Thread: Strop Treatments: How far should we take it???

Correction, the site sells up to 640,000 grit and you can choose to finish your blade on it if you choose to send your blade for a honing service ($15).

Stefan, I'm not suggesting that the paste/spray will compensate for overhoning, I'm wondering if using these treatments, or a progression of them increases the risks of over honing.

Overhoning is a myth. If you are honing correctly, then overhoning only occurs when you are removing more steel than necessary or the wife starts to complain about you honing all the time. If you are honing correctly at the correct angle, you can't overhone.

As for stropping at 640K, I'd be concerned about creating a warp in the fabric of time.

Originally Posted by ace

Overhoning is a myth. If you are honing correctly, then overhoning only occurs when you are removing more steel than necessary or the wife starts to complain about you honing all the time. If you are honing correctly at the correct angle, you can't overhone.

As for stropping at 640K, I'd be concerned about creating a warp in the fabric of time.

LOL.

My wife has learned to deal with it already. I have my cutting board I put on my lap while we watch our hour of TV before bed and play with my stones every night

Originally Posted by ace

As for stropping at 640K, I'd be concerned about creating a warp in the fabric of time.

Honing on the surface of a 2D String cam have huge implications on the edge

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Correction, the site sells up to 640,000 grit and you can choose to finish your blade on it if you choose to send your blade for a honing service ($15).

Stefan, I'm not suggesting that the paste/spray will compensate for overhoning, I'm wondering if using these treatments, or a progression of them increases the risks of over honing.

I do not know if you can overhone, but the edge can be messed up if not careful.
On another hand people get so hung up on grit numbers, while not much attention is payed to honing technique and mechanics. If the edge is not perfectly ready before it goes to the finishing stage, then those super fine pasts will not do any good.

I guess my question pertains to someone that is using a good enough technique to produce a comfortable shaving edge. If you are getting an edge that is comfortable for your face but want to squeeze an extra little bit out of your razor by using something like a paste etc, how far should we be taking it before it just gets obscene.