informal poll: current finishing method for sharpening

Find deals on amazon
Miura knives
Japanese Knives - by Tokushu Knife
Kitchen Knife Forums

Help Support Kitchen Knife Forums:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
@ Sarge and Keith Neal: Please post a new thread rather than hijack this one. Thanks!
 
:O
My apologizes. I wasn't looking to hijack; however I felt it relevant because it could affect to my answer to the poll, but discussions of stropping definitions deserves a thread of its own you are correct.

Carry on
 
Last edited:
Sarge said:
:O
My apologizes. I wasn't looking to hijack; however I felt it relevant because it could affect to my answer to the poll, but discussions of stropping definitions deserves a thread of its own you are correct.

Carry on
Click to expand...

My apologies also. I didn't realize a request for some expansion of the answers constituted a hijack. Will not happen again.

Keith
 
Not a big deal but I might decide to count up responses later and lots of multiples and discussions make it more painful than it needs to be. That's why I labeled it a "poll." Thanks. I really do think you guys should start new threads though. If you don't, I might just do it myself. I think there might be some interesting responses.

Damn. I forgot about stropping on felt... :slaphead:

For the purposes of this thread: Stropping = any edge-trailing stroke.
 
Alright I amend my answer then to B. I finish on the stones with edge trailing strokes.
 
D, but I think you already know that Tinh :D
 
tk59 said:
Out of curiousity, how many generally finish by:
A. stropping on newspaper
B. stropping on a finishing stone
C. stropping on loaded leather
D. stropping on loaded balsa
E. stropping on unloaded leather
F. no stropping
G. other
Click to expand...

Mostly D, but I do some C, F, and G as well (felt). If I had some higher grit and/or jnat stones I would B too.
 
G. I like to strop on bare felt and then, sometimes, on felt loaded with silicon carbide or boron oxide. Current favorite final strop is Smurf Poo (Starkie Blue) on bovine leather - really, really fast and leaves an extremely toothy edge.
 
C, with .5 Diamond paste on a piece of leather from an old couch, sometimes on a piece of leather used to make leather motorcycle jackets with well used red jewelers rouge.
 
Dave Martell said:
C. stropping on loaded leather
Click to expand...

mr drinky said:
Just wondering. When do you use felt? If you do?

k.
Click to expand...


I use it between stones but not all the time. I tend to only use it on stainless burr clinger knives. I also keep a second felt pad loaded with chromium oxide that I love to use on yanagiba just before leather/diamond, this makes a really crazy edge.
 
combination of B and G (CR02 loaded felt) depending on what im trying to accomplish, what knife im sharpening and what stone im planning to stop on

side notes:
i have E at work for emergency stropping
im interested in trying A out for an extended time of a few weeks
 
A.) This really works quite well, and I do it often
C.) Preferred method after full progression with stones/ Diamond spray; I like higher grit= 1 micron
D.) unloaded balsa, works similar to newspaper....but, may actually prefer newspaper
 
tk59 said:
Out of curiousity, how many generally finish by:
A. stropping on newspaper
B. stropping on a finishing stone
C. stropping on loaded leather
D. stropping on loaded balsa
E. stropping on unloaded leather
F. no stropping
G. other
Click to expand...

I'm assuming kitchen knives here :p I haven't done much stropping just yet on my kitchen knives and I don't think that my wiping style on a dry towel after sharpening counts...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top