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Do I strop both bevels?

FCM415

FCM415

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So here we go: I'm learning everything about sharpening by myself from scratch so pardon the dumb question: If I chose to add a secondary bevel, do I go ahead and strop both primary and secondary angles, or do I just strop the secondary? By the way I'm using DMT aligner and purchased all the DMT grits and a stropman white/green. Thanks guys I rarely have to resort to asking a question myself because everything seems to have been covered before, but I can't get a definitive answer and reasoning on how I should go about stropping when I have a secondary bevel. :confused:
 
Ordinarily, it's only necessary to strop the edge (secondary bevel).

Some factory-sharpened blades come with some rather nasty burrs on the shoulder of the secondary bevel, and I suppose stropping might (occasionally) help clean those up. The examples I've seen, however, usually take something more aggressive to remove them.
 
I like to polish both bevels, it gives it a nice gleam...but thats only speaking from an aesthetic standpoint

I have stropped factory edges to shines...but that took a while and it required starting from black compound.
 
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