JMHO, but it's much better to use a somewhat bigger piece of leather and pull it over the edges and staple it to the sides. All four sides. That way you won't draw the knife edge over exposed staples. Anyway, that's how I built my strop some years ago.
If you want to build a strop don't use any kind of metal parts to fix the leather to board. If you want to apply your compound - don't use open fire, use heat gun or simple hair dryer. Some harder compounds is better to apply by very quick rubbing on leather. Than between compound and leather grows temperature and compound starts melting. Some compounds don't like heat and they start stick to the leather in chunky pieces and it's hard to get it of.
Could you tell me why my brand new F1 isn't shaving sharp even after stropping with white compound from BR? I feel like i'm doing it right, but it just wont shave, same thing with my BR Springbok, I don't get it.
Because you probably round your edge by choosing bigger angle than needed. If you sharpen your knife - get it razor sharp, than strop it and get it more dull than sharp than your stropping technic isn't right! On convex grind better to choose lower angle than the same. Besides of your strop have soft hairy leather than you should not apply any pressure to it while you stropping. Otherwise that leather will roll out and make your edge rounded.
Because you probably round your edge by choosing bigger angle than needed. If you sharpen your knife - get it razor sharp, than strop it and get it more dull than sharp than your stropping technic isn't right! On convex grind better to choose lower angle than the same. Besides of your strop have soft hairy leather than you should not apply any pressure to it while you stropping. Otherwise that leather will roll out and make your edge rounded.
Don’t listen to these guys. All fallkniven knives come with microbevels, which basically give the knives small v-edges, so I would recommend to use diamond or ceramic stones, or a fallkniven DC4, and use circular motions. Visit the Fallkniven website and watch Virtuovice on RU-vid, aaaaannd I just realized I’m 2 years late
If you want to build a strop don't use any kind of metal parts to fix the leather to board. If you want to apply your compound - don't use open fire, use heat gun or simple hair dryer. Some harder compounds is better to apply by very quick rubbing on leather. Than between compound and leather grows temperature and compound starts melting. Some compounds don't like heat and they start stick to the leather in chunky pieces and it's hard to get it of.
If you want to build a strop don't use any kind of metal parts to fix the leather to board. If you want to apply your compound - don't use open fire, use heat gun or simple hair dryer. Some harder compounds is better to apply by very quick rubbing on leather. Than between compound and leather grows temperature and compound starts melting. Some compounds don't like heat and they start stick to the leather in chunky pieces and it's hard to get it of.
