Made a couple of new strop/sharpening sticks, for years ive used a flat strop/sharpening stick for the outside bevel and a round strop/stick for the inner surfaces of my spoon knives, at 3am today i had the thought, just combine the two into one - simples.
So i looked through the wood box and found an old dowel which i cut down, then ripped a a flat surface into the wood, so i have a flat and curved surface in one stick, made two sticks, one for sharpening and another for stropping.
The abrasive paper is regular 800 grit wet & dry thats held on with double sided tape for easy removal and replacement, the leather is held on with contact adhesive.
20180530_150753 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
20180530_150923 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
So i looked through the wood box and found an old dowel which i cut down, then ripped a a flat surface into the wood, so i have a flat and curved surface in one stick, made two sticks, one for sharpening and another for stropping.
The abrasive paper is regular 800 grit wet & dry thats held on with double sided tape for easy removal and replacement, the leather is held on with contact adhesive.
20180530_150753 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr20180530_150923 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
