Thread: Knife sharpening: Honing compound?

yes stropping is brilliant. It's so quick and easy and stretches out the time between stone sharpening significantly. And as ebf says, it really puts the final sharp on a sharp knife. I have a piece of leather I got off Hamish @HGD and it works well. I don't even have it glued to anything, I just lay it out flat on my marble kitchen bench top. Seems to do the job but I keep thinking I should probably glue it to a piece of wood only I've loaded up both sides with compound now.

Originally Posted by Biggun708

Would anyone like to sell me some? ??? Send a pm

Seriously. ..just a bit... I'll swap for venison. ...

I have always stropped knives, chisels and plane blades on my hand. My father and grandfathers (all tradesmen cabinet makers) always did it that way. Stropping is done to remove the feather edge left by stoning rather than actual sharpening, however if you want a razor edge (and also fragile) then a hard leather strop and fine abrasive paste would do the job.

Here is the compound I am using. Found it way better than any of the 'solid' stick type compounds.




Made my own strops out of some 12mm ply and a strip of leather

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Here is the compound I am using. Found it way better than any of the 'solid' stick type compounds.

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Made my own strops out of some 12mm ply and a strip of leather
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Wolf River. They are a bit of a collectors item now.

Originally Posted by gundoc

I have always stropped knives, chisels and plane blades on my hand. My father and grandfathers (all tradesmen cabinet makers) always did it that way. Stropping is done to remove the feather edge left by stoning rather than actual sharpening, however if you want a razor edge (and also fragile) then a hard leather strop and fine abrasive paste would do the job.

That's what I do grandfather taught me that way

Originally Posted by Biggun708

Seriously. ..just a bit... I'll swap for venison. ...

@Biggun708 Pm me your Addy, I'll send you some. Freezers full so will trade you some for some urewera trade secrets

Originally Posted by Tahr

Wolf River. They are a bit of a collectors item now.

Yes, this one was rather hard to find. After months of searching, I found a dealer that had two new ones on the shelf - first production run. You don't see them coming up second hand anywhere either.
Looking back, I should have bought both. Great little knife.

Originally Posted by Biggun708

Seriously. ..just a bit... I'll swap for venison. ...

Pretty sure I can whip a few cms of my block, what's your address?

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Here is the compound I am using.
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PPS Industries are listed as the NZ agents. No idea if they stock it

Originally Posted by 6x47

PPS Industries are listed as the NZ agents. No idea if they stock it

Yes, PPS are they agents, and that's where I purchased it from. You only need a little dab of it on your finger to keep a preloaded strop going. The big dig marks in the photo was where I fished some out into other containers for my brothers to use.

It is available. Just ordered some from PPS.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Yes, this one was rather hard to find. After months of searching, I found a dealer that had two new ones on the shelf - first production run. You don't see them coming up second hand anywhere either.
Looking back, I should have bought both. Great little knife.

@hotbarrels

Originally Posted by TeRei

It is available. Just ordered some from PPS.

They also do 600, 360, 280, 150 and something below that if you want a courser polish.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Yes, this one was rather hard to find. After months of searching, I found a dealer that had two new ones on the shelf - first production run. You don't see them coming up second hand anywhere either.
Looking back, I should have bought both. Great little knife.

Nick d got me covered thanks heaps for the offer!