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Stropping
Won a strop last week on the ESEE forum. I've never used one before and was amazed at results. Next level of hand sharpening for me.
Anyone else using strops ?
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Use any compounds ?Originally Posted by Wulf202
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to Fight, he'll just kill you.
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I've dabbled in stropping.
Never got too fancy though. One of my diamond hones has a leather case that I've used that works surprisingly well.
In this same general idea anyone recommend a good sharpening kit for high end kitchen knives? There are so many options out there
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I use a sharpening steel on all my kitchen knives before using. This seems to keep them sharp and I avoid having to bring a knife back from being dull.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to Fight, he'll just kill you.
Any of the angle guided sharpeners should you do fine. Lanksy (with diamond stones and sapphire stone), edge pro, wicked edge. On the single sided systems work up a burr, then switch sides. With the lanksy diamond stones I only use oil on the sapphire stone. A kitchen knife will probably be a 15 or 20 degree edge.
I have a Stropping belt for my Ken Onion work sharp system love it
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Using a strop for several years. Not in the traditional way though. Have a couple strops for my Edge Pro sharpener. I commonly sharpened up to 10K grit using Chosera stones, then a couple dozen very light pressure strokes on the strop, increase the angle 1-1 1/2 degrees. No compound. Will touch up my EDC on the strop as well.
DFBrews, the Edge Pro is an excellent sharpener, been using it for 15yrs. Maybe Delfuego will come along. Sharpened a vegetable cleaver for him, he took a bit of the tip of his finger off!!!
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