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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I need a tutorial on stropping. I don’t understand the theory or what you’re trying to accomplish on a microscopic level.
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You can debur but also just sharpen. I have some knives that I have only ever sharpened on a strop….mostly my convex edge knives
Just today I got a delivery of KME’s 4-micron CBN (cubic boron nitride) emulsion along with their Kangaroo leather strop that will install on my KME guided sharpening system….instead of using a stone on the rod. Can’t wait to try this. Otherwise, I use one of my leather strops with green compound as a sharpener for all carbon steel blades and all convex edged blades and no matter if I used stones or ceramic to sharpen, I always end the procedure with stropping…..I have bad luck deburring with a strop…I knock off the burr with a stone…basically I slice it off.
And if I used a knife, I always touch it up on a strop after as maintenance….just keeps it sharp enough in between more intense sharpening sessions.
One can also sharpen using cardboard or even human skin…..so if your in a plane crash and have to eat your friends, at least keep some skin for a strop (I know the skin is the tasty part but you only need a small strip)