Stropping my Case slimline trapper w/my new strop

jakemex

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I Carved a piece of moulding into a strop handle with my Case red bone trapper in stainless. It was made 14" long to reach across to both my legs to stabilize it while in use. Here I am stropping my slimline trapper, after trimming suckers off the bushes around the house.
 
Looks good! :thumbup:

Your second photo, of the strop in use, reminds me of how I used to sit in my easy chair after a good dinner (usually with a glass of wine nearby), and strop away on the 4-sided 'strop bat' I was using at the time. It was a very relaxing way to train the hands to the technique. :)
 
Very cool. Looks like you also have a forbearing camera-person on hand, as well. ;)

~ P.
 
Thank you for sharing this.

I did the same today with a Case Soddie - resharping it for tomorrows carpenters work :D

I built two of them. Not as beautiful as yous. One I use with compound and the other one with leather. I just clued a piece of leather on a piece of board. And that´s the whole deal. Works pretty well :)

Kind regards
Andi
 
In the picture it looks like you are holding the knife a bit 'upright' as you strop. Is this representative of how you stop ?
I hold a blade just off being flat on the strop. Maybe i need to raise my angle a little ?
roland
 
Looks like fun. A leather strop with a bit of compound is IMO the only way to go in trying to obtain a downright scary sharp edge. Also The slimline trappers or "utility knives" as Case sometimes call them are some of my favorites and an overall pretty underated minimalist pattern as far as I'm concerned.
 
Looks like an excellent strip. I actually just finished giving my knife a good strop. Hope your trapper is as sharp as mine :)
 
rprocter said:
In the picture it looks like you are holding the knife a bit 'upright' as you strop. Is this representative of how you stop ?
I hold a blade just off being flat on the strop. Maybe i need to raise my angle a little ?
roland
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I would love to hear other people's takes on "where" they strop, too!
 
rprocter said:
In the picture it looks like you are holding the knife a bit 'upright' as you strop. Is this representative of how you stop ?
I hold a blade just off being flat on the strop. Maybe i need to raise my angle a little ?
roland
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SurfingSalmon said:
I would love to hear other people's takes on "where" they strop, too!
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Think a bit about what you are trying to do. It's just another step in the sharpening process, actually straightening and polishing your edge without going back to the stones or hones. The blade is held at the same angle as you would be using while sharpening. The main difference being the direction with which you draw the blade. If it looks exaggerated in my picture I wasn't actually stropping the knife, rather holding it in place.
 
Right: "I wasn't actually stropping the knife, rather holding it in place."
I lay the blade flat and then elevate the spine to just where i can feel my edge bevel touching the strop. Then with slight downward pressure the edge bevel depresses the surface of the strop slightly, and then draw backwards.
If this is not more or less what you do, can you elaborate on your technique ?
roland
 
rprocter said:
Right: "I wasn't actually stropping the knife, rather holding it in place."
I lay the blade flat and then elevate the spine to just where i can feel my edge bevel touching the strop. Then with slight downward pressure the edge bevel depresses the surface of the strop slightly, and then draw backwards.
If this is not more or less what you do, can you elaborate on your technique ?
roland
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That's how I do it. It's hand sharpening using leather/compound loaded leather. Takes the rough edges off and polishes the bevel too.
 
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