Thread: The stone or the strop?

Originally Posted by Guarnera

So what do you think makes the bigger difference, the type of stone or the strop?

The stropping will maintain an edge and give some smoothness, like others have mentioned in this thread, but if the edge is gone meaning not shaving up to par the strop wont bring it back, but the stone will, so to answer your question the stone has a bigger impact on the blade.

Now add some paste to your strop and you get a totally different answer.........