Beloved, stop, sharpening your knives!
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When do these links actually start working as links? Every time I see one somebody puts in the comments on their videos they either don't work or you have to come back far in the future to check.
Of course I can and did type in the links manually.
@@Pahrump Just copy and paste them.
Cant copy and paste on a phone
Sole of my shoe works lol!!!
@@DougMcIe Yeah you can, hold your finger on the text you want to copy, and it will highlight the word. then you can drag where it stops highlighting.
My grandpa taught me how to use the backside of my belt
True 😂
Same. I'm a farrier and before I walk up to a horse I strop my hoof knives on the leather of my shoeing chaps. Very rarely do I have to use a file other than my little pocket pen style diamond hone (best $10 ever spent)
I've been using the same right and left knife for 5 years, I know other farriers who buy new ones every 6 months bc they don't know how to keep em maintained.
@@Jiggerisadog that’s a tough gig, I appreciate your work a lot. Do you often have to replace tools or is it buy once and run it till it’s broken?
My dad taught me the same.
If you hold the bottom down with your foot, then use it like the barbers 💈 do it works like a charm.
You don't need to apply pressure like that. let the leather and compound do the work
Hi Cody, Richard here. The optimal method to strop is to angle the knife until it catches the leather which is where your sharp edge is. Then using that angle, pull back using NO FORCE, or very light pressure. The instructions you gave will likely have no effect from stropping at too low of an angle, or will round over and dull the edge on lots of your subscribers' knives because of too much force. I learned this from the man himself, the living legend, Mike Stewart. You should join the Bark River Knives community, it would be fun to have you!
I have one of the prettiest DIWB mini gunny's you've ever seen ... Only downside to having knives that pretty, the wife claims em all!
nice name @@ElonaldTrusk
@@dorianpaul7026 thank you! Its a magnet for comments .. some flattering, some not so much 😂.
Came to the comments to say this! Why so hard??
@@g0dr0ck "Why so hard??"
Because it triggers the algorithm to have tons of comments correcting the bad advice.
Always give bad advice on UA-cam if you want your channel to do well.
You do not use hard pressure unless you want to round your bevel off and have a shitty edge and wear through your compound quickly. Also diamond paste is better. Cuts faster lasts longer
Texan status has been revoked due to knife abuse.😂😂😂😂
I strop my blades on my arm like man
“Really hard, lots of pressure, no skill, no angle”
This is exactly how you DONT strop a knife lol angle and pressure are very important and while not as hard as sharpening, it does take some practice to do well. Doing it this way is going to at best, convex your scandi edge and at worst, completely round off the apex of your edge.
This. “Beloved”, don’t ruin your bevels listening to this guy. Follow @neevesknives for real sharpening knowledge
Fellow Knife sharpener and collector here and i was looking for this comment before I commented it. A ceramic hone would blow his freaking mind. 😂
As soon as you know anything about what Wranglerstar talks about.
You begin to realise he knows NOTHING
@@TheGuidedSharpeningGuideExactly my thoughts. SMKW sells one called the Super Sharpener for $4.99 that is perfect for maintenance. It looks cheap, but the ceramic they used on it is top notch!
What would you expect from an internet education.. 🤷♂️ smh… 😂
You almost never apply pressure when sharpening. Especially on a strop.
I was thinking the same thing. With the grit he’s using he’s definitely just sharpening 😂
came here to say this. wonder how many people are going to dull their knives after watching this
I was going insane when he started bearing down on it lol have fun with that rounded and dull edge, Cody. He should actually learn what he’s doing before “teaching” others. 🤦♂️
I was gonna say the exact same thing
Amen there!
You dont want to strop with lots of pressure.... Take it from someone who keeps hair whittling edges on all of his knives.
Get the 6 micron diamond stropping compound it lasts basically forever and works on all the fancy steels.
Easy on the pressure , that PW has a scandi grind if you apply significant pressure it will convex the edge defeating the purpose of the scandi
Stropping works to an extent. It will help freshen up the edge so long as there is no real degredation or wear and no chipping.
Itll bring back that keen "bite" to a sharp edge perhaps 2 to 5 times.
But after that it will require a proper sharpening.
If youve been rough on your blade stropping just wont help much.
But once sharpened, keep your blade alive and well with a daily stropping.
I strop daily and repair any real wear with a ceramic rod (Spyderco Sharpmaker) between sharpenings.
Once ive exhausted an edge it goes to the stones, either my DMT diamond plates and whet stones manually or onto one of my consistent angle sharpeners followed up by a good stropping.
BTW, Knives Plus has an excellent strop pre-loaded with rouge that will last for years. For those that like it simple and dont want to bother with a bunch of different components and compounds etc, grab a Knives Plus strop. Its all you need.
Add a ceramic rod sharpener for quickly repairing lightly dulled, damaged or chipped blades and for the pros, add a good clamp style consistent angle sharpener like the KME, Hapstone, Edge Pro etc and youve got it covered.
This only works on convex edges. If you do this to any other type of grind and you push that hard onto a strop it will roll your edge and do nothing but dull the knife. Light pressure if it's not a convex edge
This is quite literally how to NOT strop a knife lol.
how to roll an edge
lol. Exactly
Ok Mr. Expert
@@kevinbrittingham9276 go look up sharpening videos and see for yourself.
Like you know
If you strop “really hard, using lots of pressure” you’re going to repeatedly round the apex of the edge on alternating sides and you will not end up with a good/sharp edge unless you have a great deal of experience. A proper apex needs to be established and stropping is usually for knocking off the burr after reprofiling or touching up the edge (honing). He knows a lot about certain things but not knives and especially not sharpening knives.
By the way, don’t get that green jeweler’s rouge - it’s garbage and it’s ineffective for modern super steels. Look into polycrystalline diamond emulsions.
Absolutely correct. I've been using a heavy leather belt for decades
Stay stropped my friends.
I just broke my good leather belt that I’ve been wearing daily for probably 20 years. It finally popped through at the buckle.
I made it myself so I’m debating rebuilding the end and having it slightly annoyingly short tailed or turning it into a strop.
Mr. W has a way of publishing videos that are relevant to me at the time, quite often. And of course commenters are always on the ball too! hahah
Yep, except for the "really hard" part.
@@3DWHIZZ i was questioning that myself. Supposed to be light pressure right??
@@gjk1504 I'm no expert but I get my info from experts and yes, light pressure when stropping is recommended.
My father was a retired barber and preferred 800 grit sandpaper, a little motor oil and piece of glass. Knife so sharp you shave with it.
Definitely don’t use that much pressure, you’ll roll the edge. Use light pressure.
I've been using the palm of my hand for decades.
close enough to leather i guess
Is it finally sharp?
Multi purpose tool for sure!
@@3DWHIZZ ha!
@@wilfredruffian5002 😆
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Ceramic rod 😉👌
I was given my first set of stones when I was 11. 33 years of sharpening and stropping. I AGREE WITH THIS MESSAGE!
I was born with my stones!
If you agree that stropping angle don't matter and to use lots of pressure... you haven't learned much in those 33 years.
you can get a wheel for a bench grinder too if you want. They can be dangerous but they also polish steel to a mirror finish. I can get anything surgical sharp with my leather strop wheel.
Cody looking sassy snd fabulous.
Jewelers rouge is red for polishing, the angle is also important.
You mean Rouge can't be any color but red?
@@asimpson164 Guess what rouge means my guy
@@OneAngryVelociraptor Guess what sarcasm means my guy
@@OneAngryVelociraptor Red, that's the joke. Green rouge can't make sense. "Just buy some jeweler's red green."
Thank you for all that you do and give us.
Very helpful. Thank you
Stropping is really good but you're wrong about the angle to steep and to much pressure you will round your edge and it will cut like dog turds then also instead of green compound I highly recommend diamond or cbn emulsions they work 1,000 times better and work for all steels even stuff like rex 121 at 70 hrc your welcome thank me later
Fantastic info. Never thought about it but soon as you said it, memory kicked in. Instantly thought of that’s why my dad never sharpened our butcher knives or his personal knives, at least now I know why he always always used his large long professional strop , 45 yrs later as I’m 53 today. He never started cooking without first stropping the chopping/butcher knives. He knew. Light bulb instant on.
Great advice things we all wish we knew . Now we do.!
Brother, this takes me back to the Wrangler.Barn days what happened to all the worksharps?
I still love all your videos.Keep going brother
Take a hair dryer and melt the compound in. I use a balsa board 1 inch thick for my strop. I have a black compound which is coarse and the green which is fine. When stroping, use light pressure, not heavy.
Absolutely correct! Great info Be loved! Always love your post. Extremely informative. Keep on going to the END!! You’re only defeated when you surrender!!!
Been using my Stropman Strop for years now. It’s definitely a great way to maintain your edge. The only time you want to use pressure with a strop is when you are maintaining a convex edge though and unless the knife was hand made a convex edge is pretty rare to find. If you have a convex edge you use more pressure so the leather bends around the edge and doesn’t start to flatten it. Angle is still pretty important though. You can dull an edge pretty fast if you are stopping at the wrong angle or uneven side to side. It does take a little practice and just a little knowledge of the type of edge you are working with.
I learned rhis lesson with my straight razior when i was in the Marine Corps
Thank you for this public service message. I’m tired of watching the young guns sharpening their $300 knives down to $1 worth of super steel. Hopefully they’ll listen this time.
don't push hard unless you want to convex your edge. sometimes this is desirable, sometimes it's not.
"no skill" says the man demonstrating a surefire way to dull your edge.
just do it gently along the edge in the same direction you sharpened the edge on.
I use the same pressure I do when shaving. I also use a ceramic rod if the strop isn't bringing the edge back as much as I like
Excellent practical advice. Cheers, man and God bless! 👍💪
When I was doing custom leather work in my younger days (I'm 34, so I'm only talking about a decade ago), but it was crazy how many stops I got requested to make for people.
No political BS, no wacky opinions, just good useful information.
This is why i originally subbed.
Glad you're back.
Now this is great info people need to know for their knifes
Thanks for the Enlightment.....
I still use that window trick when I’m at work
Now you tell me? I just bought a Wasabi sharpener. Loving it!
Nice..I’ll give it a try
That's solid advice!
I just use the edge of my glass patio table. You can use your truck window also.
Pro tip: use weld wood contact cement as the glue 2 coats (watch a video on how to use it), Once the leather is affixed to the board spray it with wd40 let that soak in, and now add your jewlers rouge. If you leather is big enough put another piece on other side of board with grain side up and repeat for a finer polish
ProProTip: you need Veg Tan Leather no matter what, but if you can find horse leather it’s preferred. It’s denser and your strop will last a lifetime. Don’t get hung up on finding horse. Cow will work very welll
This is great advice. I always thought you needed the multi stone grind process.
Ive had some leather sitting around and been trying to figure what to do with it. Thanks cody
I prefer stropping lightly on the grain side of the leather with no compound. But you do what you do.
Top tier advice right here, thank you sir!
I can't remember the last time.I even had touch my knife to the stone
Appreciate the helpful tips brotato chip
That’s all I use is a strop with black and green compound on either side and it works great. Unless I use the blade heavily and it needs a good sharpening.
Good advice Cody
That is true.. Just keep it sharp, dont ever dull it..
I have one knife that I literally always used the back of my sheath. Works great!
I forgot about you man I used to watch you ages ago and I got a new youtube account as soom as I came across your channel again I watched hours of videos haha glad to see you're still here.
Use the car window glass to keep it honed
Very fine advice. I love a scary sharp knife
I’m a utility company splicer and I need to sharpen my knives almost daily
I didn't learn this until I started making knives
Cant keep watchin someone that loves california !
If you want to live like a modern person and not like a caveman, they make diamond compound for strops, far better than green aluminum oxide
If you are using rouge or diamond compound, then you are sharpening. Stropping is for honing, bringing the edge back into alignment. Sharpening, involves material removal, which is what is happening if you use compounds.
If you ever want to change up your edc fixie, try the boker nessmi with an architect kydex sheath and a lanyard (to add onto the grip, it's a little short)
Damn dude this is seriously useful info.
Ceramic honing rods work as well but you must maintain the angle of the cut for it to be effective
So good!!!
Thank you brother!
We are proud to stock one of the best strop guys in the industry! HCO strops!
I always correct the factory angle of new knives.
I use a quartz rod from a hps bulb to hone the edge. I only strop after sharpening. I hone in between.
What did the pizza chef say when he dropped a meat lovers pie??
I've been using Mother's Wheel polish for years and my knives are scary sharp!
100%, as a knife collector/enthusiast myself, a good strop is one of the most important tools you can have for knife maintenance, and even when sharpening is necessary, without stropping the sharpening process is not complete.
That’s good info. I never knew that
I went to the arts and crafts store for a strip of leather for a belt for cheap. I'm a huge advocate for stropping!
I love this channel you’re awesome
Your content is always the best
I have two of my great great grandfathers leather strops. Go in to me by my grandmother. He used them to sharpen his straight razors during his day. I have them hanging in my garage, they are a cool conversation piece.
Rouge is great, there is also a compound named Picasso blue that I use mainly to Polish platinum, gives a great finish to harder metals
I have a set of stones that came with a strop, polishing material, stone fixer, ect. Only catch is, the blade I want to sharpen is recurved. So I have to be careful or it'll wear down the stone prematurely. I think that jewlers stuff is the "polishing material" that came with mine lol. It's green too. Like some kind of hard wax.
I think we need clarification on that previous video where you said that really stupid thing.....
Great advice!!!!
I didn't know this.
Thank YOU Sir
You have reduced weight lot. I am watching you after a few years again. good to see you again.
Strop is All good, knowing how to put a angle on a blade and what the different degrees is is something every knife owner should know.
Great advice
Oops, Ive been calling it a strōp this whole time. I always wanted one of the heavy ones that old timer barbers have.
Denim pants work in a pinch as well.
You vanished from my feed and now you're back! 🎉🎉
Wow! Thanks pops!
Get yourself a hone as well. If you strop and hone it'll need a whetstone once or twice a year depending on use.
For quality blades only too
No no no, no pressure! barely any at all. Putting pressure causes the leather to curve around the edge and ROUNDS the edge making it dull. Light strokes only!
The Village people are awaiting your arrival.
Good knives will wear properly and retain an edge.
Started with square bales at age 8,
Been working since.. masonry caprentry plumbing atm, fabrication.
Few years ago, i just started using my palm as a strop. Works pretty good.
Thay was after discovering that i can feel the curvature of the edge better with my lips than my fingers. With the same, but lighter, motion as stropping.
That’s the best advise ever…sharpening takes metal and can change shape
And if you're into bread knives use a felt wheel on a Dremel tool. I always used red compound, dico tripoli. Now i have to learn about the different grit designations of buffing compounds.