ULTRA-fine rods for the 204 - replaces stropping and steeling?

koolstof · #1

I hear that they are really really fine gritted and offer quite some "polishing-action".

In that way, can they serve as a butcher's steel voor re-allining an edge?

Is stropping required after gently brushing these rods?

->koolstof from Belgium<-

Sword and Shield · #2

I doubt they would work as a replacement for a steel. A steel aligns irregularities in the edge, while a stone slices them off.

They probably could replace a strop, unless you plan on doing some serious shaving with your knife! <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Never underestimate the impossible.

Jeff/1911 · #3

I myself find the regular white stones already more fine than I need for most purposes...I usually just use the grey stones, although I'll occasionally take a few swipes along the corners of the whites. I can't imagine what I'd use even finer ones for.

Jeff/1911.