Stropping - Why is it so effective? I've been working on…
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Stropping - Why is it so effective?
I've been working on my sharpening skills for the last year or so, and could generally get to "barely" able to shave my hair with a 400, 1000, and 3000 grit stone. I could get it to shave a few if I focused, but it wasn't effortless.
I just got a piece of leather that I glued to a piece of oak and put some compound on it, and HOLY CRAP, it makes an enormous difference. The hairs basically explode off of my arm. Why is a strop so effective? I don't get how a piece of leather and magic green goop makes steel so much sharper.
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I've been working on my sharpening skills for the last year or so, and could generally get to "barely" able to shave my hair with a 400, 1000, and 3000 grit stone. I could get it to shave a few if I focused, but it wasn't effortless.
I just got a piece of leather that I glued to a piece of oak and put some compound on it, and HOLY CRAP, it makes an enormous difference. The hairs basically explode off of my arm. Why is a strop so effective? I don't get how a piece of leather and magic green goop makes steel so much sharper.
#diy
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