Gonna have to try that for sure!  Thanks for the video.
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Post by: Mr. fingers on August 23, 2015, 11:34:00 AM
Thanks great video.
I'm going,try my hand at sharpening Zwickey  vs woodsman which. Ever one I can get sharpened sharper and easier gets to ride in my quiver this year
Title: Re: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: LB_hntr on August 23, 2015, 04:30:00 PM
Glad you guys like the video. Stropping is a important part of getting heads sharp in my opinion yet is a simple process that doesn't require anything special to do.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on August 23, 2015, 05:30:00 PM
Yep, gonna have to try the pants leg trick.
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Post by: Mr. fingers on August 23, 2015, 06:05:00 PM
Just tried it out and WOW!!!
Tried my Zwickey ( first time sharpening them)
Took me a little longer than I liked to get it hair popping sharp. I tried the woodsman which was already pretty sharp and the pant leg did bring it to a new level. So I tried a Zwickey again and I think I got the hang of it got it hair poppin sharp in no time just using a file a jewel stick a leather strop and finished it off with my wranglers    :thumbsup:  
Thanks again for the tip.
Tim
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Post by: DDawg on August 23, 2015, 08:41:00 PM
Just stropped my broad heads today, gonna have to give them a go on my jeans now.
Thanks for the tip!
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Post by: crotch horn on August 24, 2015, 11:13:00 PM
Awesome video!!! I just got my KME knife sharpener today & I'm off work tomorrow, sooooo, I'll be doing broad heads & knifes all day. Plan on finishing them off on the blue jeans. Thanks a bunch. Great info for your fello tradgangers.
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Post by: BD on August 25, 2015, 11:58:00 AM
Where do you guys buy your leather for stropping and how wide do you prefer it?
Title: Re: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: LB_hntr on August 25, 2015, 05:52:00 PM
I buy mine from Tandy leather. I get 2" and about 4 feet of it and it can be cut into smaller pieces as you need it.

In all truthfulness lately I have not used leather to strop. I just did 50 broadheads and 6 hunting knives to get myself, wife and kids ready for this season and I did like this:
Belt sander to set andgle and get sharp. Then use a ceramic rod for a few back strokes to remove wire edge. Then strop on long piece of card board, then quick finish strop on my jeans. Sharpest heads I have ever made and I did 50 of them in about 2 hours total.
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Post by: Russ Clagett on August 26, 2015, 05:42:00 PM
NEVER would have thought about trying my jeans....but I will tonite...

Thanks!
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Post by: RETARMY06 on August 26, 2015, 08:04:00 PM
I knew about the cardboard/leather stropping but not the blue jeans. I'm going to try it right now.
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Post by: RETARMY06 on August 26, 2015, 08:23:00 PM
Okay, I just tried it on a Zwicky Eskimo. I grabbed one I had already file sharpend to the point where I could shave with it, but only if I pressed pretty hard. So I stropped it on a leather shooting glove, then did the blue jean trick. AMAZING! I could shave perfectly, smooth, down to the skin with no pressure. If I had to I could shave my face with it. How/where did you come up with using your pants? Such a simple, fast thing that makes an incredible difference. Thanks!
Title: Re: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: LB_hntr on August 26, 2015, 08:50:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by RETARMY06:
Okay, I just tried it on a Zwicky Eskimo. I grabbed one I had already file sharpend to the point where I could shave with it, but only if I pressed pretty hard. So I stropped it on a leather shooting glove, then did the blue jean trick. AMAZING! I could shave perfectly, smooth, down to the skin with no pressure. If I had to I could shave my face with it. How/where did you come up with using your pants? Such a simple, fast thing that makes an incredible difference. Thanks!
about 25 years ago i was trying to get tree sap off my knife at a shotgun range and i was rubbing it on my pant leg and a guy walked by and said "were did you learn that trick" I said what trick im cleaning my knife. He said "rubbing your blade like that on blue jeans will make it super sharp!" Been using it ever since!
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Post by: trick00 on August 26, 2015, 09:17:00 PM
Great tip, just tried it and it works great.
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Post by: BD on August 27, 2015, 09:20:00 AM
So with a 3 blade do you strop side to side on jeans or pull it straight back?

Thanks
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Post by: Ray Hammond on August 27, 2015, 10:15:00 PM
You can also use the top of your truck/car window - roll it down, and use the smooth ground top edge of the window like a crock stick when you are out in the field....it works.
Title: Re: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: Mark Baker on August 28, 2015, 11:50:00 AM
I have been doing the blue jean thing for years...decades even!  I don't know where I heard about...it just works.  Nice video.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: wapiti on August 29, 2015, 05:37:00 PM
Use your blue jeans to strop blades on disposable
razors too. Extends their life.
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Post by: BD on September 02, 2015, 12:08:00 PM
So with a 3 blade do you strop side to side on jeans or pull it straight back?

Thanks
Title: Re: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: LB_hntr on September 02, 2015, 02:18:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by BD:
So with a 3 blade do you strop side to side on jeans or pull it straight back?

Thanks
I would not strop a 3 blade on my thigh personally.
I only shoot 2 blade so this trick works well anytime. If you wanted to try it with 3 blade I would glue scrap jean material to a board or something. But pulling a 3 blade across your thigh with a blade that close to cutting you is a little risky.
Title: Re: Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges
Post by: LB_hntr on September 02, 2015, 02:19:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by BD:
So with a 3 blade do you strop side to side on jeans or pull it straight back?

Thanks
I would not strop a 3 blade on my thigh personally.
I only shoot 2 blade so this trick works well anytime. If you wanted to try it with 3 blade I would glue scrap jean material to a board or something. But pulling a 3 blade across your thigh with a blade that close to cutting you is a little risky.
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