On 2/11/2010 6:37 PM, Steven Wayne wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:11:09 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:
On 2/11/10 4:16 PM, Phisherman wrote:
I use a wide leather belt (once used in a bowling alley to lift
bowling balls up onto a ramp). Stropping will produce a razor-sharp
edge.


Doesn't stropping simply remove the wire edge?


No, it polishes.

Steven

And it makes the blade sharp as hell. There's nothing quite so beautiful as
getting a mortise and tenon joint to fit perfectly by shaving just the right
amount of end grain off the shoulder with a freshly honed and stropped chisel.
Cuts like a hot knife through butta.

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