do you strop on your jeans?

I try to wash my jeans before they become abrasive enough to sharpen steel. If it helps, you need to remove the burr or you'll have a scary sharp edge that will crumple when it hits something harder than a hair. Which is okay if all you use your knives for is shaving your arms to impress people.
 
Exactly. You can micro polish the edge on the back of your arm or even on the palm of your hand. Using your jeans is just a way to somewhat align and slightly keep a polish on the edge.
 
All the time. First on a real strop, then on the jeans (Carhartts, actually). I'll strop using the palm of my hand instead of the Carhartts, if I'm wearing khakis or some such. Any of these seem to remove the last trace of a burr.
 
berzerker said:
All the time. First on a real strop, then on the jeans (Carhartts, actually). I'll strop using the palm of my hand instead of the Carhartts, if I'm wearing khakis or some such. Any of these seem to remove the last trace of a burr.
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Not sure I get why you'd strop on jeans after leather. If I have a leather strop, there's no reason for me to strop on my jeans. Only time I use my jeans is when I'm away from my strop. Reason being, my strop is either loaded with 0.5 micron CrO, or is bare smooth. Going from that level of refinement to my jeans is a step backwards IMHO.
 
I'll use the Carhartts if I've not recently cleaned and reconditioned the strop. When I go to the cloth it's usually time to redo the leather.

As a matter of conjecture, however; I'd be willing to bet that the leather strop--being more wear-resistant--is taking off more burr than could the fabric (I would expect the burr to micro-tear the cotton fibres). If that is the case, leather should be used first.
 
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