I have this feeling that stropping actually deteriorates (sorry if misspelled) my edges coming of the stone.
When i look at the edge thru my 40 times loupe i see the straitions going al the way to the edge.
Then after stropping the very last bit of the striations seem to dissapear. Even when using the lightest touch on the strops.
Its kinda like the pointy edge becomes rounded.
Am i doing something wrong? Or is it because i finished to soon on the stones? i'm really baffled by this phenomenon.
Is this why mastro livi advises against the use of hanging strops?
When i look at the edge thru my 40 times loupe i see the straitions going al the way to the edge.
Then after stropping the very last bit of the striations seem to dissapear. Even when using the lightest touch on the strops.
Its kinda like the pointy edge becomes rounded.
Am i doing something wrong? Or is it because i finished to soon on the stones? i'm really baffled by this phenomenon.
Is this why mastro livi advises against the use of hanging strops?