Marc Sanders - Member - The Prepared

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Reply to: People who have taken a course from the prepared, was it worth it? Posted January 31, 2021

I started carrying a pocket knife when I was around 6 yo…later kind of morphed into a Leatherman. Hunted during that same time. So, yes I’ve sharpened knives for 65 years, or thereabouts. The course expanded my horizons on different techniques, equipment. $15 isn’t much for the content.

Reply to: People who have taken a course from the prepared, was it worth it? Posted January 27, 2021

Yes. Knife course. Been around knives all my life. Plenty of things I’d never seen before.

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Reply to: Leather strop Posted February 13, 2021

Yep, suede side. I used a hair dryer for both green and black. I’m guessing I didn’t get the black hot enough and just ground off the suede instead of rubbing on to the suede…it is smooth and shiny now. What to do with it? I’ll get another to re-try the black I guess.

Reply to: Leather strop Posted February 12, 2021

Speaking of black… I loaded green onto one strop…seemed to work fine. Black, on the other hand, not so fine. It seems instead of ‘loading’, it just sanded off the rough part of the leather. The strop doesn’t look black at all and is smoother than a baby’s butt. What happened? Compound not hot enough? What to do with the strop at this point?

Reply to: Leather strop Posted February 2, 2021

What do you use for draw knives?

Reply to: Leather strop Posted January 31, 2021

Reply to: Leather strop Posted January 31, 2021

In the course it was stated that black was coarse, green is medium and white is fine…

Reply to: Leather strop Posted January 31, 2021

I also looked at knife sharpening websites with the same results. Some of the results for ‘black strop compound’ either do not give the type of compound or not the grit. I did see one that said it was aluminum oxide vs chromium oxide. I don’t know if it makes any difference. Do you? Another admitted its grit was 7 (or 8) microns, which is quite a bit larger than what was recommended in the course. I wish all of the recommended ‘product’ links in the course were updated.

Reply to: Leather strop Posted January 31, 2021

I can’t seem to find a ‘black bar’ anywhere. Some white bars on Amazon seem to be coarser than the green?

Reply to: People who have taken a course from the prepared, was it worth it? Posted January 31, 2021

I started carrying a pocket knife when I was around 6 yo…later kind of morphed into a Leatherman. Hunted during that same time. So, yes I’ve sharpened knives for 65 years, or thereabouts. The course expanded my horizons on different techniques, equipment. $15 isn’t much for the content.

Reply to: People who have taken a course from the prepared, was it worth it? Posted January 27, 2021

Yes. Knife course. Been around knives all my life. Plenty of things I’d never seen before.