Stropping Broadheads

[nek4me]

For those of you stropping your BHs for a finishing touch what materials and techniques do you use?

[kevsuperg]

I only started stropping a yr or two ago. Was always a straight of the file guy but stropping sure makes a sharp head.
I use a soft leather about 8-10" long glued to a 2" wide piece of wood. Works well.

[jcprintz]

Cardboard works great and it's cheap

[Buckeye1977]

Last year I used a pair of old jeans on my grizzlies and it worked great

[Pat Ct]

Back side of whatever leather belt I'm wearing

[wayne rollinson]

I use my straight razor strop and use the same regime to sharpen the razor, after using progressive stones first I use chromium oxide paste on the cloth side then finish on a soft leather, works well on the cutthroat single bevels

[elk nailer]

x2 on the denim.

[Sam McMichael]

I have a leather strop that my grandfather used in his shoe shop. It is over  a hundred years old. Still works well.

[Yellow Dog]

About 25 years ago I bought a two piece strop from my barber. One is horse hide and the other is heavy linen. It's about 3" wide and 24" long 

[ozy clint]

isn't that what leather arm guards are for?

[nmiller08]

x2 on the denim.

denim here as well

[Bowguy67]

All metal is sharper after stropping. Any type leather is what I use. Never even heard of anyone using anything else, but if they have good luck w it, God bless em.
I often just lean down and strop on a boot, sometimes a belt.

[acedoc]

Belt with buffing compound rubbed into it.

[STICKBENDER98]

I use one of those leather pouches for carrying firewood, also works great to lay across my lap for added protection as I'm sharpening my broadheads.

[David McLendon]

I have a block mounted leather strop that does and great job.
For the past couple of years I have changed how I finish my heads both 2 and 3 blade, once I have my angle and edge and get to the point where many and I used to look for a stopping place, I switch to using descending grits of wet or dry sand paper wet over a glass pane or piece of Lexan. I go from 400 to 600 to 800 to 1000 to 1500 to 2000. My final step is to take a piece of hard flat cardboard (not corrugated but flat) and smear a layer of Mother's Mag-Wheel polish on it and let it dry. Once dry I strop on the polish impregnated cardboard and the finished edge is mirror smooth and beyond razor sharp.

[RJonesRCRV]

Corrugated cardboard works well.  I also have a piece of leather glued to a block that I use a lot.