I am thinking of buying a real strop, I, like my Dad before me, have always used the back of a belt.
I did my Buck 119 the other night as a second test and it did a decent job.
There is only 1 really good place to affix the blade in the system so right in the belly of the blade the angles got so out of kilter that it isn't as sharp as the rest of the blade. I would likely free hand sharpen that particular spot if it was my primary knife.
I am going to free hand sharpen a Case tonight and compare time spent.
One big difference is using 3 different coarseness' with the Lansky versus usually 2 for me on the regular stones. I typically use coarse and medium the first time to get my edge on them, then medium and fine on later sharpening.
Mike
