Thread: SRD modular paddle strop question

Originally Posted by GAP

Love my SRD paddle as well - been neglecting my hangers until...... I read in a post somwhere that if your blade was honed with tape, you should use a hanging strop as the paddle is much stiffer and therefore the blade edge will not ride along the leather. Is there any merit to this?

That's a good question for Lynn or Don at SRD. SRD and many good paddle strops have those hollow sections to provide 'some' give when you strop. My guess is that for the very very slight angle change on a microbevel or a 1 piece tape honed edge that you should be fine. But I would want to confirm this if I were you.

I've stropped a ton of razors honed with tape on the paddle without any problems.

Have fun.

Well, that's good enough for me.