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I am not sure to which response you are responding.

But I agree with you that any material can eventually remove metal given enough pressure, strokes and time. Leather is arguably the finest...

I LOL at your response. Very funny. I am delighted that you actually performed the experiment. You are correct in your assessment. The SR at the 1k level is not 100% but it is amazingly close. ...

No I am not Murray Carter. :D
But I do own one of his excellent hunting knives. I suppose if I were going to shave with it I may consider his sharpening method, but it is not what I use on my...

I know it sounds crazy but the 1k seems to leave some "teeth" on the edge that really cuts the whiskers without hurting the skin. However, the CrO balsa or leather for 40 or more laps followed by...

You make a good point. I agree that stropping will not make a bad edge better or shave ready. However, your statement does support the fact that stropping does make a good edge even better. ...

This is a very good question and is so very difficult to quantify. All we have are experienced, anecdotal, qualitative data from users on this, and other, blogs. Of course this is valuable data for...