Belts, Strop & a Benchstone from Bob Dozier

Feuer686

Feuer686

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These arrived while I was in class today. The benchstone is Extra Fine/Fine. I'll be trying out and learning some sharpening on it and the strop, any tips or guidelines by any here are appreciated, hope you like the pics.

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Stropping is not difficult. Use a light touch. One of the keys is to make sure you have a sharp edge to start with before using the strop.

Sharpen well first, and use the strop to finish. Getting a wire edge and then knocking that off.

With stropping on leather, the leather is a soft backing. Use little or no pressure. If you push, the leather will wrap the edge, and actually dull it.


Finding the angle is very important. The angle you strop at is the same angle the edge wants to cut the strop at if you went edge first. You don't actually want to cut the strop (saw a "how to" video where the guy recommended cutting the strop to find the angle.....your nice strop will look very ugly very quickly like that).
I use a loaded strop (they make many compounds). If the strop is bare leather, you need a very fine grit pattern for bare leather to be effective.

With a loaded strop, you don't have to have a super refined edge to get it nice and sharp. I have taken an edge straight from a worn 200 grit belt straight to the strop and been impressed.
 
Nice stuff. Be careful when sharpening a knife point on your duo dmt plates. I prefer dia (continous) dmt plates. Try some of your green rouge on the strop. Just go to it and gain some experience. DM
 
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