disneymike

Thank you for your insight; much appreciated! I wonder how many of you use a hand strop to finish versus using a Wicked Edge strop. I would love to hear your pros and cons between the two stropping methods.

I appreciate your help! I’ll be sure to watch your linked video by Jende. Have a great weekend!

Wow, thank you so much for your detailed explanation! I want to think I’ll be the exception to the rule by not cutting up my first leather strops! LOL

I am trying to be very careful and methodical as I learn. I don’t want to ruin my sharpening with hasty impatience. I want to get the motions correct to build muscle memory as I go. Speed is…[Read more]

Thank you for your insight. You are most certainly right that my diamond stones are just barely breaking in! I will have to work on my patience, but it’s so hard!

Yes, I assume you are using leather strops. Do you use kangaroo leather strops or the standard leather? Do you have any experience with nanocloth strops?