dms1 Report post Posted January 28, 2012 Hello, I bought a "Midas" 7 piece tool set (with Swivel Knife) from the Zach White Leather company that turned out to be a Craftool Basic Seven Tool Set. Anyway the swivel knife blade is so dull I cant even cut my finger if I tried. My question is how sharp should the Swivel knife be? I plan to use my 800 and 1200 grit diamond sharpeners to sharpen the blade, is this ok? Also, I see a lot of references to strop the swivel knife blade on cardboard (which I find somewhat humorous) instead of leather - Why not a leather strop? I have several for my Bushcraft and wood carving blades and leather seems to work well. Thanks in advance Dave S Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted January 28, 2012 Leather strop is better. Cardboard does work and for newbies sometimes they do not have any scrap of leather. Make it as sharp as you can. Then keep it that way. You will do fine. Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
