GPHT LAB COMPRE 7 Honing and Stropping

Arkansas

Artificial stone more polishing effect than belgium yellow

Fine carborundum

Artificial stone much coarser bite only used for badly nicked knives

Heel to toe

Direction of honing

Toe to heel

Direction of stroping

Plate glass

Excellent substitute for stone

Leather

Finest quality

Honing

Grinding cutting edge

Soapy water 3 in 1 oil (light oils: animal, vegetable, mineral) Mineral oil USP (liquid paraffin BP) Castor oil Clove oil Xylene

Lubricants

Canvas and leather

Materials for strops

Skin is from rump of animal

Meaning of good leather

Belgium yellow

Natural sandstone best hone for manual sharpening

Finely powdered Al oxide made into paste with water

Plate glass prep

Stropping

Polishing cutting edge

Remove burr from honing

Purpose of stropping

Remove all metal particles

Purpose of warm soap water wash

Same bite to belgium yellow

Same bite to plate glass

8 x 3 inches

Size of hone

8 x 3 x 1 inches

Size of plate glass

10-20 stokes

Strokes to be done on honing

Soft lint-free cloth

Used to cover knife if no wooden box

Fine carborundum

Used to hone badly nicked knives

Shell horse

Used to label good leather strops