Charging a leather strop

When should you load your leather strops?

[vizigru]

when the first part repeats, go to 11:03 for 2nd question

[pentrixter]

Love your vids. First part of the video repeats!

[kentbaker]

Really enjoy your videos. Very informative! I am finally beginning to acquire some nice edges without removing huge amounts of steel. Thank You.

[henninghartmann]

Best advice ever from 11:05. You bought cheap equipment? Use it up! Train your skills - you can't have it any cheaper.
Skilled sharpeners can sharpen a cheap knife on a cheap stone!
Once you got your skills you can proceed to more expensive stuff and won't worry damaging your equipment.
My personal beginners advice: use a strop when you don't get satisfying results on a (whet-)stone. It's an eye-opener about where you can get :o)
Many thanks to Burrfection - like your videos a lot

[gscop]

As a 71 yr old retiree I have adopted sharpening as one of my hobbies. I really enjoy your instructions and advice. Would love to have more custom knife makers and really interested in Your food reviews!

[bH-eotz]

Question did the matrix have a glitch and I see part of this video twice in the same video? Lol anyways great videos as always. What do you think of the TEMO half micron compound? I loaded it on my signed RyKy stop and use it after my shapton 12000 grit stone. I find it helps clean the edge a lot. It goes from being able to shave hair to really being able to shave your hair. I use it in kitchen knives not a strait razor. PS we need a BD1N steel sharpening video!!! I just got in the 25 piece set of nexus knives. High quality knives!!

[tomascastelazo]

You can use saddle soap and cleans it very well!!!

[BBarnhart]

So glad you made this video, I bought a leather strop from you and asked the same question! Good to hear your thoughts. I have a 6000 whetstone so I guess l will just keep it using it without the compound.

[matthaydon]

Hi, i hope you are well? Thanks for your excellent focused content, I have always had a passion for knives and blades ergo sharpening. You my friend are a MASTER! oh where do I go to buy your strop? keep up the good work brother

[bartschmidt]

?Question Love your videos and the time you take to answer the questions. You said you do not need To use a compound. Would that mean I can use it dry Or would I have to use water or some sort of oil.?

[hugybgrl]

And what about unloaded strop maintenance? If the compound should be oiled and renewed because of the metal left by blades, do you need to do something similar with an unloaded leather strop? Thank you!

[comederibier]

I love your videos it tought me a lot i'm a french beginner knife maker (only 6 for now 7th is on the go) i don't think i could learn you on sharpening or food but i study metalurgy so i could explain about steels and heat treat
Meanwhile i like that type of video idea! 😉

[saejkim]

What side of the leather do you use rough or smooth. What side and would it be better

[silverscale]

Just picked up a yaxell super gou kiritsuke and I guarantee you, even if I had a solid year of sharpening under my belt, I would still be nervous to sharpen that beauty. Practice only makes you better not perfect lol

[andrewdunn]

just bought your equine strop and have a 15 degree edge and I would like to know how I know I'm stropping the edge correctly. love all your videos, cheers

[counterstructure]

I wonder if the shavings are still magnetic. You might be able to pull them out after the oil loosens them.

[Grizzold-HP]

i see you put the compound on the shiny side and others use the rough side of the leather, on what side should I put the compound, and why?

[ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

3000 trizect works as well dry version stropping

[raziel]

Im a souchef at a amusement park in stockholm sweden calld Gröna Lund. Would be awsome to see you in Sweden. We got allot of different restaurants.
I totaly like this concept. Keep it up!

[lpquick]

Best food in the country, New Orleans. Bring it!! Thanks Rykky