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  • #36917
    Mikeyv
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    Wanting to see who is useing strops, who is useing lapping film or who is useing both?? If u want to state why then go ahead but really just looking to compare how many people is useing each at this point in time.

    #36923
    driwash2
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    Using both with great results.

    #36925
    Mikeyv
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    Great. I’m very new to the weps and find this forum very very very useful. I’m starting off with just the film. Really just trying to get a consensus from the the veterans on here.  Thanks for your input.

    #36927
    driwash2
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    The more you use the W/E you will see how scary sharp a cutting edge can get.

    #36929
    Organic
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    I’m no veteran, but I have been using both the strops and the diamond films. There’s no doubt, the films bring out a high polish much faster than the strops do and it feels like the edge is sharper after using only the films. There are several threads on this forum about the effects of stropping that might be interesting reading if you’re trying to learn the differences. The bottom line seems to be this; strops will give you a slightly convexed bevel whereas the films leave the bevel flat.

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    #36932
    378pete
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    Just film, I find it easier. I don’t have to worry about cross contamination and the mess of the paste.

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    #36934
    Marc H
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    I use the films if looking for a visually polished edge. The strops I use to smooth the toothyness of the bevel. This stops the grab when slicing paper and I believe the edge feels sharper when stropped.

    I agree, I also have found the diamond films polish an edge up quicker. Films are also cleaner to use. You don’t have to clean off any compound from the edge.

    Marc
    (MarcH's Rack-Its)

    #36944
    tcmeyer
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    Film only for me.  Sold my strops some time ago.

    #36949
    M1rrorEdge
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    I use mainly lapping film but will use strops for “convexed” bevels.  The film is easy to use, clean, and the results are consistently reliable.  The strops still have a place in the line up but for specific purposes.  The lapping film is a “game changer”.

    Eddie Kinlen
    M1rror Edge Sharpening Service, LLC
    +1(682)777-1622

    #36953
    Mark76
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    I use both, but since the films were sold, I use them far more. Fast and very consistent.

    Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge

    #36966
    SDMF74
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    My F&S Pro will be here 2morrow. I am trying to decide on what extra paddles to buy. I want to know if I can go from the thousand grit diamonds to 1500 grit diamonds then to 5 micron lapping & finally 1 micron lapping. Is that a good progression?

    Also are the aluminum oxide lapping films any good?

    #36968
    Organic
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    My F&S Pro will be here 2morrow. I am trying to decide on what extra paddles to buy. I want to know if I can go from the thousand grit diamonds to 1500 grit diamonds then to 5 micron lapping & finally 1 micron lapping. Is that a good progression? Also are the aluminum oxide lapping films any good?

    1000# to 1500# is a good progression. I haven’t gone from 1500# to 5 micron, but I have gone from 1500# to 6 micron with good results so I think that should be no problem. The jump from 5 micron directly to 1 micron might be a bit too much of a change. My progression usually goes from 6 micron to 3 micron and then 1.5 micron.

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    #36997
    Mark76
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    I agree with organic. 1000 to 1500 is a good progression. Also you can go from 1500 grit to 6 micron film without problems, but I wouldn’t go from 6 micron to 1 micron diamond film: that’s a big too leap.

    Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge

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