Got this today :D

[Drkknight614]

Yea, if you dont finish sharpening with a strop, you dont know what sharp is lol.

[PARATOM]

I hate to be a noob, but what is a strop? Is it something you do after sharpening?

[jackknifeh]

I hate to be a noob, but what is a strop? Is it something you do after sharpening?

Strops are used for a finishing step in sharpening. A strop is a piece of leather (usually) glued to a piece of wood and treated with a very low grit abrasive like diamond paste. Some aren't glued to wood and I'm sure you've seen barbers use a strop that hangs from a hook on the wall. They touch up their straight razors with it to be sure it is sharp when go to cutting and carving around their customer's juggler vein. LOL I hope. It will really put a nice razor edge on a knife that is already very sharp.

Feel free to ask any question here you need to. I've learned much more about sharpening from people on this forum than I have any other info I've found on the net or in books.

Jack

[Evil D]

Gratz on the strop. I love my strops. I even have a 14u strop that sharpens almost as well as the UF rod but doesn't mar the polished bevel.

That's interesting. I've been wondering about lower grit diamond paste as opposed to using my 1000-2000 grit stones to touch up an edge.

[jackknifeh]

That's interesting. I've been wondering about lower grit diamond paste as opposed to using my 1000-2000 grit stones to touch up an edge.

I may be wrong but maybe since the strops are soft and stones are hard that has a big effect on the results they produce. Therefore the grits or microns may need to be measured differently. Like EP water stones compared to Japanese water stones. I think a 1000 grit EP stone is similar to sharpening with a Japanese water stone of 6000 or 8000 grit. As I said I may be wrong.

Jack

[PARATOM]

Strops are used for a finishing step in sharpening. A strop is a piece of leather (usually) glued to a piece of wood and treated with a very low grit abrasive like diamond paste. Some aren't glued to wood and I'm sure you've seen barbers use a strop that hangs from a hook on the wall. They touch up their straight razors with it to be sure it is sharp when go to cutting and carving around their customer's juggler vein. LOL I hope. It will really put a nice razor edge on a knife that is already very sharp.

Feel free to ask any question here you need to. I've learned much more about sharpening from people on this forum than I have any other info I've found on the net or in books.

Jack

Gotcha! Thats kinda what i thought just wanted to make sure.

Thanks Jack!

[Blerv]

Very cool .

As a side-note, sorry to play hall monitor but this thread is totally designated as off topic. The only Spyderco reference was Rob adding a picture of a Military.

[rg02]

Very cool .

As a side-note, sorry to play hall monitor but this thread is totally designated as off topic. The only Spyderco reference was Rob adding a picture of a Military.

Sorry Blerv---- what about the SM in my OP?