Quote Originally Posted by Bart View Post
Actually, Verhoeven is were I got most of the information I wrote about in my previous post.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/downloads...nifeshexps.pdf

But whatever the explanation, that a "pull-honed" edge is weaker, is something that can easily be backed by empirical evidence: I believe many people can confirm that from their own experience.

Best regards,

Bart.
I read the paper in your link and I didn't find anything that supports your point. Maybe you could quote if for me. What I did find was this:

The major conclusion of the study is that of the three honing methods studied, the best method for removing the bur and setting the edge angle is clearly a final polish on leather loaded with a polishing compound such as the chromium oxide or diamond compounds used here.