This chisel, like my BD blades, is hollow ground. Crox on balsa works well but be careful, the edge can get harsh in a hurry. BUY NOW! Leather is used as it is the only material tough enough to hold the buffing compound (chromium oxide suspended in a wax block). Stropping (syntax), a way of marking words as special in a programming language Disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Stropping . Except that the best strop I have takes three days to heat a mixture of green stropping compound and olive oil, spreading, scraping, renewing, heating, and eventually put to use. Find the honing and compound Strops for Stropping that are right for you. I strop after i finish sharpening, but use just leather, no compound. The mothers is harmful/fatal if swallowed. For more specialized stropping, the best material is diamond paste. $22.99 $ 22. $6.00. At the point the process is meant to remove any final burr. You can find our Privacy Policy here. Recently I was at an event where a guy selling untreated leather strops told me there were alternatives to say Marbles' stropping compound. might be too coarse for razor edge polishing. Stropping compound feels similar to a crayon, but somewhat harder and less greasy. 5% coupon applied at checkout Save 5% with coupon. It certainly improved the very rudimentary edge I was getting at that time, but I wouldn't recommend it. Adahn knows what he is doing with a strop I used to be frustrated with crayoning compound onto a strop evenly. Chefknivestogo Diamond Paste 0.5 Micron. If it dries or flakes, rub in a bit more olive oil with your forefinger. We assume that you are starting with a blank leather strop or stropping paddle. It basically dries to a chalky consistency. Wouldn't this be better directed at r/Knives than r/Bushcraft? It has lasted for years. Diamond paste. It resembles the feel of a soap bar and getting some to stick to leather is quite difficult. The strop I can recommend is the Horse Butt leather from TFWW. Metal polish as a strop paste. By accessing Badger & Blade, you agree to abide by the Terms of Usage. Thread starter strangehat; Start date Dec 14, 2015; Dec 14, 2015. (May all be in my head). 99. As such you won’t have to worry about treating the leather for quite some time. These abrasives are sometimes loose, but are usually held in a medium like a wax bar, a paste or a spray. A member of the Woodcarvers List wrote in February, 2001: I have a question that is going to seem really silly, but my biggest problem with carving is sharp tools. Formulated to Flexcut's specifications, this fast-cutting polishing compound can be applied to leather strops, buffing wheels or custom-shaped wood strops as easily as coloring with a crayon. Leather Honing Strop 3 Inch by 8 Inch with 2oz. After all, in time the stropping paste will spread out over the leather. They are excellent with a hard and resilient surface, but I would recommend that they are glued to hardwood for certain flatness. Jeweler's rouge. Do not push the blade bevel first – it will slice up the leather. Buy strops and stropping compounds online from Jende Industries at best prices. Can confirm that it works great. I leave the right on the jig if sharpening a plane iron. Stropping compounds generally come in the form of a wax bar, a paste, or spray. Then it is even to overapply while attempting to even it out. Once submitted, any posts, images, or content become the property of Badger & Blade. Some stropping compounds are very dry and powdery and need special handling to get them to stick to the strop. Get it as soon as Fri, Sep 18. After reading the stropping posts on Science of Sharp I thought I'd give stropping with Autosol a go. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Home / Strops / Green Honing Compound Green Honing Compound is easy to use This fine chromium oxide and aluminum oxide abrasive is used when you want a polished, honed edge on your tools, and it can be used on leather, wood or synthetic strops. Thread starter #1 strangehat. I haven't found a metal polish to do diddly. Valve grinding paste. Chefknivestogo Diamond Paste 0.75 Micron. Highly compatible honing compound: can be used on commercial and home-made leather, canvas, and balsa strops. Carhartt work pants are made of canvas duck, if that helps identify it for you. When stropping in between the sharpenings like you describe the compound makes an improvement. I can second Kieth on the TI white paste. There's no special secret formula. Press down firmly to ensure the leather is stuck to the wood. Many; cloths, leathers, hanging & on on wood, paper towel on wood, in my hand.. well, did that once & it wasn't fun, polys, suedes, glass. I have not learned the proper way to do this yet and I have been carving for 2+ years. Though I don't see why he would recommend against Marbles' compound unless purely for cost. Imagine that your razor’s edge is made up of tiny metal hairs… er, microscopic metal fibers. level 1. Summary Stropping compounds make it easier and faster to reach a razor sharp edge because the compounds are slightly abrasive. Simply use the compound as a crayon to apply the compound to the strop. I think his comments were all about cost, although it doesn't seem like we are talking about meaningful amounts of money here unless the stropping is happening on an industrial scale. Has anyone tried that? Need to contact the B&B Team? You may be causing microchipping, which could improve the HHT, because the razor is effectively serrated now, on a microscopic level, but will not be a smooth long lasting edge. Here is our complete line of strops and stropping supplies for sharpening and refining the edges on your knives and razors. 5pc Richmond Strop Kit w/ 3" x 11" ... Chefknivestogo Diamond Paste 0.25 Micron. chromium oxide (green)works very well provided you find it in small enough microns. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, http://stropman.com/Stropping-compounds-Compound-Choice.htm. The following is a reposting of Derek Cohen’s “Stropping with green compound verses diamond paste”, which originally appeared on his website, In The Woodshop in January 2009. Stropping Compound Set of 3 Diamond Strop Paste Tubes (3x5g) to Make Your Knives, Razors, and Woodworking Tools Scary Sharp. It is not a substitute for honing. What ingredient in toothpaste is harder than hardened steel? $6.00. sharp end trailing). There are a lot of other cheaper sources for it. He claimed to be a metalurgist and also had some opinions on knife steel, but that is probably a better topic for another post. A heavy canvas duck material could also work as a substitute for denim. It helps to sit down while doing so. White on the other...used it for years. Stropping compound is just a suspension of harder-than-steel particles in a carrier, right? In our range you can find, among others, sharpening paste made by DMT and Wicked Edge. Before long it will need very little compound re-applied. $19.99. To prepare your stropping paddle, strop or strap you only need a little paste, spray or balm. Press hard and make sure the compound is equally covering the strop. JavaScript is disabled. If you’re new to the world of stropping and are … Actually Dovo White past goes on linen strops. Another popular compound is "Yellowstone" which I have never used. SHANZU leather sharpening strop kit 3" x 8" with Green Polishing Compound Knife Stropping Block for Sharpening and Honing- Knives, Straight Razor, Woodcarving Chisels etc. I have a linen strop charged with and it seems to add smoothness to an edge. $18.99. ... Just shake, spray, let dry overnight, and strop! Stropping on jeans is as simple as putting them on, and stropping on your thigh. Prob some other stuff I can't remember. INTVN Leather Strop with Compounds Kit, 1 Piece Leather Honing Strop Block Stropping Leather Paddle Strop with 1 Pieces 4.58 oz Green Buffing Polishing Compounds 3.7 out of 5 … Roo 3X8" Strop Set . I've used both TI pate and Mothers Mag polish, and I found both work well on hanging denim after edge trailing strokes on the stones as described. FLEXCUT REBATE Get $5 cash back for each $50 of Flexcut tools you buy! By Vic Hamburger, vhamburg@impop.bellatlantic.net . At a first order it's all pretty much the same stuff. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Stropping compounds and diamond sprays are made to treat the leather before stropping. No more uneven compound on my strops. Getting down to basics, it sounds the same. Before even thinking about pasting your strop, take a serious look at your stropping technique. These are 15" long x 3" wide and 3 /32" - 1/8" thick. Buffing, Honing or Stropping? I make sure to wash the knife off well after stropping. If you have any metal polish laying around just use that. For stropping, you just need something fine enough to polish an edge, 3 micron diamond paste will work fine, but I use .5 micron green compound from Formax. I picked up one of each color (black, white, red, green) from [Stropman.com] (http://stropman.com/Stropping-compounds-Compound-Choice.htm) for under $15, then made a strop - one board, leather glued to the front and back, then one color on half of each side. 4.6 out of 5 stars 18. You could use toothpaste. Long term I re-apply just a couple of strokes of compound … Jewelers rouge and buffing and polishing compounds can be used to smooth and/or shine metals, plastic, wood, and other materials. Puts a whole new level of sharp on my knives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lraRP6xV7u0. Applying it however is a bit tricky as it tends to crumble. Honing compound is extremely fine abrasive used in the final polishing stages of sharpening. I tried it when I first started (mag polish). Not only does this paste make stropping easier, it also ensures that your knives will become sharper much faster. I can see the logic, but this was the first time I ran into this idea and I'd like to think I have been doing some reading and YouTubing so to speak. The closest thing i can find to one is a product by the brand Langsol. The names buffing compound and polishing compound are used interchangeably and refer to fine abrasive fillers combined with greases which are formed into solid bars or liquid.Jewelers Rouge (also known as polishing rouge or jewellers rouge) is a very fine compound originally developed by the jewelry trade for buffing precious metals. cuts faster and cleaner (provided the particles are smaller) then the typically aluminum oxides (white) which are commonly found in most pastes/bars. This diamond paste has a very fine grain enabling you to get the best sharpening results. I don't see why it wouldn't work. He told me that instead of getting a couple of Marbles' compound sticks for the new strop, I should get valve/machine lapping compound of the desired grit (he recommended one side grinding, the other side lapping) and use that instead. Bushcraft and Wilderness Survival, Traditional Skills and Techniques. Mother's Mag. The waxy consistency makes it … Commence with stropping a few tools, watching for ‘dry’ spots that will inevitably appear. The most popular abrasive used for stropping is micro fine green honing compound(GHC). I have been using one of these with Veritas green compound (.5 microns) for about two years. Bark River black compound on one side. Quantity. And crox is pretty cheap. Some people strop using diamond compounds which are always applied as a cream. It will hold the stropping compound just as well as denim. You must log in or register to reply here. Lots of things will work. Then I got ahold of some chromium oxide semi-paste from Hand American, which is a .5 micron detergent based solution in a squeeze bottle. On anything but a rudimentary edge, it will make it worse. Stropping the back of a chisel (or substitute a BD [Bevel Down] plane blade here): Note that the blade is angled at 45 degrees, held flat, and pulled towards oneself (i.e. One of the most common general-use stropping compounds is a .5 μm chromium oxide wax bar. Sandpaper: wet/dry type in 400, 1500, 2500 grits (you can substitute old, worn-out sandpaper for the higher grits) Leather strop; Stropping compound; Watch the video to learn Chris’s easy technique, plus his 10 Rules of Carving. See rebate form for details. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. I’ve tried with and without compound and not seen any difference. I could be wrong. My feeling (and it is just an educated guess, I don't know for sure) is that the particle size of the abrasive (silica?) Based on your knowledge and experience does this pass the sniff test? Flip the strop over and cut around it to remove the excess leather using a knife. CLICK HERE. Followed with .25 diamond on leather. He told me that instead of getting a couple of Marbles' compound sticks for the new strop, I should get valve/machine lapping compound of the desired grit (he recommended one side grinding, the other side lapping) and use that instead. I use mothers all the time. While cotton does not substitute for a good leather strop, it comes pretty close. Rub in more compound there, strop tools, repeat….. until it has an even appearance. (PDF) Flexcut Gold Stropping Compound. The real difference between each is the type of abrasives. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Alternatively, you can fold the jeans and lay them on a table similar to the newspaper method above. Most compounds are extremely fine with abrasive sizes in the microns. $45.00. 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