Wenssel Woodsman Sharpening

[PastorSteveHill]

For sharpening Wenssel Woodsmans, Should I use a File and the Montec Diamond or just one or the other? I will finish the process with a leather strop.

[Mr.Magoo]

On a 3 blade, I only use a file to true-up the angles, then move to a diamond stone or water stone etc ...

[bjk]

Depending on the grit of the diamond, it may be one in the same.

Basically

Some coarse surface to get all edges uniform...20 - 30 or so medium pressure strokes

Some medium grit to take out marks and fine tune the edge

Fine grit to do more of above

Leather to make it scary

My process...medium pressure on file or coarse stone to uniform, light pressure on file or medium stone, ceramic rod, leather strop, don't look at them directly or you'll bleed from the eyes

[jeff / sc]

I have always just used a file.

[PastorSteveHill]

Please explain what a medium grit and Fine Grit stone is. I am so new to all this...

[PastorSteveHill]

Would  (600) be Coarse or medium grit? The montec has 600 grit side and a 1200 grit side... What else do I need beside this and the leather strop???

[bjk]

Nothing...600 to uniform the edges, 1200 is fine grade, then on to leather.

[Bobby Urban]

use water on the montec stone and you will be good in no time.

[Bowson]

What does the water do?

[bjk]

Lubes them...keeps metal from building up...same reason you chalk files or oil stones

[Bob Morrison]

Use the file and leave the wire edge.

[TRADITIONAL ONLY]

what kind of leather strop do yall use? more like how and where might i get one?

[Charlie Lamb]

a nice size chunk of heavy tooling leather works great... try Tandy Leather.

[Charlie Lamb]

I echo Bob Morrison's comment... except I like to "wipe" off the burr on a crock stick.

Most guys end up putting too much pressure on the broadhead after the edge is established... uniform and even.

The trick is a brand new (sharp) file of large enough size to accomodate the broadhead.
A new file will cut with amazingly light pressure.

Once the burr is raised it can be removed and the edge polished (if you want to go that far)by using finer grits of emory paper. A piece of 600 grit would be all you'd need and a flat table top to lay it on.