What Does a Strop Actually do? Everything you need to know about knife sharpening strops, how to make the best strops for cheap than you can buy, strop compound, strop leather, stropping angles and much more!

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Chapters:
00:00 What does a strop do?
00:17 Check the chapters!
00:35 Why You need a sharp knife
00:55 Do you only form ONE burr?
01:30 How to feel for a burr
02:03 How to use a strop to check for a burr
02:32 CLOSE UP BURR
02:43 A strop won’t help with this -Burr minimization technique
03:30 CLOSE UP before and after burr minimization
03:51 FINALLY its time to use a strop - Diamond vs chromium oxide
04:30 Using a strop after burr minimization
04:45 What angle do you strop at?
05:22 CLOSE UP after stropping \ before and after
05:43 THE BIGGEST BEGINNER MISTAKE
05:52 What about rounding over the apex?
06:38 Hair whittling off a 400 grit stone and 6 micron strop
07:05 Where do you buy a good strop?
07:20 Strop making- a little about leather
07:35 Lets start with leather for strops -where to buy
07:50 What I probably wouldn’t purchase when it comes to leather
08:25 What to look for if you purchase leather in person
09:11 Rough or smooth side?
10:04 A CHEAP leather solution for strops
10:34 HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN STROP
11:34 opinion on glass bases for strops
13:37 How to take your strops to the NEXT LEVEL LITERALLY
14:28 About loading a strop with compound…
15:05 About buying compound- what not to buy
15:57 What compound am I using?
16:27 What grit size should you buy if you can only get one?
17:08 Using a strop to MAINTAIN an edge demonstration
17:34 CLOSE UP of cardboard dulled edge
17:59 CLOSE UP of dulled edge AFTER stropping