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Author Topic: Sharpening RazorCaps?  (Read 487 times)

Offline Deadbolt

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Sharpening RazorCaps?
« on: October 09, 2007, 02:32:00 PM »
Just curious who uses Nap RazorCaps how ya'll go about sharpening them?

My accusharp only gets a small section of it before the plastic rubs the other blades, I have a few other sharpeners as well but the razorcaps are to long and narrow for any of them.  Just curious how ya'll go about doing it?  Stone w/ oil/water?  Any tips would be awsome!

Offline bjk

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2007, 02:48:00 PM »
Same as the WW, but with stones, rather than a file.    Use regular stones, KME/lansky type rigs, japanese stones, wet sandpaper glued to anything flat.

I finish on leather or a ceramic rod.

Offline MI_Bowhunter

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2007, 02:51:00 PM »
I use a file and stone, just like you would for a Woodsman.

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Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2007, 03:04:00 PM »
KME has an India Oil Stone for about $17. It has a coarse and fine grit and the coarse is really good at getting the initial angle and rough edge done...much easier than with a file. I had been using DMT diamond stones but the KME is way cheaper and seems to be as good if not better. When I get the rough edge, which is actually good enough to hunt with,  then I simply mone on to finer grits...2 blades at time pulling the head towards me (as opposed to pushing it away from me). I finish up using a round ceramic stick and do two blades at a time, pulling towards me with the weight of the head as the only resistance to the ceramic rod.
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Offline macbow

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2007, 03:10:00 PM »
I also sharpen them just like the WW.
My friend just told me he uses a small tungston carbide scraper that Cabella's has said it was the camo one listed. Very sharp with little effort.
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Offline buckracks7

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2007, 03:11:00 PM »
I use a old butchers steel made in Germany. I could always use more if you don't like them.
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Offline Deadbolt

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2007, 03:40:00 PM »
Awsome guys thanks a TON!!!

Offline **DONOTDELETE**

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2007, 04:16:00 PM »
I do my Snuffers the same way as others do WW.IMAO, that is the best way to sharpen any 3-blade

Offline southpawshooter

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2007, 04:38:00 PM »
File across the flats with a mill bastard or medium diamond stone lightly then hit up with a butcher's steel.
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Offline brmize

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2007, 04:58:00 PM »
What a place. I logged on this afternoon to ask this very question. Only here could someone else beat me to such a specific question. I love this board.

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Offline Dave Lay

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2007, 05:13:00 PM »
g3 makes a nice steel for thier 3 blade, its 2 diffrent grits (one on each side) and should do very well with a razorcap
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Offline Deadbolt

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Re: Sharpening RazorCaps?
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2007, 07:13:00 PM »
Thanks again everyone for all the input!

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