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Diamond stones for me. I tried the sandpaper on glass method for quite a while and had no idea what I was missing until I got a set of quality diamond stones. Along with it I strop using a strip of denim with green compound.
A denim strop is a new one on me. How does it compare to leather?
To be honest I’ve never used a leather strop. I discovered this site when I was learning to sharpen knives. The guy behind the site had access to an electron microscope and used it to test different methods. He found that a loose strip of denim (fixed on one end and held in the hand with the other) with stropping compound worked better than a leather strop. I think for straight razors he added a step after with either dry denim or diamond spray. I figured if it was good enough for this guy it’s good enough for me.
I can say the denim works better than stropping compound on a flat wood board.
I use denim to keep disposable razors sharper longer based on some random thing I read.. never even thought to bring some out to the shop for stropping. Good tip.
Do you use it dry or with compound for razor blades? I’ve wanted to try it with razor blades but haven’t tried it yet.