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Chippy Basic Sharpening Theory vs.... 07-11-2010, 12:31 PM
MickR You strop into the strop and... 07-11-2010, 01:08 PM
gssixgun The straight razor is a bit... 07-11-2010, 02:47 PM
Ryan82 As far as stropping goes, I... 07-11-2010, 03:47 PM
niftyshaving Two topics -- wire edge/ burr... 07-11-2010, 06:43 PM
Stubear The name of the process where... 07-11-2010, 11:12 PM
hoglahoo I don't think plain leather... 07-12-2010, 01:27 AM
Guarnera Overheating an edge for any... 08-18-2010, 07:53 PM
JimmyHAD Welcome to SRP Chippy. Here... 08-18-2010, 08:43 PM
Hawkeye5 I used to strop my knives... 08-19-2010, 02:20 AM
MickR I made a large strop for a... 08-20-2010, 06:29 AM
niftyshaving In this case the machete... 08-22-2010, 02:03 AM
LawsonStone Maybe he's talking about... 08-24-2010, 02:40 PM
niftyshaving Not case hardening.... Just... 08-24-2010, 04:46 PM
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    The name of the process where an edge is refined on leather is burnishing. There are some pics around here somewhere showing the refining of the edge as you strop. IIRC, butch harner posted them, but I can't find them right now...!
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