3 QUICK and EFFECTIVE ways to remove a burr from a knife

[@treffensaintjohnllc2913]

The wood technique (trick 1) was very helpful. I am struggling removing burrs from the tip of the apex. Due to this tutorial my sharpening skills have vastly improved. Thank you so much!

[@thomasa.anderson5055]

this is the second video of yours im watching (so far). after having just got a wet stone set, and finding i have zero idea what im doing on the stone, i had to sub immediately. thanks for these vids, very clear an concise.

[@offthestone]

So glad it’s helping and you’re very welcome! I totally know the feeling. I felt like I was in the dark when I first started sharpening, and my hope with these videos is that I can help others to not only understand the process and concepts of sharpening, but to get good results quickly. Have a great day and stay sharp!

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... a whetstone* - from "to whet" = "to sharpen", not because waterstones have to be soaked before use.

[@Owens_Racing]

Excellent informative videos. You gotta Strop it like it’s hot!

[@offthestone]

Haha yes!

[@ابوعبداللهآلهادي-ح1ت]

Thank you sir👍

[@offthestone]

You are most welcome!

[@noobforever_]

if my stropping compound is around 3k grit, and my finishing stone is 6k grit (i use a naniwa king 1000/6000) , is it worth it to strop the knife on a leather thingy, or should i just do it on my finishing stone?

[@omarkul5320]

to me 6000 seems really fine allready

[@NonScientificBladeTesting]

Strop is almost always worth it

[@ared18t]

Whenever I remove the burr it's always one big line it's fun to watch haha. When I first started sharpening and that would happen I would always think my hair fell in.

[@offthestone]

LOL!

[@oceanwaves83]

You may want to try to stop before the burr becomes that large. Usually a small burr won't come off all in one piece. As off the stone pointed out, the burr is like bending a steel coat hanger back and forth until it breaks. What I'll add to that is this: after you break the hanger, the steel on each side is weakened and its integrity has been jeopardized. You don't want your apex to be comprised of this weakened steel, so it has to be removed. The smaller the burr, the less weakened steel there is at the apex. If your burr is large, after it breaks off, you have to hit the stone again if you want the healthiest, longest lasting edge possible. But if the burr is extremely small, there is very little to remove, and a strop can suffice. Burr minimization and proper removal are the most underrated steps in knife sharpening for performance.

[@amnesiagreens]

@@oceanwaves83ok

[@John..18]

If I just sharpen on a stone using forward strokes, ie, like cutting into the stone, surely I won't ever create a burr and avoid all this "scenario",, or am I missing something.. ??

[@offthestone]

@John.. If you don’t create a burr while sharpening, it won’t get as sharp as it can. When you create a burr, you are apexing the knife-or bringing both sides of the knife edge to an absolute point. I’ve sharpened many knives and not created a burr purposely to see how they would perform, and they always weren’t even close to as efficient or as sharp as when I created a burr. Hoping I understood your question correctly.

[@kwinzman]

Thanks for the video! If I use my leather strop every 2 months do I need to wipe or wash off the old paste first? Or can I leave the old compound on the strap?

[@Atreusz]

No. Either the paste has dried out at some point or the color has changed significantly (metal abrasion) and the paste loses its strength

[@kwinzman]

@@Atreusz Hi! Just to clarify: no, you don't change the paste (unless it gets discorlored or dries out) Or no, you can't leave the old one on? (because it will have dried out after 2 months). I didn't fully understand your reply. Thanks in advance!

[@Atreusz]

@@kwinzman hi sorry. It takes a long time before you have to change a paste. If yours is already dry, take a drop of leather care or Ballistol and rub it onto the leather and then let it dry for 1 to 2 days. then the paste should be like new. For storage, buy a ziplock bag and put the leather in there.

[@kwinzman]

@@Atreusz Awesome! Appreciate it!

[@Atreusz]

@@kwinzman no problem ✌️

[@kurtglo]

question- can you strop backwards on your DMT stone?

[@offthestone]

Yes. You can strop edge leading or edge trailing

[@Eric-en9hk]

Great video! I love the deep voice in the beginning haha.

[@offthestone]

Haha! That’s how I sound when I wake up in the morning 😛

[@coppering]

very good. but I think it's strop, not strap.

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Hey Man! You got three eyeballs or something?

[@offthestone]

HAHA! Maybe I’ll do a reveal when I hit a certain amount of subscribers!

[@ventsolaire]

2:19

[@user-pm7pw1tl3t]

Since when does knife plus strop have diamond that is obviously green chrome 0.o

[@offthestone]

Haha right!

[@HeldIntegral]

If you can't take the burr off with the stone, then the twig is just wishful thinking

[@williammack3018]

If I see one moire vid of a man shaving hair of his hairy arm, I'm going to puke.

[@user-pm7pw1tl3t]

Tf

[@JMAwake]

Suspected fem-boy

[@tylerreis7627]

Stropping on the stone is not really a thing

[@richardelliott204]

You got your knife sharpening skills down man, but your video production could use some work. Everything just feels creepy, conductive criticism bro, I'm just saying.

[@offthestone]

Thanks for the criticism, I’ll take note of that!

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... constructive* criticism: Never trust your auto-correct/-complete!

[@ricochet2880]

Its perfect, very meditation like, plus I love that "Lets Go!" in the beginning 😂