Niels Gerven Van

[Niels Gerven Van]

Thanks NVG. But if your hand sharpening sucks. why do you use a strop? For a strop proper angles seem necessary as well?

Im kind of an edgefreak, especially on my pocketknives(mostly Chris Reeve)
I put a polished edge on with my WE, and then maintain that on strops, that seems to be very forgiving. My edges are nicely polished and even, and scary sharp.

Sadly, after putting in very little effort, l gave up on freehanding!
Switched to WE and recently a tormek-like device (Jet JTTS-10). Bought that to sharpen the kitchen knives of friends&family

[Niels Gerven Van]

I use a diamond sharpening rod first, then a ceramic rod(global) and then most of the time a set of strops with the bark river black/green/white compound. No stones, since my freehand sharpening sucks bigtime

[Niels Gerven Van]

I use my WE for sharpening….. Never figured to carve pumpkins with it
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