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@icemanjs4 you are coming along well.
Just stick with the 0.1μm balsa stropping. That should be all you need. Because your bevel is slightly concave from the original convex honing, the blade's edge is in contact with the balsa and 0.1μm paste. That is what matters.
If you later feel that the quality of the edge could be improved, put the blade through a full diamond pasted balsa strop progression. Don't forget your short X-stroke laps when ding that.
A problem arises when a blade with a convex bevel (like from stropping on a pasted hanging leather or cloth strop) is stropped on pasted balsa. Then the edge is often not in contact with the balsa and paste.
Just stick with the 0.1μm balsa stropping. That should be all you need. Because your bevel is slightly concave from the original convex honing, the blade's edge is in contact with the balsa and 0.1μm paste. That is what matters.
If you later feel that the quality of the edge could be improved, put the blade through a full diamond pasted balsa strop progression. Don't forget your short X-stroke laps when ding that.
A problem arises when a blade with a convex bevel (like from stropping on a pasted hanging leather or cloth strop) is stropped on pasted balsa. Then the edge is often not in contact with the balsa and paste.
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