Peter, beautiful work on the Bartmann, I missed that post, but did see the other.

So, your wood wheels are they coated, with leather or is there no need? And what is the wood?

I have been thinking of making 2, 3, and 4 inch wheels in MDF and gluing different rouges and Silicon Carbide powders. I have made strops from the pasted edge of a 3/4 in. MDF board, clamped in a vice, that works very well for stropping knives, especially large knives.

Which glue are you using? I was going to use Flex-a-glue which may be a form of contact cement or Glue Tight a form of hide glue, for that.

Do you grind with wood wheels and polish on hard felt?

Thanks, Marty