Stroping

I just watched a guy on the tube use leather on top of his stone, he said something that made me think. When you strop with a hanging strop you run the risk of actually rounding the edge instead of the edge keeping the VA shape. Any thoughts on this?

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Leather is much softer than steel.
That said,if you let your linen and leather slack it is possible to fold the very edge over and ruin it . however normal stropping on unpasted strops will not dull the edge.instead if done well it realigns the edge and burnishes it.

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This gentleman has quit a nice sem access .also the site is chock full of good information.
https://scienceofsharp.wordpress.com/

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https://scienceofsharp.wordpress.com/201...opping-do/
A great read on leather and linen.

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Thanks for the links, caleb31 ! This looks like some very interesting reading!