Thanks for the help. Finally sharpened my first knife and even cut my arm hair😂. I’m a single momma of 2 sons and we all love to collect knives. But…. My daddy tried to teach me when I was a girl and of course I didn’t care I would always just bring it to him to sharpen. Now he’s gone and I’m mom and dad. So I’m getting closer to being able to pass it down to my sons!!!’ Woooohoooo

Hey! Today is my first day learning about sharpening knives. Never heard of burr or strop before. Your video is simply amazing! I appreciate it a bunch, thanks!!

I’ve rekindled my interest in sharpening. This is, at least, one of the best vids on stropping. Thanks

I just ordered the stropman.. I'm new to knife sharpening. Thanks for the tips..

This took me several days to come up with and if it does not hit you right away don't feel bad but ekim is Mike backwards #mindblown !

This is a good day. That is the exact model of the Manix2 I am currently holding in my hands, trying to get it to that edge. Wow, very nice. Glad I found your channel. Subbed. It is so nice outside. I'm out enjoying the weather on my porch and trying to improve my sharpening skills. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Much appreciated. Have a nice day!

great video i already knew how to strop but your video gave me a few tips that i didnt already know, also was very enjoyable to watch

This is an old post but I just ordered the strop because of your great review. Well done

I can’t believe it! Every single word this guy says is correct. Guys you have to strop. Most KZfaq videos are just wrong. Watch this one several times. Every word is right on how to do it and what it does to your edge.

not one person in a thousand knows whats taking place when stropping with different strops of different hardness. The strop should be done barely 3 or 4 strokes with a very slight tilt so that the strop is in fact hitting the fresh virgin cutting edge to remove the burr. If a person strops too much--thinking they are sharpening the knife they are actually microscopically rounding off the cutting edge into an egg shaped pointed ellipse because of "the waterfall effect".. what that is if you visualize a soft strop material such as soft leather or fabric being drawn across the edge if you are getting the edge actually you have a waterfall of material that at the micro true edge is MUCH more of an angle sort of rounding the edge. this in fact happens as you can tell by stropping alot. When freshly sharpened with a fine stone the knife will actually cut into a tomatoe test BETTER--NOT WORSE--because of the micro saw edge effect. If you over strop the knife the edge will get TOO POLISHED AND ROUNDED because of the waterfall effect. When you go back to the tomatoe you will find the knife will not begin the cut as well and though sharp--you will wonder where you went wrong.. Where you went wrong is over polishing the edge. I prefer a good solid strop such as cardboard charged with rouge. Then after a cautious sharpen on a fine stone pull it backwards TWO OR THREE times with almost no pressure to deburr and MICRO POLISH THE SAW EDGES that are barely a few atoms wide.. I will be doing a video with drawings. DO NOT OVER LAP..

The Spydercro Para 2&3 are my favorite knives. There’s nothin better

My machete edge is so bad - can’t hurt - polish adds sharpness. --- A haiku.

In a pinch, you can make strops from MDF. It will take a [compound] charge too. I run a couple round ones on my drill press.

I used a knives plus strop for a long time, after about a year of constant use I decided to completely clean the pre-loaded compound from the strop and add .5 diamond spray from chef knives to go, holy shit for lack of better terms, it's incredible the edge I'm getting, I get a hair whittling toothy edge with it, most of the time I could get one or the other, but with the spray I can get both, when you feel the edge for sharpness it feels sticky, that's the micro serrations the strop leaves, if you have an old knives plus strop and you're thinking about scrapping it, give the spray a try after cleaning the old compound from it.

When i strop my knives i put a lot of pressure (DLT Trading strop and Bark river white and black compound). Like that it put a micro convex edge witch i prefer than V edge. But it's better to grind down the shoulder of the edge by sharpening,it help to make a micro convex edge.

Thanks Jim Skelton

Great video. I learned a lot from it.

Great video a strop make a world of difference

Really great video! It gave me everything I was looking for. Thanks for the help mate. Also very nice knife :)

How does the knife sharpen differently if the green compound is on, oh say, cardboard versus leather?

I do like to load my strops up with compound. 🤷🏼‍♂️ different strokes for different folks. ( pun intended) 😂

Good video thank you!

Thanks for the education

What compound do they use lol, you can’t even see the leather!

Thanks

If you don't want to spend the money on a strop and compound, could I just use something like my belt to strop my knives?

More strop and knife sharpening vids please

Would stropping remove a slight burr?

I got some horsehide veggy tanned leather . ( I was told this is best) Should I use the shallow/super soft firm side or the more fuzzy side? or 1 of each? Should I leave one un touched and 1 compound? ALL my knives are convex from my work sharp belt system. ANY info would be great Semper Fi

Does the grind make any difference when stropping

Great video! Thank you. Wish I was good at it lol

ı dont have strop but ı use my leather belt on a tree branch and it is auto find their angle because of free floating position i think. İs it right or tottaly wrong ? Sry for bad eng...

Do you need to reapply any compound to the stropblock? In their video they said you can recondition with olive oil but didnt say whether or not to reapply compound.

...AND you're using a spyderco.. nice

Another great tutorial - which brand chromium oxide bar do you highly recommend?

Did you get the ryobi compounds? And if so was it the soft metals or hard metals set?? I can't seem to find green! What would I use besides green if not available?

Can I add compound on a strop belt.

At some point in my life I'd like to own a few decent knives, however before I do I want to be able to sharpen them properly, so I've been using some relatively cheap knives to learn on. Intermittently over the past couple of years I've looked at dozens of videos and guides about sharpening and stropping. I've spent hours (on a couple of occasions the best part of a day) trying to sharpen my knives. I just can't seem to get good results. It's so frustrating it makes me want to kill someone but I can't because my knives aren't sharp. Just kidding... they'd probably be sharp enough to kill someone. Again, just kidding, I have no intention of killing anyone.

"I'm certainly not an expert at this." *stops video and looks for an expert to learn from

Can you strop a black blade without ruining the coating?

i thought the strop makes the burr straight

so is a strop for removing burs or can you use it just for sharpening?

what do you use to polish the rest of the blade? I have that same spyderco that thing is shinier than how mine came from factory haha

I know it's a spyderco but what kind is it

Haven't you seen the movie "Walk Hard"? He accidentally cuts his brother in half with a machete. But seriously, a razor edge is dangerous on a utility blade of that type. It's meant to be swung around, sometimes in tight areas. Edge type (How sharp/angle of edge) totally depends upon the intended use. Dangerous to lead new knife aficionado's down the wrong path.

Go to the 3:00 mark if you want to bypass a whole lot of needless chatter.

this is very dorky why bother spending all this time on this?