stropping?

[nate1865]

I have a Tony Miller red leather heirloom strop. Highly recommended. I use it to sharpen my straight razor mainly, but just recently started using it on my new Mora.

 

[bwframe]

Harbor Freight has these cheap belt grinders which you can mount on its back (so belt is moving away from you) then purchase a leather belt from Lee Valley. For under $35 you can have a power strop.

I've had better luck hand stropping until recently. Putting a variable speed foot pedal into the system to slow the belt grinder down and start/stop it seems to be the key to the best edge.

 

[TopDog]

Subscribing to this thread for reference. I have always stropped with just plain leather. Going to have to try some of these compounds.

 

[Caleb]

I thought everybody stropped... Oh well, reason 492 why you should wear a leather belt... Or at least I do for that reason

 

[Patrolman1981]

Where do I find a Good strop? Or do I just need a good piece of saddle leather?

 

[HICKMAN]

this is a good one and you can order the bark river green and black compound to load it up. they are very good compounds

this is what I use