I use my SRD's strop to keep my pocketknife sharp....anyone else use their strop for the same?
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I use my SRD's strop to keep my pocketknife sharp....anyone else use their strop for the same?
I have several strops for usage on my knives, but I don't use them for my razors.
i use my knife bench strops on my straight razors :p
Most pocket knives you wouldn't want as sharp as a straight so I wouldn't think a strop would do much for them. For kitchen cutlery a sharpening steel is probably the equivalent.
No,,,,,,,,,,,,,
No, I use the back of my belt for that.
And don't call me Shirly.
No , I have enough strops to go around. I even have my own strop solely for my razors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne1963
Apparently you are the only one!
I don’t want to sound mean but what advantage is there to stropping a pocket knife?
My pocket knives are as sharp as I can possibly get them. And I keep them that way. I use a strop on them often. A dull knife, unless it's a butter knife, has no purpose or use. MHO.
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Originally Posted by Christel
If you go on a knife forum you will see many people use strops on there knives. Pasted, naked, hanging, paddle, ect.
There are 2 schools of thought on this.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRNewb
Most of us get max 'sharpness' before stropping but some would use pasted strops to also sharpen a razor.
For me stropping a razor is about 99% comfort & 1% sharpness
For me, yes and no. I think that stropping, strictly speaking of razors, refines the edge, so yes, it's about comfort. But in my experience of honing my own razor, that refinement results in a much sharper edge than coming straight from the stone. And stropping also straightens out or realigns the edge after it has been microscopically bent in use, lining that sharp edge back up so it can be better used. So it is also about sharpness, or more correctly, maintaining the sharpness of an edge.The same purpose a honing steel is used for in the kitchen.
Stropping knives is extremely helpful. I have six strops of various materials with various coatings for use on my EDC knives and only one for my razors. Even after going to an 8K grit stone on knives, the strops can make quite a difference. Check any knife forum.
I agree except on the degree of sharpness. I just don't find the strop makes a big difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRNewb
One of those YMMV things.
It's something to do, Man!
It can depend on what edge geometry your going for .Quote:
Originally Posted by Christel
I like to keep a lot of my knives with a convex edge , imo this can only be achieved with stropping .
I keep a toothy edge on my working knives , fancy ones get the strop .
I've been able to get some of my knives to "hair whittling" sharp with nothing more acute than a 60 degree inclusive edge. That means that they are either shaving sharp or close to it and yet have the stability and durability that a 60 degree inclusive edge can provide. An 8K stone will get you close to that, but a few laps on diamond spray on Kangaroo leather (metal backed) can make all the difference.
Yep; I've done that since I was a kid, and use my one and only strop today for both razors and pocket knives, whenever the latter have a blade that needs to be razor sharp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne1963
Unless they have a damaged edge, my razors never touch a stone, being maintained with the (untreated) canvas and leather parts of my Illinois 361 stop.
Practice makes perfect.
I live in town now. I don't need a pocket knife that holds its edge. I have other knives that do that.
So, my edc was given a new bevel, and i honed that sucker to find out how far I could take it. When I was done, yeah I stropped it. And then did one pass on the face for kicks. The thing is kick donkey sharp and its a fun novelty!!
People ewe and awe when they use it. I don't tell them that after they use it the edge will probably be destroyed lol! But that's the thing - in town, I have the ability to hone it after every use if I want andif that includes stropping, so be it. Its a toy, and I enjoy honing. So there you go lol.
Stropping a knife on leather is old school. 99% of people don't need to. But, if you know what you wan out of your knife, and it works... The most important thing is knowing why.
A guy I work with has a SRD strop for the sole purpose of knives. He shaves with disposable.
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.
HTH
Idk why I would want to ? I can't even keep my razor sharp at this point lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Wayne1963
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.
Wouldnt that just make them "bench strops" then? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Memk
Another knife stropper here, works great! In the field, stropping on your jeans will freshen up an edge pretty well too.