Sharpening Convex Edges (5) - Building a Strop

www.Knivesshipfree sharpening videos. Complete guide to learn how to sharpen Bark River Knives and other convex edged knives. Part 5

[@gillbates999]

JMHO, but it's much better to use a somewhat bigger piece of leather and pull it over the edges and staple it to the sides. All four sides. That way you won't draw the knife edge over exposed staples. Anyway, that's how I built my strop some years ago.

[@jessejones6409]

Great, great, great explanation and detail! Most useful. Thank you for going into the detail you did. It really helped me gauge what I was doing.

[@fn45tacticalsuppressed11]

Great tips and techniques to learn for me I just Bought a bravo1.5. I'm glade I found out what I was doing sharpend it so wrong!

[@IvarsDayLab]

If you want to build a strop don't use any kind of metal parts to fix the leather to board. If you want to apply your compound - don't use open fire, use heat gun or simple hair dryer. Some harder compounds is better to apply by very quick rubbing on leather. Than between compound and leather grows temperature and compound starts melting. Some compounds don't like heat and they start stick to the leather in chunky pieces and it's hard to get it of.

[@tekinalacam6218]

thank you for information I try and my convex knife very sharp ,,thank you good man.

[@everythingoo4362]

perfect video set, thank you!!

[@yakwater]

Thanks very much for these videos!

[@DerrickBohn]

You are welcome!

[@skR16RHD]

Fantastic! Know I don't fear convex edges

[@jamesritchie6899]

If you're going to sharpen with sandpaper, you may as well strop with sandpaper. It works better than leather and compound.

[@thalesrezende613]

Hello friend! really good vids! Just one question, wich side of the leather is better for knife sharpning? Thx from Brazil!

[@johndrollette4083]

There is no strong consensus on this. My black strop is rough-side out and the green strop (finer grit) is smooth side out.

[@BSBCHREAF]

you can eat those compound safely?

[@Wastelander13]

Thank you so much for the video! I had a problem to get the compound into the leather until I heated it up! Cheers!

[@GetMeThere1]

"Go to your range box and get your staple gun" LOL. Glad to see that knife people are also gun people.

[@shakeyfly]

Where do you buy the leather pieces?

[@ActionHero29]

Could you tell me why my brand new F1 isn't shaving sharp even after stropping with white compound from BR? I feel like i'm doing it right, but it just wont shave, same thing with my BR Springbok, I don't get it.

[@IvarsDayLab]

Because you probably round your edge by choosing bigger angle than needed. If you sharpen your knife - get it razor sharp, than strop it and get it more dull than sharp than your stropping technic isn't right! On convex grind better to choose lower angle than the same. Besides of your strop have soft hairy leather than you should not apply any pressure to it while you stropping. Otherwise that leather will roll out and make your edge rounded.

[@IvarsDayLab]

Because you probably round your edge by choosing bigger angle than needed. If you sharpen your knife - get it razor sharp, than strop it and get it more dull than sharp than your stropping technic isn't right! On convex grind better to choose lower angle than the same. Besides of your strop have soft hairy leather than you should not apply any pressure to it while you stropping. Otherwise that leather will roll out and make your edge rounded.

[@ActionHero29]

Ivars Thanks for the reply brother

[@seanb6986]

Don’t listen to these guys. All fallkniven knives come with microbevels, which basically give the knives small v-edges, so I would recommend to use diamond or ceramic stones, or a fallkniven DC4, and use circular motions. Visit the Fallkniven website and watch Virtuovice on KZbin, aaaaannd I just realized I’m 2 years late

[@TheRogueBeef]

I don't like the staple idea, I think I heard you clip them a couple of times.

[@IvarsDayLab]

If you want to build a strop don't use any kind of metal parts to fix the leather to board. If you want to apply your compound - don't use open fire, use heat gun or simple hair dryer. Some harder compounds is better to apply by very quick rubbing on leather. Than between compound and leather grows temperature and compound starts melting. Some compounds don't like heat and they start stick to the leather in chunky pieces and it's hard to get it of.

[@IvarsDayLab]

If you want to build a strop don't use any kind of metal parts to fix the leather to board. If you want to apply your compound - don't use open fire, use heat gun or simple hair dryer. Some harder compounds is better to apply by very quick rubbing on leather. Than between compound and leather grows temperature and compound starts melting. Some compounds don't like heat and they start stick to the leather in chunky pieces and it's hard to get it of.