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I could probably poke around here enough to find the answers, but I thought that I would just ask.
I just purchased a barber strop from NGK. From what I have read on here stopping is the necessary final touch to a sharp knife. I have been playing around with my new sharpmaker for 1 1/2 mos now trying to sharpen my skills. I am having good results, even though I have decided that I need either the diamond stones or a DMT coarse or extra course benchstone to bring some of my knives back to life.
The strop has a hook to hang from and a leather, plus (what looks like) a canvas side. It is the canvas side that has me stumped. Do I load it with compound? And what compounds and technique are best for each side. I am new to this and don't want to ruin my strop or start off on the wrong foot.
Also, is shaving sharp on the sharpmaker a good place to start with the stop, and roughly how many passes on each side. I have never been really good at detecting a burr on a blade and I think that that is a whole lot of my sharpening problem.
Thanks,
Randy
I just purchased a barber strop from NGK. From what I have read on here stopping is the necessary final touch to a sharp knife. I have been playing around with my new sharpmaker for 1 1/2 mos now trying to sharpen my skills. I am having good results, even though I have decided that I need either the diamond stones or a DMT coarse or extra course benchstone to bring some of my knives back to life.
The strop has a hook to hang from and a leather, plus (what looks like) a canvas side. It is the canvas side that has me stumped. Do I load it with compound? And what compounds and technique are best for each side. I am new to this and don't want to ruin my strop or start off on the wrong foot.
Also, is shaving sharp on the sharpmaker a good place to start with the stop, and roughly how many passes on each side. I have never been really good at detecting a burr on a blade and I think that that is a whole lot of my sharpening problem.
Thanks,
Randy