Troutfisher,
I do not have experience with Elmax. Probably what gives me the most trouble is S35VN or V4. I just keep at it and they get sharp.
On the old Knife Forums Bark River always said to mostly use high grit sand paper and their compound on a strop and that would work. That will work if it's not very dull but for me I sometimes go to 600 grit and work up from there. Mostly just try to not let them get very dull.
If you haven't tried CBN on a strop it really works especially on these harder steels and not only on convex blades. I strop with CBN on every blade that I own.
Regards
