Thread: Warming your blade under hot water before stropping

Originally Posted by onimaru55

The oils in the strop could become thinner giving you a better stropping effect but malleability of the steel can't be affected at that temperature... as far as I know.
Expansion & contraction is a scientific fact & steel will expand 0.12% at 180ºF. I don't know what consequence that would be to stropping.
A change in malleability tho seems to imply a change in temper & hot water simply won't do that to steel under Newtonian physics.

Maybe Quantum physics at work & you may be 100% right about the malleability but the Heisenberg principle says I can't be certain.

Are you certain that Heisenberg said that???

( I detect a Quip of the Day somewhere in there....)

Originally Posted by Phrank

Are you certain that Heisenberg said that???

( I detect a Quip of the Day somewhere in there....)

I extrapolated a little .

Coefficient of friction is the big change, metal is expanded-but still as firm as ever. Metallurgical things in steel don't really get kicking until colors start forming.