Stropping the LM surge's main blade

[FrankenPC]

 

So, I got a VERY reasonably priced stropping leather from EBAY (10$).  What should I sharpen first?  Why the main blade on my Surge of course!

After only about 20 strops on both sides, I was able to SHAVE the edge of a post it note.  I'm talking cutting hair thin ribbons off a single post it!  LM really did a nice job honing the edge.  A little stropping and you can take it all the way to home plate.

I'm at work, otherwise I'd post some picts.

[AHB]

I'm at work, otherwise I'd post some picts.

Can't see why that should be a problem...  

[FrankenPC]

I'm at work, otherwise I'd post some picts.

Can't see why that should be a problem...  

Cause it's at home   And I miss it...

[rp252]

I find a good stropping really finshes off a well sharpened blade.  Gives it that extra 'pop' than a non stropped blade doesn't have.  I got a great tip from my good ol chum Ray (mears):

After stropping, run the knife along the top of a car window (the domed top of the glass).  Good old Mears strikes again; I find that adds to a sharpened blade also.

[FrankenPC]

I find a good stropping really finshes off a well sharpened blade.  Gives it that extra 'pop' than a non stropped blade doesn't have.  I got a great tip from my good ol chum Ray (mears):

After stropping, run the knife along the top of a car window (the domed top of the glass).  Good old Mears strikes again; I find that adds to a sharpened blade also.

Interesting.  Get's rid of any left over metal flange.  Thanks!

[cadjak]

I find a good stropping really finshes off a well sharpened blade.  Gives it that extra 'pop' than a non stropped blade doesn't have.  I got a great tip from my good ol chum Ray (mears):

After stropping, run the knife along the top of a car window (the domed top of the glass).  Good old Mears strikes again; I find that adds to a sharpened blade also.

Interesting.  Get's rid of any left over metal flange.  Thanks!

Does doing the car window trick do anything different, or better, than a $2 ceramic rod would? That's a genuine question, not meant to be as snotty as it came out, when I typed it. 

[Zack]

Not really, but I don't usually carry a ceramic rod on me, but I am usually always driving somewhere.

[Anthony]

Stropping a blade really brings out a sharpness I can't get just with stones.

[FrankenPC]

I find a good stropping really finshes off a well sharpened blade.  Gives it that extra 'pop' than a non stropped blade doesn't have.  I got a great tip from my good ol chum Ray (mears):

After stropping, run the knife along the top of a car window (the domed top of the glass).  Good old Mears strikes again; I find that adds to a sharpened blade also.

Interesting.  Get's rid of any left over metal flange.  Thanks!

Does doing the car window trick do anything different, or better, than a $2 ceramic rod would? That's a genuine question, not meant to be as snotty as it came out, when I typed it. 

I've seen on Youtube experts sharpening knives using a block of wood and simply drawing the knife across the wood using only the weight of the knife itself.  So, there are a variety of ways to clean the burrs off.