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https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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I recently read somewhere on the forums here that one person --and I think he was a knife maker-- found that denim blue jeans removed a fine wire edge better than a leather strop.
I've seen an old video of A.G. Russell telling/demonstrating how he used to strop his straight razor on the palm of his hand. That makes me even more uneasy than pants leg stropping (which I sometimes do).
straight razors lie flat when stropping.
I don't think that would matter much if you got distracted/had a brain fart and forget to flip it at the end of a stroke...![]()
It seems to help clean the edge of dry fibers and dust more than anything. Never had it do much to clean fresh blades.
......you are doing it wrong then. Rookie error.The green compound stains my jeans...
It seems to help clean the edge of dry fibers and dust more than anything. Never had it do much to clean fresh blades.