I have heard about using newspaper to finisher . how does that work?
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I have heard about using newspaper to finisher . how does that work?
Are you referring to using newspaper as a stropping material? I have heard of this being used. Supposedly the ink is very slightly abrasive. Kinda like bare leather.
In a pinch, it can be used in lieu of a strop, so can a leather belt, or a seat belt, even your palm.
From what I read some where the ink is carbon and acts as a very mild abrasive like super fine paste. Newspaper can also be used to make practice strops before going to leather so you have less chance to ruin your strop
Paper itself is abrasive.That's why they tell you not to use paper towels or tissues to clean your eyeglasses - they can scratch the lenses.
Newspaper (the paper as well as the printed colors) also contains metalls and other hard materials that can damage a fine edge. There are much better materials for stropping and finishing!
Blue Jean Denim makes a very good deburring strop. If I sharpen a knife on stones for example, I can always get it just a little bit sharper with a few strokes per side on denim.
Not as well as a leather strop or countless other materials.
Use the "Advanced Search" button ,,,,upper right,,, put in the key words box "stropping materials" for a list of threads where this very topic will be discussed along with other types of stropping material.