Thread: Strop purchasing suggestions.

Originally Posted by WireBeard

So....first
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6. With pasted strops, how many passes? How many without paste? (I have been doing 10-20 linen and 40+ on the leather)
7. What is the air speed velocity of a coconut-laden swallow?

WireBeard

Do not use pasted strops daily... get a nice unpasted hanging strop and do 20-30 on each the linen and the leather


as for #7 would that be an african or a european swallow?

He has the correct response to #7! (...and there was much rejoicing...ya-a-a-a-ay)...

Thanks for all the responses. As usual, great info and lots of experience to back it up.

At what point do you decide to go to a pasted strop as part of that days routine? Is it when you notice that the normal stropping just isn't "cutting it" anymore? (Hahaha...ok, a graoner, but it was there and I had to take it..... )

Will you use more than one pasted strop during the same stopping routine (coarser to finer)?

Thanks again for all the great info!

Greg