Thread: Using water to warm up the razor before stropping

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Actually Neil,with an AK made for military combat,accuracy is a joke Is a great book intitled AK,The guns were built like tin cans,of interest is there are approx 100 million of them worldwide.

+1 to this... I guess the first model of AK came out before the WWII and was not really tested in the combat. AK47, which is still widely in use, was launched after the WWII, in the end of 40's and is a much superior model.
Now, having had quite some exposure to AK47, I can assure you that it is the finest machine gun I have seen and precision is not bad at all. With tracer bullets you can see the same precision even after 4-5 rounds. Failing rate after 20 rounds is significantly high though.

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I'm sure accuracy would be a secondary issue in this context. It seems like may people try to test them to destruction, getting the barrels so hot the wood grips start smoking, etc. I just read of someone putting 980 rounds through one... makes you wonder!

Regards,
Neil

wow... 980 x 30 = 29400 pops - now thats 49 minutes of uninterrupted shooting

The story was posted by someone who had a relative in the armed forces in Iraq or somewhere. They took turn in firing the rifle with beaucoup 30 round mags until the sergeant came and stopped them. THey said it was beginning to cook-off, but never jammed. He said they also dug up old AK47s and tried to ruin them, but they just fired right after being dug out of the ground and cleaned off a bit and kept on firing.

Regards,
Neil

A must read for anyone that has an interest
AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War: Larry Kahaner: 9780470168806: Amazon.com: Books

But the real question is...

Can you load some CrOx onto the wooden furniture of an AK and strop effectively with it?

Originally Posted by crouton976

But the real question is...

Can you load some CrOx onto the wooden furniture of an AK and strop effectively with it?

you can steel an army knife on the barrel though

howd we get so far away from the aforementioned subject?

Originally Posted by seacaptainchris

howd we get so far away from the aforementioned subject?

Good question important questions I think,info that nobody can answere,so we just move along till next time

Stropping does actually remove metal from the blade.
Found a source to back it up since I'm new: WONDER PHOTOS REVEAL UNSUSPECTED FACTS ABOUT Razor Blades and Shaving (Oct, 1931) | Modern Mechanix

Also another study suggests that the beginnings of a burr still exist after all other honing is done and that stropping helps make this not-a-burr uniform:
http://www.coticule.be/stropping-a-straight-razor.html

I would however like to know the outcome of the experiment. Anyone have an opinion on if it made a difference?

I've noticed that the razor seems to drag back & forth nicer on the strop when the blade's warm,although mine are always warm, as I use hot water to rinse off the mineral oil from the blade just prior to stropping.