Dog Collar With Handle

[Oldtoolsniper]

If it's only to handle the dog supervised I can see a handle for correcting the dog at heel. I have a lab that I hunt with and I put a concho on a collar and was amazed at the crap he managed to bring back to me stuck in that concho. I would imagine a handle on a hunting dog collar while hunting would be a real safety concern.

As for sharp. You can make a carpet or utility blade knife scalpel sharp and you should learn to do it. The blades are inexpensive and not hard to source locally. Make a strop and go to the local auto body shop unless you have a good automotive paint store locally and buy a 3000 and 5000 grit sticky disk to sharpen with. Do not get the Velcro backed ones you want PSA disks. They may have it in wet dry paper as well if so get that. Google "Scary Sharp " method with sandpaper read it and try it. There is a learning curve but you can get 100 utility blades for $10-15 on sale, once you learn to sharpen them it's a lifetime supply and they will cut way better then a factory edge.

My recommendation to go to a auto body shop is because they use that high of grit to polish out clearcoat, most home centers stop at 600 grit wet dry. If you can find the sandpaper its more convenient for sharpening but most paint shops use the round 5 and 6 inch disks. After you figure it out get on line and order some in the grits you find work for you. When you get it right the blade will cut through the leather, the self healing mat and into the table below with very little effort. The leather will not pull and pucker when you cut it, it will just lay there and be separated. New utility blades are just not very sharp. Getting them and your other cutting tools sharp is a basic skill, learn on the inexpensive utility blades and then expand.