don't take stropping tips from Inglorious Basterds

seriously, nice round edge there, tool

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Originally Posted by jehan60188

seriously, nice round edge there, tool

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Might have been adequate for its intended purpose!

Once again I am lost.

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Originally Posted by TexasBob

Might have been adequate for its intended purpose!

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well, i'm just not that well versed in the nuances of stropping, i suppose; when would you ever want a rounded edge on a tool designed for cutting?

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Originally Posted by JMS

Once again I am lost.

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watch the movie, it'll make more sense
or perhaps it wont

You calling me inglorious ??? :rant:

:roflmao ";"

rounded edge? I bet they are talking the bevel, also sometimes known as an "apple seed" edge by some knife makers. It is a more durable edge. Pretend your bevel is this "V" the edge being the bottom of the "V" and the sides being the bevel. Now plump the sides of the "V" a bit but not so much as to lose the cutting edge and you will have an "apple seed" edge

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Originally Posted by JMS

rounded edge? I bet they are talking the bevel, also sometimes known as an "apple seed" edge by some knife makers. It is a more durable edge. Pretend your bevel is this "V" the edge being the bottom of the "V" and the sides being the bevel. Now plump the sides of the "V" a bit but not so much as to lose the cutting edge and you will have an "apple seed" edge

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I think it was reference to a movie "inglorious basterds" (or something like that). Maybe it displayed hollywood's version what stropping should look like and maybe they rolled the razor on the edge. I dunno. Haven't seen the movie.

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Originally Posted by ursus

I think it was reference to a movie "inglorious basterds" (or something like that). Maybe it displayed hollywood's version what stropping should look like and maybe they rolled the razor on the edge. I dunno. Haven't seen the movie.

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If I remember correctly it was a knife (bayonet?) being stropped on boot leather.

Dialog (my paraphrase):

Officer: Stay calm.
Soldier (looks up from stropping knife on boot): Don't I look calm?
Officer: I guess you do.

Calm, but intense.

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Originally Posted by ursus

I think it was reference to a movie "inglorious basterds" (or something like that). Maybe it displayed hollywood's version what stropping should look like and maybe they rolled the razor on the edge. I dunno. Haven't seen the movie.

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Have a look here

Regards,
Neil

It looked to me like a strip of leather he was holding with one hand, the other end pinned under his boot.

Good movie, I enjoy QT's suspense build ups.