Thread: The alchemy of honing, solved with a CBN paper strop progression!

Originally Posted by trondsi

Not sure I get it. How do you make the paper strop? And how do you do it for normal stropping? You said ten laps on the 0.1 (paper with 0.1 diamond?)? No leather?

Anyway, I think it confirms something I suspected: razors don't actually need the teeth some people talk about. They need to be very sharp (obviously), and otherwise as smooth as possible. Of course, if you magnify high enough, any edge will look like it has teeth I suppose.

In response to question about making the strop. Not 100% sure but I have a feeling this is vey similar to the fabric/paper strop. This is the sail cloth material Marty uses for CRoX. I couldn't find the full post where he explains making it (lots of details and pics)

I'm sure we'll hear from Marty at some point.






To bond the material once it goes through the D ring he uses a material for hemming that bonds fabric with use of an iron. You can find in the fabric department at Wal Mart or any fabric store (my moms called it "Stitch Witchery"). Kind of like the old iron on patches for jeans.

Hope this helps
Jer