Would you get the 14/10 in leather or balsa?
I wonder this as well as I haven’t purchased any strops yet and have been doing some research before I purchase them. I see that people state that the leather brings of the polish but balsa brings out crazy sharpness so I was thinking of 14/10 and 5/3.5 on leather to bring out the shine and then the 1/.6 micron on balsa to bring out that final edge and insane sharpness.[/quote]
At such a fine grit/low micron, I’d recommend leather. Stropping is simply another phase in the overall sharpening process. Just like you move to higher and higher grits with the diamonds, the stropping media and the compound applied need to follow the same linear progression. All in all, taking into consideration the entire spectrum from point A to point Z, the abrasives used get finer and finer.