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Posted: 11/18/2009 12:01:49 PM EDT
| Whats the best way to remove the bur from sharpening the blade? I have a decent edge on it, but the burr really needs to go. |
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Get with Tandy leather and buy a short belt blank about 2 inches wide.
Buy some fine polishing compound from Brownell's and work a coarser compound into the back side, and a finer compound into the smooth front side. You can oil the leather first with genuine neatsfoot oil, but don't soak it too much. Use the leather strip as a stropping strip. Just pull the blade over the leather. Don't try to strop it quickly like you see barbers do. Just hold the blade at the same angle you sharpened it and pull across the leather. I lay the leather strip on the edge of a flat table and hold the end as I pull the blade across the strip, alternating each side of the blade. This works better than hooking one end on a hook and holding the other end like barbers do. |
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Get with Tandy leather and buy a short belt blank about 2 inches wide. Buy some fine polishing compound from Brownell's and work a coarser compound into the back side, and a finer compound into the smooth front side. You can oil the leather first with genuine neatsfoot oil, but don't soak it too much. Use the leather strip as a stropping strip. Just pull the blade over the leather. Don't try to strop it quickly like you see barbers do. Just hold the blade at the same angle you sharpened it and pull across the leather. I lay the leather strip on the edge of a flat table and hold the end as I pull the blade across the strip, alternating each side of the blade. This works better than hooking one end on a hook and holding the other end like barbers do. This is good advice but I only use the smooth side. I use Lee Valley's green honing compound. It'll give you a mirror polish and screaming sharp edge. The only other advice I can give is be patient and don't use very much pressure. |
| The strop I have is actually a slab of a black, hard, rubbery compound mounted on a wooden plank (to keep it flat and give you something to hold onto while keeping your hand away from the stropping surface). The polishing compound imbeds itself into the rubber surface. It does a really nice job also. |
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I cut off the burr on the stone before I move to the strope. How do you go about doing that? Sharpen the reverse side? Is it a couple of strokes or an equal number per side? My blade only has a bevel on one side so I don't want to go crazy and bevel it too. I have a strop thats not currently with me, although the rubber base material sounds like a good idea. Flatter and cleaner than leather. |
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I cut off the burr on the stone before I move to the strope. How do you go about doing that? Sharpen the reverse side? Is it a couple of strokes or an equal number per side? My blade only has a bevel on one side so I don't want to go crazy and bevel it too. I have a strop thats not currently with me, although the rubber base material sounds like a good idea. Flatter and cleaner than leather. a couple of really light passes per side on your finest stone should do it. |
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