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Some people suggest the strop doesn't even have to be pasted to get a long life out of an edge. As I have become more proficient at stropping over time I have certainly noticed my edges do last...

Sure, no one got specific with the paste on the strop, but it is a fair assumption to suggest that most people don't set bevels with a pasted strop and rather use paste on a strop for touch ups or...

I think you are attributing far too much metal removing power to a pasted strop. What is CrOx? 30K grit? 0.5 micron? Compared to a 1K bevel setting hone, what you are talking about on a pasted strop...

However, YMMV.

James.

The surfaces are not stupid, the idea that you can maintain a hone with the exact radius of curvature necessary to impart precisely the same curvature on the razor each time you hone it is stupid. It...

Yes. Sometimes edges are screwy because the razor is not a perfect triangle. Imagine the blade is a triangle with the spine as the base and the edge as the apex. On some razors the apex is not...

Well it has certainly convinced me of the stupidity of convex surfaces... :p

James.

Why is the convex stuff in the Wiki at all? What is the point? Who would hone on a convex surface? How do you ensure it retains the exact radius of curvature as it "dishes" over time? There's a...