Thread: Honing Pressure

The Belgian blue and King 6K are in Germany (members of Nassrasur), often used as finishing hones. Most of them do use a pasted strop after honing. It's reckoned by honemeisters the blue is about 6K so you need a finer hone or pasted strop to polish it further.

Ah, well that would explain why I've always had difficulty figuring out which stone is finer! I prefer the Belgian blue, it seems to be more predictable.

So, when you say pasted strop, is a hanging strop with CrO2 paste up to it or should I get myself a paddle strop?

Ask Tony Miller who sells and makes them. I reckon a paddle is better if you paste it because with a pasted hanging strop you tend to round the bevel and also the toe and heel side of the cutting edge.

Fun vid seriesedk442
thanks for the heads up ……
That said: Holy bad form batman! Was that hubris or cavalier?
I wonder why he didn’t introduce the standard or ‘proper’ method before he went to his “I’ve been doing this a lot and picked up some bad habits’ dog and pony routine.

Don’t get me wrong I am really happy I watched it and glad he made it but come on “I’m just gonna wipe it off on my shirt”.