[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Using a strop?

Posted: 5/28/2011 10:32:25 AM EDT

Didnt see a sharpeing section so I figured I would put this here. Whitch side of the strop do yuo use to put the final edge on a knife? The soft side ( the inside of the cow) or the hard side (the outside of the cow)? and whitch side do you put honing compund or jewlers rouge on?

Posted: 5/28/2011 10:47:43 AM EDT

[#1]

The smooth (hard) side is for finishing.

I use the compound on the suede side only, but you can use it on both sides. My personal "compound" is just the dust off my stones. As I sharpen, I wipe the dust off on the suede.

That make sense?

Just make sure the burr is full length. I couldn't tell you how many times I missed a spot.

Posted: 5/28/2011 10:50:15 AM EDT

[#2]

I use the hard side for the compound and glue the soft side to a piece of wood. But, I use some fine grit sandpaper and sand the hard side some to make it "fuzzy" before I put compound on it. I use Bark River coupound BTW. Works great.

Posted: 5/28/2011 10:54:11 AM EDT

[#3]

Cool, thanks for the help guys, and yes wsix that made perfect sense.

Posted: 5/29/2011 11:36:23 AM EDT

[#4]

Diamond paste FTW

Posted: 6/1/2011 6:27:51 PM EDT

[#5]

Don't have one yet, but the inside of a medium quality leather belt and some Dremel metal polish does a pretty bang up job. Just got to keep the right tension on it (lots). I shaved with my Skyline after I was done sharpening it like this.

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