Thread: Not Using X Stroke, Diagonal Only

At risk of starting to get annoying, here's the two worst drawings in history. I simply repeat these two strokes; just one diagonal of the 'X'.

What is the sound of one hand stropping ? Trying to figure out if we are doing the same thing, after working a 10 hour shift, is making my head hurt.

Carl,

I know what you are getting at. You go down on the way out, then come back up on the way back. You don't go back to the top at each end. Sound about right?

There was a huge thread on this a while back. A guy was promoting this method as a big time saver. Other posters thought it went against the striations of the blade. I'll try and find it and if I can I will update this post with the link

Update: I didn't find it.


Michael

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

What is the sound of one hand stropping ?

I think it is the same sound as "if a man speaks, and no woman can hear him, is he still wrong?"

I've used x-strokes and heel-forward strokes whilst stropping. I find it kind of depends on the strop being used, which in my case is an Illinois #127.

I don't know any more what I think. I'm thinking in a traditional X stroke, the heel starts top left side of the strop, ends bottom right of the strop. Then you flip the blade, and heel starts bottom left, end top right.

In MY stroke, heel starts top left, ends bottom right, I then flip, heel starts bottom right, ends top left. Again, it's just one diagonal of the X top left to bottom right, then bottom right to top left. I don't do bottom left to top right

I beieve what you are saying is you go from heel to toe, then, from toe to heel. That is a little different, but I see no reason why that should be discouraged.