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Okay - I put together a prototype. It is rough - so bare with me. I will need to epoxy the leather to the lid as it is pulling away a bit just using contact cement. No biggie though.
Contents:
Altoids tin (I will be using a non branded tin of similar specs).
Leather cover
Two sided leather strop.
Three to six rolls of wet dry (depending on how tight you roll them).
Two chunks of compound (Green and Black)
Ranger bands to hold the wet dry together
One big ranger band to hold it all shut.
Thoughts:
I wanted a durable, small, inexpensive kit for sharpening convex edges in the field. The neoprene top idea struck me as fragile, hard to keep clean, and difficult to make it look good and be cheap. I sharpen my convex edges on stones or leather and you should not have a problem making this work for you.
Here are some pics:
Use of product:
Step One:
Unroll largest grit of Wet Dry needed to sharpen knife - if the knife is dinged start at a lower grit.
Step Two:
Put wet/dry on the top of the leather cover, allowing the ends to be held tight under the lid. Sharpen until a wire edge is created.
Step Three:
Increase grit number until you have reached 2000 grit - raising a wire edge each time. Final wire edge should be hard to detect.
Step Four:
Hold the double sides strop in your hand and carefully strop on the black side until wire edge is removed.
Step Five:
Switch sides of the strop (green) and strop until edge is razor sharp and polished.
Step Six:
Finish on bare leather top of the sharpening kit.
This should leave your edge very sharp and ready to use.
I need you comments:
What do you think? Does this work for you? What would you add? What would you change?
Most importantly - what price point would you be willing to pay for this?
TF
Contents:
Altoids tin (I will be using a non branded tin of similar specs).
Leather cover
Two sided leather strop.
Three to six rolls of wet dry (depending on how tight you roll them).
Two chunks of compound (Green and Black)
Ranger bands to hold the wet dry together
One big ranger band to hold it all shut.
Thoughts:
I wanted a durable, small, inexpensive kit for sharpening convex edges in the field. The neoprene top idea struck me as fragile, hard to keep clean, and difficult to make it look good and be cheap. I sharpen my convex edges on stones or leather and you should not have a problem making this work for you.
Here are some pics:
Use of product:
Step One:
Unroll largest grit of Wet Dry needed to sharpen knife - if the knife is dinged start at a lower grit.
Step Two:
Put wet/dry on the top of the leather cover, allowing the ends to be held tight under the lid. Sharpen until a wire edge is created.
Step Three:
Increase grit number until you have reached 2000 grit - raising a wire edge each time. Final wire edge should be hard to detect.
Step Four:
Hold the double sides strop in your hand and carefully strop on the black side until wire edge is removed.
Step Five:
Switch sides of the strop (green) and strop until edge is razor sharp and polished.
Step Six:
Finish on bare leather top of the sharpening kit.
This should leave your edge very sharp and ready to use.
I need you comments:
What do you think? Does this work for you? What would you add? What would you change?
Most importantly - what price point would you be willing to pay for this?
TF
