Recommendation? Stone to strop: 1.5k to 4-5k too much?

[knifeandgun]

Hello!


I’ve had an edge pro for about a year now that I have loved, but I’ve decided to get myself a kme instead. ( I don’t like holding the blade)
On my EP My progression was 140 diamond, 220, 500, 1k, 4K,(shaptons)
Which would give me a nice polished edge that I’d finish off on my stropman white( supposedly 4.5.5k grit) then green compound.( 8k?)
With that progression I got some shiny blades but like I said I’ve decided to get a kme instead
The kme would be diamond stones 100, 140, 300, 600, and 1.5k
Now I’ve decided to try and avoid buying their strops and lapping films since I have Stropmans with white, green and red compounds. So I’d be jumping from 1.5k on the diamond to around 4-5k on the first strop.
This would be easier if stropman had actual confirmed microns but I don’t believe they do :/

Would that be too big of a jump?
Should I get the kme 2.5k stone then?
I’d prefer to not spend more but I don’t want to spend forever stropping haha

Any suggestions would be helpful!
Thanks!

 

[maximus83]

That step sound fine. Most of the work should be done on your stones at the lower grits anyway and you have a good set of grits there, so it doesn't matter that much if your strop is 4/3/2/1 micron. In fact, in my case I prefer a 1 micron strop, I want to do most of the work on my stones and only very lightly abrade at the apex when I'm stropping. Basically, I don't want the strop to undo all the toothy-ness and scratch pattern that I worked up on the lower stones, thus, a less aggressive strop. Also, I don't see much point in getting the intermediate 2.5k stone. I often jump straight from a 1200 mesh diamond plate to a 8K plate, or to a 1 micron strop, and have not seen any issues with that progression.

 

[l1ranger]

try it, see if it works for you.

my progression runs to 2000, then I go to .5mic on a strop

sometimes I skip the strop - sometimes I go from 1000 to strop.