Thread: Cork stropping

Does it work?

I was looking at one of my metal rulers yesterday that has the cork backing. Just finished sharpening my pocket knife and gave it a couple of strokes on the cork. Not sure if it made any difference or not.

Just curious if anybody ever tried it on a razor.

I can remember one of the members here using rubber or was it car tyres ? for stropping knives. Can't see why cork wouldn't work on a sharp knife.
Never tried on a razor but it may be gentler than balsa

I heard people using corks to get rid of burrs on a knife but thats all. Don't know much on the subject though

Some guys like to do corking on DE blades. It was all the rage a few years ago but you don't hear much about it lately.

Seems like it would work well enough. I wonder how well it would take compound.
With all the experimenting that has been done with strop materials, I would think if it offered anything exceptional or did a better job than leather/balsa strops it would be used by more people.

Agreed. Also cork is not always consistent. I've been slapping my Kershaw across it just for kicks. I have a set of crock sticks on my desk that invoke enough questions. Adding a leather strop may be too much!