Why is yellowstone called yellowstone? It don't look yellow to me.
If you used it, strop it, it's already dull. It's only sharp if you haven't used it yet.
I'd been using hardware buffing compound and thought it was great. Then I used some of the yellow stuff Flexcut sells and thought it was greater. Then I got some yellowstone from Little Shavers and forgot the other stuff exists.
Have tried lots of different materials for making strops and what seems to work best for me is the rough side of an old leather glove glued to a piece of maple. The glove is about the right thickness and the maple gives a good solid support. Tried cedar, pine, basswood and mahogany; none of which worked real well.
Made a strop out of a deer hide that I had tanned and it was terrible, too soft and too thick.
What an exciting past time, building strops, sheesh.
Well, back to whittling on my fisherman.
If you used it, strop it, it's already dull. It's only sharp if you haven't used it yet.
I'd been using hardware buffing compound and thought it was great. Then I used some of the yellow stuff Flexcut sells and thought it was greater. Then I got some yellowstone from Little Shavers and forgot the other stuff exists.
Have tried lots of different materials for making strops and what seems to work best for me is the rough side of an old leather glove glued to a piece of maple. The glove is about the right thickness and the maple gives a good solid support. Tried cedar, pine, basswood and mahogany; none of which worked real well.
Made a strop out of a deer hide that I had tanned and it was terrible, too soft and too thick.
What an exciting past time, building strops, sheesh.
Well, back to whittling on my fisherman.
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