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Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-12-05 18:42
The leather strop was good for the barber to break off the 'wire edge' on his freshly sharpened razor - the same bent edge of the blade we call the burr. This leaves the sharpest possible cutting edge, but this is not a scraping edge.
A strop with abrasive compound will develop an excellent edge, but because the blade presses into the softer leather (even with a 'hard' leather strop) the strop tends to wrap across the edge, providing a quick edge but ultimately rounding it, requiring frequent re-grinding the basic profile. A similar result as the sticks, but for a different reason...
My best advice is to hold the knife in both hands at the appropriate angle for the back bevel (even on a double hollow ground blade) and flat on the stone on the front face. The more accurately you can maintain that back-bevel angle, the less rounding of your edge will occur and the less often you will need no regrind that basic angle.
The first secret of reed making
is a sharp knife.
The second secret of reed making
is a sharp knife.
- Stevens Hewitt
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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