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I'm jealous of all the polished edges I see around here so I've been practicing my freehand sharpening skills. So far I've used an old wetstone (unknown grit) and waterproof sandpaper up to 600 grit.
This weekend I've made my first strops to get my edges shiny. I want to use one with a polishing compound, on the other just the bare leather. I've used 18mm thick birch plywood as a base, dimensions are 50x400mm. Here's how they look:
Once I get the hang of it I hope to be able to show off some shiny edges
Hope you guy enjoy seeing my handywork
edit:
It's hard to photograph the edge properly, but this is the result after stropping
On top the loaded strop, below the clean leather strop.
This weekend I've made my first strops to get my edges shiny. I want to use one with a polishing compound, on the other just the bare leather. I've used 18mm thick birch plywood as a base, dimensions are 50x400mm. Here's how they look:
Once I get the hang of it I hope to be able to show off some shiny edges
Hope you guy enjoy seeing my handywork
edit:
It's hard to photograph the edge properly, but this is the result after stropping
On top the loaded strop, below the clean leather strop.
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