what is the best leather for making a strop to use for chisels and plane blades?
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Vegetable or bark tanned cow are the best for making a strop used without polishing/buffing compound. If you use a compound the leather is only a there to hold the buffing compound is is not as critical, MDF, old jeans, anything that will hold the compound will work. However, if you plan to make strops you might as well get cow hide as you can make strops for use with and without the buffing compound. Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ykVzL2VAM#t=51s for a good video on sharpening, time set to the strop information.
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Dremel does not indicate this tool is appropriate for use with fabrics. The VersaTip multipurpose tools is ideal for wood burning, soldering, hot-knife cutting of Styrofoam™ and plastics, leather products, cutting and fusing rope.
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If the blade doesn't have gouges in it, a kitchen honing steel will work fine. If the blade has visual pits, buy a good whet stone and use that.
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Any rough sharpening stone will work, I would recommend one big enough to hold or one with a grip.
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An mouse pad with some give, place the correct type of grit of sand paper on top of the pad depending on how much touch up you need to do. Usually around a 13 degree angle. The mouse pad is there to flex as you run the blade across it. If you only need to sharpen and not re-profile the edge use leather strop that flexes. Should be able to find details online. The sharpening system is pretty cheap when you make it yourself. This knife has pretty easy maintenance.
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After using the ultrafine stones, a strop with diamond paste would work well
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Leather. Well made but due to knife size they put two snap straps on the handle. It is awkward to undue in a hurry. Would suggest a kydex sheath for carry in real world applicatipns.
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Yup , I also use a Spyderco. Another great way is to use super fine grit automotive sandpaper and a mouse pad.
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The item I received is a split which should work quite well for a short strop after it's prepped and sanded: Both sides of the leather have a rough suede-ish kind of texture and is a bit on the dry side which should absorb heated wax/rouge or buffing compound quite nicely.
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From what I have read of woodblock printing, I would suggest the T-7 hand tool bundle. It should sharpen most, if not all, of your knives and chisels.
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You can get a 6000 grit belt for it. They say that is the same as sharpening with a leather strop.
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Leather I believe it upper leather and for storeing it you should keep the knife in a cardboard sheath to prevent it from rusting also you can use mink oil to keep the sheath looking good
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Yes the sapphire hone does, the strop doesn't that much. The sapphire hone (I'm guessing based on past experiences) sharpens like it's a 1500-2000 grit stone, meaning you still remove metal. The strop just straightens out the microscopic burrs on your blade and aligns them with each other. (Just like bending the teeth of a saw)
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If you're looking for a nice leather sheath, check out patriot leather company. I bought a "Colonial" from them, fits my bushcrafter like a dream.
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It depends on how polished you want the tool to be. Obviously 1000 grit is not 8000 so if you want that refinement the answer is no. However, personally I used to use aluminum oxide sand paper on a 3/8" piece of glass to sharpen chisles, plane irons, gouges, etc. finishing at about 320 grit. To me it was good enough for bench chisels and carving tools. At 1000 grit, the diamond stone is way better and it cuts in a fraction of the time. I tend to want to be practical at the quality of a cutting edge and not at the expense of time. I can sharpen a bench chisel in about 5 minutes with the diamond stone. I can't come close to that with water stones. They are too slow for me. It depends on how polished you want the tool to be. Obviously 1000 grit is not 8000 so if you want that refinement the answer is no. However, personally I used to use aluminum oxide sand paper on a 3/8" piece of glass to sharpen chisles, plane irons, gouges, etc. finishing at about 320 grit. To me it was good enough for bench chisels and carving tools. At 1000 grit, the diamond stone is way better and it cuts in a fraction of the time. I tend to want to be practical at the quality of a cutting edge and not at the expense of time. I can sharpen a bench chisel in about 5 minutes with the... » Read More It depends on how polished you want the tool to be. Obviously 1000 grit is not 8000 so if you want that refinement the answer is no. However, personally I used to use aluminum oxide sand paper on a 3/8" piece of glass to sharpen chisles, plane irons, gouges, etc. finishing at about 320 grit. To me it was good enough for bench chisels and carving tools. At 1000 grit, the diamond stone is way better and it cuts in a fraction of the time. I tend to want to be practical at the quality of a cutting edge and not at the expense of time. I can sharpen a bench chisel in about 5 minutes with the diamond stone. I can't come close to that with water stones. They are too slow for me. « Show Less
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I use Arkansas stones on all my knives including my beckers ka-bar actually suggests using an Arkansas stone or similar system. It's high carbon with other elements so it's still easy to touch up with no problems.
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I have one like this that I use just for the suede side, specifically to finish the edge after honing.I rub a loaf of crOx (green buffing compound sold on Amazon too) until the suede is greenish, then use it to strop.That works great for me. I have not had to re-hone a razor in over a year.