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I am wondering how I should go about applying jewelers rouge to a soft leather strop. I have become quite big into sharpening I have been using 2000 grit wet and dry paper for some time now to try and improve the edges on my knives and axe. From little snippets of information from what I have been told jewelers rouge will improve the stropping when applied to the strop. So I now have a big bag of red jewelers rouge powder a soft leather strop glued to a stick and a knife that wants to get a sharper edge.
I have been googleing it for some time and have not really come across any particular method for applying it. But I'm assuming there is someway to do it unless I just sprinkle it on and work from there?
also while im on the topic is there any advantages to the type of leather used when stropping? Should I have more than 1 strop and work from soft up to hard or vice versa?
I am wondering how I should go about applying jewelers rouge to a soft leather strop. I have become quite big into sharpening I have been using 2000 grit wet and dry paper for some time now to try and improve the edges on my knives and axe. From little snippets of information from what I have been told jewelers rouge will improve the stropping when applied to the strop. So I now have a big bag of red jewelers rouge powder a soft leather strop glued to a stick and a knife that wants to get a sharper edge.
I have been googleing it for some time and have not really come across any particular method for applying it. But I'm assuming there is someway to do it unless I just sprinkle it on and work from there?
also while im on the topic is there any advantages to the type of leather used when stropping? Should I have more than 1 strop and work from soft up to hard or vice versa?