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Posted: 3/25/2013 5:04:48 PM EDT
| I have just recently got back into blades. I really never got into sharpening before and recently purchased a spyderco sharp maker, which I like a lot. My question is it still common to strop with a leather strap still or jus touch up with the stones after a little more use? |
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I strop something every day. Usually just my EDC knife if I've used it that day.
Today I stropped my splitting axe... Keeps it razor sharp. Yesterday I stropped a friends pair of hair cutting scissors to remove a little nick in the blade that was catching slightly when she used them. My strop consists of a piece of leather that I glued to a 3" wide board. Works great. |
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Reading around, it seemed that strops were what a lot of people used for the final touch.
This came in last week: 
I'm very pleased with it and it works exactly as advertised. One minor thing is I seem to be missing a bit of arm hair and it's hard to resist cutting paper into shreds, just cause I can now. |
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One reason I worry about being able to strop is I'm not the best at finding and keeping my angle. Hense the sharpmaker lol. How much of a chance do I have at messing up my edge or should I jus stay with the sharp maker only? You just have to hold the knife flat against the strop. It's very easy. 
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Which one is that ur using? http://www.amazon.com/Smoky-Mountain-Woodcarvers-Razorsharp-Strop/dp/B0006GT3H4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1364277352&sr=8-4&keywords=strop |
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Just made a strop with a $5 piece of Veg tanned leather, a piece of 2x4 and some Gorilla glue. 2 hrs later I rubbed on some green rubbing compound I got off Amazon for $8 and bam... My knives are now razor sharp, ...
Stropping is definitely a good thing if you like a sharp knife. |
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Just made a strop with a $5 piece of Veg tanned leather, a piece of 2x4 and some Gorilla glue. 2 hrs later I rubbed on some green rubbing compound I got off Amazon for $8 and bam... My knives are now razor sharp, ... Stropping is definitely a good thing if you like a sharp knife. This is very close to how I strop. Leather glued to a stick of 2"x2" and rubbed with green chrome. For those who haven't tried it: I may use different sharpening techniques before the strop depending on the blade, but always finish with the strop. I recommend a bright light and close examination of the edge. Progress to finer grits until the burr starts to flake off, then lightly draw the edge (cutting) across a piece of lead or wood to strip off the rest of the burr. Now it's ready to strop. It's easy to over-strop and round the edge so maintain your angle and don't over-do it. With a little practice you'll be making every blade you touch shaving-sharp. |
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I use the jre strop bat and love it!
http://www.jreindustries.com/strops.htm |
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I use one of these...
http://stropman.com/Jumbo-Leather-Strop-Jumbo.htm |
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Funny thing is, I have known about stropping for years... but never looked at it closely or attempted it until I bought a knife with a convex edge... a trip to youtube and off I went. When I stopped it, I was amazed at how well it worked... I could never sharpen a knife free hand.. always sucked at it, until I got a lansky, then I could get them very sharp...
I can see what the big deal is with a convex grind... and stropping. |
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