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10-24-2013, 12:25 AM #1Senior Member
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What's your approach to refreshing a pretty good edge?
So I'm going to hone the blade as it seems to be a bit (and just a bit) off from super sharp. I've got Naniwa water stones 1K, 5K, 8K, 12K. Less is more, presumably. Would you just use 12K or do a pyramid from 8K or 5K or ...?
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10-24-2013, 12:42 AM #2May your bone always be well buried
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Just the 12k and a good bit of stropping on linen and leather should see it back on par.
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10-24-2013, 01:17 AM #3Senior Member
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I'm jealous that's are great set of sharpening stones ya got there. I went back to diamond spray on felt the stripped with roughy leather finishing on English leather and the blade can alive again. I bet that 12K is awesome.
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10-24-2013, 01:21 AM #4Senior Member
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Have you tried some extra long stropping sessions ? If you go to the stones start at 12 and go very light. That 12 works fast so be deliberate with your laps and it shouldn't take too many. :<0)
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10-24-2013, 01:35 AM #5Senior Member
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60 strops is what I've been doing routinely. Not extra long, I suspect.
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10-24-2013, 02:04 AM #6Senior Member
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10-24-2013, 03:22 AM
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Thanks! I figured he might have but a perusal of the library didn't bring it up for me.
10-24-2013, 06:26 AM
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I had the same problem too! I went to YouTube and tracked it down.
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Have you tried CrOx stropping, then back on to you leather strop?
10-27-2013, 04:06 AM
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I'll do the CrOx first, when that doesn't do the job I use the coticule I have.
For a good refresh for me, coticule, then CrOx, then the white / grey pasted linen strop (you can use this everyday), then normal stropping, works great!!
