Thread: Stropping leathers and Razor harm

So are we gonna have a thread on various pollen slurries now? Maybe pollen pastes for strops?

Well, seriously, I've thought about messing with diatomaceous earth and plaster of Paris, to see if there's any good honing lurking in those microscopic silicate skeletons. Mix 'em together, hope for an even suspension, find the right balance of plaster to diatoms. There it is, my million-dollar idea.

Horsetails also generate pretty beefy silicate crystals (so much so that pioneers called them Scouring Rush, and used them like Scotch-brite pads), as do grasses. About a year ago a thread turned silly with botanical speculations. Stropping on corn leaves, that sort of thing. I'm not sure, but I probably played some part in that.

Originally Posted by roughkype

Well, seriously, I've thought about messing with diatomaceous earth and plaster of Paris, to see if there's any good honing lurking in those microscopic silicate skeletons. Mix 'em together, hope for an even suspension, find the right balance of plaster to diatoms. There it is, my million-dollar idea.

Horsetails also generate pretty beefy silicate crystals (so much so that pioneers called them Scouring Rush, and used them like Scotch-brite pads), as do grasses. About a year ago a thread turned silly with botanical speculations. Stropping on corn leaves, that sort of thing. I'm not sure, but I probably played some part in that.

I never saw that...but I used to frequent bushcraft discussion groups, and being an obsessive honer/sharpener, I am always looking for new (to me) aways to work steel.

We had several interesting discussions regarding sharpening without conventional means. There are some pretty serious abrasives growing out there. One of my preferred methods was stropping on creek mud on a green cedar branch (after stripping the bark). Stropping on sawgrass works well also, but thankfully there is not much of it around here. Cat tails work also, but I don't like getting wet in the bush

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

So are we gonna have a thread on various pollen slurries now? Maybe pollen pastes for strops?

On a serious note, how do you make pollen slurry?

Originally Posted by Sunbird

On a serious note, how do you make pollen slurry?

Drizzle honey on the hood of a black car, then swirl it around.

When I tried that, all I got was ants.