Re: strop for knife sharpening?
- From: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:03 -0700
Jack wrote:
Was watching an old movie and there was a scene in a barebrshop and the
barber was running his straight razor up and down a leather strop (not
strap, although it is a strap). What does this do for an edge? Does it
really sharpen it or just act like a steel does for a kitchen knife? I
have available to me a couple of these from a local barbershop that is
closing and was wondering if it could be used on my kitchen knives? I
know you wouldn't get a precision ground edge angle on the knife.
Apparently similar, if this is correct:
<q http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2002-01/1012505054.Sh.r.html>
The straight razor was stroked along the length of the strop, with the
sharp edge of the razor trailing the motion of the razor (in other words,
the razor was moved in the direction opposite it's cutting direction).
As the razor moved along the strop, the heavy leather tended to bend the
curled edges and burrs back in the proper direction. The stroking motion
was alternated on each side of the razor and gradually would line up the
cutting edge.
</q>
More detail (and on honing, too); scroll down for large section on
stropping:
http://www.classicshaving.com/articles/article/590351/4057.htm
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