Jazznow Report post Posted July 2, 2012 Hi folks I bought an as swivel knife blade some months ago, hoping a better blade would improve my work. I worked with cheapo Tandy blades until now. The prob is, that I can't get that damn thing sharp. I do everything as I do it with my other blades which are sharp and polished. Im sharpening it with my stone which is a 2000/8000 high quality one (I get my knifes razor sharp with this stone even without polishing) and polish it afterwards but even after a hour of polishing there are still tiny scratches on the blade and when using it, it shows "drag". Ont know what to do anymore, maybe you can help me. Greetings Jazznow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted July 2, 2012 What color compound are you using to stroph the blade? What angle are you using when you sharpen? Are you using a sharping jig or trying to hold the angle by hand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted July 2, 2012 Stroph should be strop. Sorry about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazznow Report post Posted July 2, 2012 I tried the white compound sold by Tandy nd a red one a friend gave me. I used the angle that the blade already had and maintained it by hand. I succeeded with this on the cheapo blades. Dunno why it oesnt work now. Greetings Jonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katsass Report post Posted July 2, 2012 I tried the white compound sold by Tandy nd a red one a friend gave me. I used the angle that the blade already had and maintained it by hand. I succeeded with this on the cheapo blades. Dunno why it oesnt work now. Greetings Jonathan From the grump; get the sharpening jig. No matter how good you are trying to maintain the angle, you won't be able to do so well enough. Get it, set it and leave it alone. Mine has been set for over 40 years.Stone it evenly and strop with super fine white polishing compound -- then bare leather. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sylvia Report post Posted July 2, 2012 Plus one on the sharpening jig. Keen edge is the one Tandy sells. The difference I suspect is that your Stohlman blade is tool steel a much harder metal. The good news is once you have the blade where you want it... it will stay sharp with little maintenance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazznow Report post Posted July 6, 2012 Ok, Thank you all. I will buy a jig the next time I'm ordering leather stuff and will put the blade aside until then. Hope I will get it right then :D GreetingsJonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
