Thread: webbed fabric on strop?

Originally Posted by JoelLewicki

Just me or does stropping forward seem like a terrible idea?

You Hone foreward,why not strop forward J/K Newbs

How does one cut or nick a strop… if not edge forward?

Originally Posted by Euclid440

How does one cut or nick a strop… if not edge forward?

I know you know the answer to this one Euclid, but the degree of ignorance shown here by one or two indicates that they do not ... you cut the strop because you make a mistake in flipping the blade - turn it too soon at the end of a stroke and the edge is going forwards.

As for someone suggesting it is a less costly mistake than doing it on leather, thats a bit of a non-sequitur in the sense that cutting/nicking anything other than the leather is probably cheaper, eg, canvas, cotton, cotton-canvas, etc. The more sensible among us practice first on something unimportant like a belt, with something that isn't sharp, like a butter knife, before we let loose on a proper strop.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Euclid440

The other benefit of these strops is they are almost impossible to cut or nick, even stropping edge forward. It is great for novice stropper to develop the skill.

Now I have read this I question myself as to whether you really do know better, or whether you just have an odd way of expressing things...

Regards,
Neil

A strip of nylon cost less than a dollar, and one can lay the blade edge first and slide it the length of the strop without cutting or nicking, try it. You cannot do this with leather.

The way we learn to do physical things, is to do them. One can read about or watch videos, but until they develop the muscle memory by doing, will never gain the skill.

So if Nylon is less expensive, more cut resistant and will polish an edge, as well as leather in the hands of one that is learning, it is great for the novice learning to strop and not nick the strop.

Of course the strop is cut/nicked at the flip, because the edge is moving forward… intentional or not.

Neil perhaps you are correct and I should have written, even stropping edge forward “intentionally, as an experiment”.

Good to see you back, good health.

Marty