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The problem with pasted stropping is, not that it doesn't work very well, but that it is hard to control, and that the edge convexes further and further over a number of pasted stroppings. Eventually...

Thanks for sharing that, Jimmy. I knew I couldn't be the only with that observation, although it still remains a hunch to what's actually happening. It's always on blades that have a somewhat wider...

In absolute terms, a secondary bevel is stronger, as already mentioned by Kevint. The very edge caries a more obtuse bevel angle, which is stonger. There's no escaping that.
BUT... The edge is most...