"oh... and sometimes G"
"and B too, sometimes"
This is very interesting. I would have thought that people with a lot of experience would have settled on a "best" way to finish. Why do you use different methods under different circumstances?
Keith
I use different methods because they yield different results. There is no single best type of edge that i've found, so i change things up as necessary to achieve the results i am looking for (or my customer is looking for in some cases). One thing remains true through all of this though... when i am finished on the stones, my edge should be 99.9% clean anyways. The stropping (or not) is just there to alter the final edge feel and edge shape for strength.