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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 187640" data-attributes="member: 704">OK, let me tell you how to get your knives and broadheads sharper than factory.&nbsp; I do have a razor strap that supposedly my grandfather gave to my uncle when he opened a barber shop in something like 1920, but that's not what I use.&nbsp; If you know someone with a planer have them do an oak board 18 inches long and 2.25 inches wide.&nbsp; I don't know the best place to get leather I had a bunch on hand from Tandy.&nbsp; Next contact cement a 12 X 2.25 inch piece of full grain leather to the oak board.&nbsp; Shape the other six inches for your hand.&nbsp; Rub in Semichrome or some other fine jewelry polish into the leather.&nbsp; Do not use Flitz it's more of a chemical reaction than an mild abrasive.&nbsp; J B Bore Polish will work too.&nbsp; Strop your knife, or individual blades from your broadhead.&nbsp; It will beat anything you can buy for that final finish.Edit: The tough part of using a strap is the tension you put on the strap controls the angle of contact with the blade.&nbsp; A ridged strap doesn't have that problem.&nbsp; You control the blade and not the strap tension.Edit again: <a href="https://www.razoredgesystems.com/products/kits/product/18-deluxe-professional-kit-w-6-hones" target="_blank">https://www.razoredgesystems.com/products/kits/product/18-deluxe-professional-kit-w-6-hones</a>The finishing stone in this kit is 3000 or 4000 grit.&nbsp; Maybe finer, it feels like glass.&nbsp; I used an entire tube of stones on my Dremel to cut a piece of that stone and glued it to jig for my Lansky.&nbsp; It comes with a knife and a broadhead jig that also works very well. This is my finish before the strap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 187640, member: 704"] OK, let me tell you how to get your knives and broadheads sharper than factory. I do have a razor strap that supposedly my grandfather gave to my uncle when he opened a barber shop in something like 1920, but that's not what I use. If you know someone with a planer have them do an oak board 18 inches long and 2.25 inches wide. I don't know the best place to get leather I had a bunch on hand from Tandy. Next contact cement a 12 X 2.25 inch piece of full grain leather to the oak board. Shape the other six inches for your hand. Rub in Semichrome or some other fine jewelry polish into the leather. Do not use Flitz it's more of a chemical reaction than an mild abrasive. J B Bore Polish will work too. Strop your knife, or individual blades from your broadhead. It will beat anything you can buy for that final finish. Edit: The tough part of using a strap is the tension you put on the strap controls the angle of contact with the blade. A ridged strap doesn't have that problem. You control the blade and not the strap tension. Edit again: [URL]https://www.razoredgesystems.com/products/kits/product/18-deluxe-professional-kit-w-6-hones[/URL] The finishing stone in this kit is 3000 or 4000 grit. Maybe finer, it feels like glass. I used an entire tube of stones on my Dremel to cut a piece of that stone and glued it to jig for my Lansky. It comes with a knife and a broadhead jig that also works very well. This is my finish before the strap. [/QUOTE]

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