alternative for Khukuri stropping

WarrenR

WarrenR

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My apoligees if someone had mentioned this before...

I found A cheap and highly effective device for stropping:
While searching through my autobody supplies & tools for some fine grit wet/dry paper, I came across my 9"x3" sanding block. Many of you have probably seen them before in hardware stores like Home Depot. This one is plastic w/ a handle, has a 3/16" foam-rubber pad attached to the base, and has spring clips on either end to secure sanding paper.

I attached a strip of 1500 grit, secured the handle in the vise, and proceeded to do some stropping. Nice...very nice I said to myself as I gleemed over the shaving sharp edge it left w/ minimal effort...
It's cheap (around $5-$8), big (9"x3" surface), works great, and securely holds the wet/dry paper. Nice part about placing in a vice is it allows 1&1/2" to 2" of clearance between the hone (paper) and vice jaws. If you prefer more 'padding' you can place a strip of mousepad between the paper and foam-rubber base.
Anybody ever heard of using this/try this before?
-WarrenR
 
I've used a smaller rubber sanding block in a similar manner, it's definitely an effective sharpener. If you use more aggressive paper it will even work well to reprofile a damaged edge (check my sig for details if you're interested). Welcome and thanks for sharing info, every little bit is helpful.
 
Sorry I might have misunderstood, you topic, I only know of Leather or Lead ways to get the bur of an edge.

You use 1500grit sand paper instead of stroping?
Yeaks!...I use a 8000 grit Japanese water stone to "polish" my edge and a 1800grit water stone as a "medium" stone.

If I cant find a strop/belt or what ever...I use the palm of my hand as a strop, the palm also gives the blade a very slight bit of oils, so it might inhibit water marks.
 
One thing to keep in mind JJW,
the grit specified in Japanese Water stones doesn't directly
correlate to USA grit, or the grit specified in American stones. For instance, 1000 grit Japanese Waterstones are comparable to Soft Arkansas, or 500 grit. Likewise, Hard Black Arkansas (around 1000 grit) is comparable to 6000 grit Japanese Waterstones.
nice to know there's standards, right....:rolleyes:
 
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