Thread: Finding the perfect edge. Yeah right.

Originally Posted by outback

Finally.... Its been hit on the head.! "The strop"
All the honing in the world doesn't matter, if its not stroped right. The edge doesn't end at the hone, it stops at the strop. IMHO

I stopped obsessing over stones a long time ago (though I still love stones), and invested in some strops. I have two pieces of leather and 4 pieces of linen or felt.

If I can polish my knives with super steels on these things (which I can), my straights don’t stand a chance!



I do voodoo on those things! Good voodoo! Sharp voodoo lol!

Edit - hmmm, maybe I should wash them (not the felt) now that I look at them in this pic.