Forgive me if I am mistaken but isn't smoothing and shaping of the razor's edge into a keen cutting implement another way of saying sharpening at least a tiny tiny bit?
Sean
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When we are asked to differentiate between 'sharpening' and 'smoothing' we must take the smoothing option with regards to stropping and not sharpening. A properly stropped blade certainly acts and feels sharper than it was before stropping but it is actually not. It is only aligned to its optimal shape.
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"What difference does it make? Just strop & shave (AKA I don't know)"
There are some things in life it is wise to just follow the herd and not create a disturbance in the force.
To quote Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol:
"But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it or the Country's done for."
The wisdom of our ancestors is in the stropping....
No , stropping does not sharpen the razor . If it did , there would be no need for pasted strops , and finish hones .
but does it keep the razor sharp? Attachment 52859
Mmmmmmm Magic Mushrooms, aaaaggggghhh.....(use best Homer Simpson voice....)
When in doubt, Read the WIKI....http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...azor_stropping