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    I have used pasted (Dovo red and black, Crox, FeOx, Flexcut gold) strops to maintain my knife, chisel, and plane iron edges for many years. They get a nice sharp edge very quickly after coming off the hones, usually a fine (red) 8" DMT or King 1K. I refresh my kitchen knife edge by stropping after every use and rarely need to go back to the hones. I do not use a steel on my kitchen knives.

    I do not use my knife bench strops for razors. A lot of knife swarf builds up on my homemade knife strops which I do not want affecting my razor's edge. Knifes are also harder on the strop surface than razors. My knife strops are also pasted on the textured side of the HandAmerican 3" x 12" leather which is courser than I want for a razor.

    For my razors, I use a TM linen latigo 2.5" barber end hanging strop. I refresh edges on a TM 4 sided paddle pasted with 3u, 1u, and .5u diamond. These are never used on knives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne1963 View Post
    I use my SRD's strop to keep my pocketknife sharp....anyone else use their strop for the same?
    Idk why I would want to ? I can't even keep my razor sharp at this point lol
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    Well i stand corrected, the poster was certainly not alone! This said, Earcutter's post resonated when I read it - although of course, all respect accorded to others who hold differing views.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Memk View Post
    i use my knife bench strops on my straight razors
    Wouldnt that just make them "bench strops" then?
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    Another knife stropper here, works great! In the field, stropping on your jeans will freshen up an edge pretty well too.
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