Well bugger me - I've been doing it wrong all this time.
I use the 'rough side up' since it is more absorbent and you can load it up better with compound.
I use PFERD 800 grit grinding compound available form PPS in Auckland.
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Well bugger me - I've been doing it wrong all this time.
I use the 'rough side up' since it is more absorbent and you can load it up better with compound.
I use PFERD 800 grit grinding compound available form PPS in Auckland.
This is good. I have not yet stuck the leather down.
Maybe if i dont stick it to a board i can use both sides?
I go for rough...
Well considering your knife collection Tahr and by that alone I will go with the rough side :D No offence to smoothies on here ;)
Put the rough side up, it will eventually go smooth anyway, but rough will let you get more compound on the leather. Make the strop quite long as a good long stroke is better than a short one, terrible to run off the end.
Use lots of glue, and rough up the smooth side with 40 grit sandpaper or a wire brush before you glue it down, you don’t want it lifting.
Put the rough side up, it will eventually go smooth anyway, but rough will let you get more compound on the leather. Make the strop quite long as a good long stroke is better than a short one, terrible to run off the end.
Use lots of glue, and rough up the smooth side with 40 grit sandpaper or a wire brush before you glue it down, you don’t want it lifting.
Yeah man. It's the icing on the cake. When I finish on the stones my knives will glide through paper and shave, but after a strop the hair jumps off.
Really does take it from good and sharp to absurdly sharp. Also makes the edge look all shiney and nice.
Once you start using one you'll never go back
There is still a role for the a traditional steel. The steel has the advantage of WORK HARDENING stainless steel edges.
Have a look at this geezer to get the gist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLEdjBP3gLs
Hope that is useful.
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Just don't get one with the studs, they hurt like hell.