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Here is a thought. May put this all to rest.

Serephim posted those lovely lapping film pics of his edges. One of them was darn near polished, no scratches.

Could Seraphim take a before shot...

I guess that I would ask this question.

How plastic is steel?

If steel has enough plastic properties, then when warmed could it not be stretched? Now I am talking nanometers. Such a small...

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To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a 24-foot (7.3 m) ring, or as near that size as practicable.
No wrestling or hugging allowed.
The rounds to be of three minutes'...

Personally I find that that the strop "cleans" up the edge after the my finish on a 12k. It just smooths the edge and refines the cutting properties.

I am finding with Mr. Ugly that I really do...

He actually stated that he used commercial and paddle strops. He did not mention the word hanging. I would then assume that he was using leather glued to wood. Which is what I think he states was...

That handles the stropping part. Thanks. So Verhoeven was right that the strop has no or very little abrasive qualities. What a strop does is to remove the weak metal from the edge of the blade...

I read the section on stropping and hand honing. I guess after that I have several questions that were not either answered or addressed.

1. He stated that regular leather strops had no effect on...