Anybody strop their knives?

[Makael]

Ready to ship.

 

[pjsjr]

Ready to ship.
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Those look great! You are such a good person, and have done much for the members of BF. Thank you!

 

[jbmonkey]

Ready to ship.
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whoa nice there, Mike. thanks for doing stuff like this for us all.

 

[DonJGiles]

Those are beautiful!

Don

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Wow! I thought it was gonna be just some odd pieces. Those look great. I'll have to put my Pathfinder on it first, an old Buck knife on a great looking piece of leather.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[gordyt]

I do use strops. I have the one on the top tied to a doorknob on the house and use it for most anything. The bottom two are buffalo hide glued to a polycarbonate base. I use 4-micron diamond paste on the one in the middle and 1-micron paste on the one on the bottom.

 

[Makael]

Packages went out this weekend. I hope the people who don’t strop their knives try it out. It definitely is a fast and easy way to maintain a working edge. Or simply polish up an existing edge.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I received a nice piece of leather in the mail today. Many thanks to Makael, leather craftsman, artist and all around good guy.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Tecate]

I received mine today. Thank you, Mike. That was really generous of you.

 

[jbmonkey]

got it. thank you Mike. gonna get lots of use.

 

[RAZORBLADES]

You guys will love those strops,knives stay much sharper with a quick strop here and there.

 

[P_A_S_1]

I've tried stropping dry and with green compound but don't seem to get the great results so many get. Steeling on a polished steel gives me good results quickly. Wonder if others find this to be the case for them.

 

[turbosquirrel]

Thanks Mike! Extremely generous and wonderful work as always!

 

[jbmonkey]

I've tried stropping dry and with green compound but don't seem to get the great results so many get. Steeling on a polished steel gives me good results quickly. Wonder if others find this to be the case for them.

I use a steel to roll back rolled edges. I find it works well for that, im not a big fan of using it to realign the edge though, only for realigning a rolled spot.

 

[Makael]

Let’s see some stropped edges.

 

[David Martin]

Here you go. Thanks Mak. That's a Feather blade. I'll let you know Monday when I shave,, how it worked. DM

 

[pjsjr]

Let’s see some stropped edges.

 

[Pack Rat]

This may have been discussed already,,but...
When you strop are you laying the blade down flat or holding it up at an angle.. ?

 

[David Martin]

It should be held with a lifted spine, 1/8"- 1/4". Depending on the edge bevel angle and blade width. DM

 

[P_A_S_1]

I've pushed the blade forward slightly until the edge bites and then I draw back at that angle. It's usually always a higher angle then I would expect it to be, definitely higher then 1/4-1/8". Maybe this is too high, idk.