Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
You are talking about the very edge, right? If so, it needs burnishing. You can do this with a bit of timber/bone/plastic, with a groove made in it like a 'v' pulley has got. Make it as smooth as you can. You can get away smearing the edge with beeswax , holding the strop sideways with the edge up, well supported, and run your shaper up and down this small length fasr. This will give a bit of shape and make the fuzzy bits lie flat.you get a better looking edge using gum tragacanth instead of the wax - it is water soluble, too.An alternative answer is to get a really stout, really sharp knife, a metal straight edge, and carefully slice each edge to get rid of the straggly look. Beware that this method has the most potential for damage, as the straight edge can move and you then slice a bit into the widty.I suppose you could use saliva, you could gob in a pot to store up enough. Doesn't sound very salubrious, though...:)Regards,Neil