Thread: A Unified Theory of Honing and Stropping?

There have been many photomicrographs (sp?) that show the only thing going on at the cutting edge during the honing process is the formation of micro serrations, no crumpling.

Stropping realigns an edge that has gotten "folded over" or bent out of alignment by use. I think in the case of razors it also has a "smoothing"effect, as in, it may slightly dull the teeth providing a more comfortable edge.

edit: I mean no offense, just presenting what I have come to understand from my own as well as other people's experiments.