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“Hold the bevel against the surface of the strop with light pressure and move the blade away from the cutting edge. Turn the blade over and do the same on the other side. The process is the same on any stropping surface, with or without a honing compound.”

The purpose of stropping is to polish the cutting edge, not to sharpen it. Just the same as steeling is not to sharpen, but to straighten a curled edge.

“Contrary to popular belief, a sharpening steel does not sharpen a knife, instead the purpose of a steel is to align the edge of the knife. As a knife is used, the edge will become curled. While you can’t see the curl with the naked eye, a microscope reveals that the edge is askew.”

 

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Understanding-Strops-W111.aspx

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