Good grief..I was starting to think I might be mildly retarded because I could not get the hang of stropping a knife.
Its been about 2 years since I got into the expensive knife game..First one was Bark Rive bravo 1 (S35VN). The knife needed sharpening after a couple of camping trips and I think I also had rolled the edge while battoning with it, and I was unable to bring it back with the DLT stropping kit I bought so sent it back to BR 4 or 5 months after buying it.
Got it back, used it more...needed sharpening again and all my attempts to bring back the knife to the shaving sharp condition it was in when I got it back from BR failed using the stropping block. My work schedule really prevented me from getting back to this until recently and I became intent on getting the hang of this down.
After a couple of weeks of working at it, and watching tons of you tube videos I think I got it..this knife is now sharp enough to cut through newsprint effortlessly and will shave hairs.
The only thing I found is that I need to go to a higher angle than what most say...I think most of what i watched/read said to hold the blade at a 13 dg angle...I am probably closer to 20. Lower than that and the knife seems to get duller and I don't get the right kind of sound while stropping.
Its been about 2 years since I got into the expensive knife game..First one was Bark Rive bravo 1 (S35VN). The knife needed sharpening after a couple of camping trips and I think I also had rolled the edge while battoning with it, and I was unable to bring it back with the DLT stropping kit I bought so sent it back to BR 4 or 5 months after buying it.
Got it back, used it more...needed sharpening again and all my attempts to bring back the knife to the shaving sharp condition it was in when I got it back from BR failed using the stropping block. My work schedule really prevented me from getting back to this until recently and I became intent on getting the hang of this down.
After a couple of weeks of working at it, and watching tons of you tube videos I think I got it..this knife is now sharp enough to cut through newsprint effortlessly and will shave hairs.
The only thing I found is that I need to go to a higher angle than what most say...I think most of what i watched/read said to hold the blade at a 13 dg angle...I am probably closer to 20. Lower than that and the knife seems to get duller and I don't get the right kind of sound while stropping.