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There has been much talk about proper stropping methods and ideal materials and tools for premium stropping talked about here lately>> and I think it's high time to compare notes on stropping Spyderedges.
I'm sure there are several methods that ...
Started by JD Spydo on
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There are all kinds of stropping....
The kind I use.
The corners of a leather strop why is diamond paste needed? Would not regular stropping compound workI use rawhide lacing with stropping compound or even just the plain rawhide lacing.
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Stropping: angle plus pressure
A lot of people have noticed that stropping can make an edge duller as well as sharper. Some say you need a lot of pressure, some say you need no more than the weight of the knife. Actually, you need to get the right combination...
Started by Twindog on
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by 17 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bladeforums):
I was kinda ....
I've read here that sharpening and stroppingThanks for the pics .
Maybe so.
The first sharpening
The Burr
How to make a strop I just started stropping edge! Much more forgiving on a strop.
Then its hard too get wrong.
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Stropping-Draw Tip Hi Guys,
For those of you who like a little extra draw from your strops, try rubbing your palm back and forth 50-100 quick runs prior to stropping your razor. You should find that this really creates more draw than stropping a cold ...
Started by Lynn on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightrazorplace):
For some reason I have always buffed a strop with my palm before using a strop with my palm before using it, ....
Awesome, thanks for the tip!
i've been using a beer bottle to break mine in I hand rub the strop more laps with my hand.
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Stropping: what micron size paste?
I am going to try to strop my knives after sharpening, since I have read good stories about the effects of stropping. I wondered, however, how fine a micron size (or equivalent grit size) the stropping paste should ...
Started by evert67 on
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by 3 people.
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If your 1000 and 1600 grit stones are of the same abrasive type as the stropping pastes in the finish they....
And I'll probably strop using some leather on a hard particle size.
Of the stropping compounds I will used are diamond based.
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Stropping Strategies I have a few strategies I follow when stropping, just thought I'd share and see if anyone else does anything similar.
1) The perfect honed razor/WTG shave strokes:
Taut strop, light pressure, almost "dainty" strokes, about 10 passes...
Started by AFDavis11 on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightrazorplace):
Was necessary for my stropping - I strop until I can feel the edge and the strop behave in a certain way a bit of pressure when I strop (I think of it as heavy stropping) is that I can feel the changeI like your emphasis....
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Please critique my stropping I just started shaving with a straight razor, and I'm worried that my stropping isn't up to snuff. I know that it will take a little while to get it fully down, but I just want to make sure that I'm not doing something blatantly...
Started by myersn024 on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightrazorplace):
I use a paddle strop, essentially the paddle strop "vertically....
That way you won't damage your strop or your razor's edge when you're trying to get a feel for the movement.
A different stroke pattern, or try with a hanging strop.
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Hi!
I'm trying to figure out the stropping thing . ( See pictures)
I made myself a strop and put on the green compound from lee valley.
It seem like it goes to powder and fall off or get unequal on the strop every time I want to put more on it .
Someone...
Started by Francois on
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by 8 people.
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When lifting the blade form the strop and stick it to ....
But I seldom strop by hand as much anymore; I found that a power hone works better for me stropping is not lifting the edge of the tool without rolling it.
Of carving.
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Might be a strop question, might be a hone question... So here I am puzzling over why my edge that looks so nice, and ready for shaving, fails in comparison to my professionally honed blade. I re-read the honing stuff. I ask some questions in chat. I ...
Started by regularjoe on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightrazorplace):
If no hones, suggest sending it out and starting....
SRD or other? If not, 3 bevels from a strop? Sounds like you need to reset the bevel and start afresh to refresh the edge on a hone, but probably start over with a fresh honing.
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Well lads,
I am messing about polishing some knives, and browsing the web, and dropped in here again. I use a Merkur Futur with Feathers mostly, have some older DE razors and a Dovo Shavette and a Dalling-Bideford "Agent" Straight which is getting the...
Started by Deise Musashi on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at boards):
My best advice would be www.straightrazorplace.com and the honing/stropping forums oxide for a few laps, 0.1 micron Ferrous....
And leather stropping belts,
Good stuff
waterstones, arkansas stones emigrating...
Remember, don't get it hot.
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I read a bit of that page the other day, it also says this :
You may have landed on this page looking for advice about stropping your knife or carving chisel. This page is not for you! These tools often require a little tooth - scratches - to work well...
Started by Francois on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at woodcarvingillustrated):
Interesting article Claude, but it just seems to me that after carving for a while a good strop improves the function of the knife...I guess that the solution may be to nt hone after you use abrasives, but to hone during use only.....
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