Thread: Too Sharp

Originally Posted by gssixgun

When it comes to stropping the Verhoeven paper is all but useless.. great read for honing and edge dynamics.....

Agreed. My inference from his paper indicates stropping remained a mystery to him and his electron microscope.

Originally Posted by DaveW

..... You just need to accumulate the experience so that you know what works and what causes problems. Figuring out how to communicate what it is exactly you do (if anyone even wants to hear it) can come second or never.

Did you just say YMMV? I completely utterly concur with this statement.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Honestly any time somebody says "Wire Edge" and Straight Razor Strop in the same sentence you lose my attention..

I cannot even imagine a wire edge on a razor, besides maybe at the 1k or less level, on a SERIOUS restoration, let alone "Knocking one off" with a strop..

Please repeat this often Glen. Spot on.