Stropping video For Razor Sharp Edges

[LB_hntr]

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/

[Mryan2176]

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.

[maineac]

I'll be doing some stropping this afternoon

[tracker12]

LB
Thanks for the tips.  I have sharpening challenged so every bit helps.

[Longbow917]

The blue jean tip is crazy!!  Who knew!  Gonna have to try that for sure!  Thanks for the video.

[Mr. fingers]

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

[LB_hntr]

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.

[Sam McMichael]

Yep, gonna have to try the pants leg trick.

[Mr. fingers]

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      
Thanks again for the tip.
Tim

[DDawg]

Just stropped my broad heads today, gonna have to give them a go on my jeans now.
Thanks for the tip!

[crotch horn]

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.

[BD]

Where do you guys buy your leather for stropping and how wide do you prefer it?

[LB_hntr]

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.

[Russ Clagett]

NEVER would have thought about trying my jeans....but I will tonite...

Thanks!

[RETARMY06]

I knew about the cardboard/leather stropping but not the blue jeans. I'm going to try it right now.

[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!

[LB_hntr]

Originally 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!

[trick00]

Great tip, just tried it and it works great.

[BD]

So with a 3 blade do you strop side to side on jeans or pull it straight back?

Thanks

[Ray Hammond]

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.