Thread: The strop is the thing

I could be misinterpreting what is happening, but it seems like the untreated cotton canvas strop that I'm using is abrading in addition to burnishing. It seems to act like a very fine hone in some ways. The leather strop does seem to be mostly a burnisher.

I haven't looked at the edge through a microscope, but I also suspect that the edge is getting convexed, if only slightly during the stropping. I try to sort of just fractionally lift the weight off of the spine during the stroke. My Dovo has gone without any other type of honing for six months or so, mostly only on the leather and still seems to have stayed at the same level sharpness during that time.