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Author Topic: KME knife or broadhead sharpener  (Read 942 times)

Offline Joe Clark

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2008, 03:53:00 PM »
I received a KME a couple weeks back. For the first time last night I had some time to get serious with it. I spent a couple of hours sharpening old broadheads to give me a little practice on technique and to just figure the thing out. After my final pass on the last stone I could tell the heads were right on the edge of being hair popping sharp, but I couldn't get them their with just the stone. I am sure with more practice I will. However, I pulled out my leather strop and used the KME sharpener to run the heads a couple of passes over the strop and BINGO!! I got some major bald spots on my arms and legs. I finally had to quit shaving my arms cause I was going to get questions. The heads will plow hair after I put them on the leather strop. I am still going to work with getting them this sharp with just the stones but I can't imagine it would hurt to put them across the leather strop a couple of passes as a final step.

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2008, 09:32:00 PM »
I talked to Ron this afternoon about the knife sharpener.  Nice guy!  Anyhow, I asked him about stropping after using the fine hone.  He said that he just uses stiff cardboard as a strop, and that it works incredibly well.  I plan on ordering one soon so I will be able to give it a try pretty soon.

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2008, 11:46:00 PM »
hmmm...stiff cardboard.
 running it back into the blade, sharp end to back, or vice versa?  gonna go try that right now...
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Offline elkbreath

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2008, 12:44:00 AM »
By golly, that cardboard thing works.
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Offline Sharpster

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2008, 08:48:00 AM »
Yea, dry cardboard works very well as a stropping material. I like a good fresh piece cut from a corrogated cardboard box. Just a few light strokes straight AWAY from the edge on each side will oftem take the broadhead (or knife) from shaving sharp to plowing sharp, and like I tell everyone- you sure can't beat the price.

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Offline Deadsmple

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2008, 09:36:00 AM »
Hey Ron, you got other friends in the meat industry? I learned that trick many moons ago as a fledgling butcher.
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Offline Rick Wiltshire

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2008, 09:36:00 AM »
Ron,

Does the cardboard put a better final edge on the blade than your fine stone?

Rick

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2008, 10:08:00 AM »
Sorry to sound so dense here, but what direction is AWAY from the head?

Offline BobW

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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2008, 10:29:00 AM »
opposite direction than using for shaving
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Re: KME knife or broadhead sharpener
« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2008, 02:51:00 PM »
Thanks Bob!

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