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I'm not looking to start a debate:angel:, I was simply musing on the fact that a couple of touch up passes on 30K stone - natural or synthetic - could arguably be used in place of stropping. IMHO,...

It's kind of funny, I was just rambling on my blog if stropping was necessary in a 30K world..... precisely because stropping made up for inconsistencies mainly produced by the gap in hone technology...

I just "dumbed down" my Solingen Bismark to 16K, and didn't strop. I put a piece of tape on the spine (I was considering doing this anyway, since my many failed experiments thinned out the spine...

Charlie, DwarvenChef

I agree, the edge is not "super smooth" off the 16K in the sense of a featherlight blade. But I think Budgl and 2 Sharp are correct, too. It sounds like your bevel isn't quite...

[QUOTE=smythe;408657]Thanks for the info jendeindustries... BTW jimmy = JimmyHAD?

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Yes, JimmyHAD.

Actually, Jimmy has more information about this than I do - I haven't been been in direct contact with Harrelson for several months. His wife has been answering my emails, but doesn't have the...

I think the 16K, and all Shaptons will give a "rougher" feeling edge that you described because the material that makes the scratches is constant, and the soft binding exposes new abrasive quickly,...