i recently visited my local knife shop with my brand new Sebbie. They offered to run it on the leather strop. Is there any reason one should not strop a brand new blade? Can a leather strop have any adverse affects to the blade. Uneven the blade, unneeded wear. It was already sharp but they advised it would help flat spots.
New Sebenza on a electric leather strop
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Do not let anyone, other than CRK, touch up your Sebenza using motorized equipment. Over half of the messed up blades we've seen here over the years were created by well-meaning "experts" with a paper wheel, belt system, etc.
If you hand that knife to a guy with a motor, things can get bad really really quickly. Buy a KSF strop block and enjoy doing it yourself. Very hard to screw up if you go slow, and very hard to turn the knife into a "Texas toothpick". My two bits.....
If you hand that knife to a guy with a motor, things can get bad really really quickly. Buy a KSF strop block and enjoy doing it yourself. Very hard to screw up if you go slow, and very hard to turn the knife into a "Texas toothpick". My two bits.....
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Best part of owning CRKs apart from using it is the ability to care for it. Research what others use to maintain their tools. Invest in a sharpening system that suits you and only then can you get the full experience and really appreciate the design and performance as a tool. If CRK is near to you, then sending it in for servicing/sharpening etc is much easier.
