Quote Originally Posted by Tony Miller View Post
I wonder how 0.25 micron diamond abrasive would do here?

Any of our science gurus care to do a test on the effects of different treatments on canvas strops ? PM me if someone seriously wishes to undertake this.

MParker, AF Davis, Honedright?

Tony
It works fine Tony. I have put the 2 linen sides of the 2 strops I bought of you together and use them as pasted strops. Both have been steeped in soap then pumiced followed by a final polishing with a hot bottle. To this I applied .25 to one side and .5 to the other. I think the real advantage is the tension and stiffness of the linen makes for a great pasted strop.
p.s. the grain is well filled with soap so it is not so textured as when new. Pumicing the strop helps to fill the grain when mixed with the soap also. Less work would have been needed on the likes of a Dovo strop as the linen is finer weave.

PuFF