Quote Originally Posted by HNSB View Post
With my stereo microscope I have observed what appeared to be rounding of a bevel from abrasive paste on a strop.
As I think about it now, it could simply be rounding of the back side of the bevel (where the angle changes into the main part of the blade).
You can very easily check which one it is with a marker, if a flat hone removes metal from the edge, then it's the back side of the bevel, if it removes metal from the back side of the bevel, then the strop had removed it from the edge.