Lesson 8: Honing and Stropping

Question 1

Reduce or remove the contents of the sides of the knife

Removes nicks or irregularities on the knife edge

Answer 1

Honing

Question 1

The “burr” formed during honing is removed and polished

Answer 1

Stropping

Question 2

Involves the removal of gross on the knife edge and “removes blemishes”

Answer 2

Coarse Honing

Question 3

Grinding the cutting edge of the knife to the stone

To acquire an even edge

Answer 3

Honing Proper

Question 3

A hone that is used for badly nicked knives followed by either one of the first two knife sharpeners

Answer 3

Fine Carborundum

Question 4

A natural sharpening stone or hard grinding surface

Answer 4

Hone

Question 5

3 Types of Hone

Answer 5

Belgium Yellow
Arkansas
Fine Carborundum

Question 5

2 Types of Strop

Answer 5

Paddle Strop
Barber Strop

Question 5

A hone for “manual sharpening” and gives the best result

Answer 5

Belgium Yellow

Question 6

A hone that gives a more polishing effect than Belgium Yellow

Answer 6

Arkansas

Question 6

Directing of Stropping

Answer 6

Edge last
“Toe-to-heel” direction
40-120 double strokes

Question 7

A type of strop made up of the best quality “horse hide (horse leather)”

Answer 7

Paddle Strop

Question 7

A type of strop made up of the leather strip attached at both to firm holds

Answer 7

Barber strop

Question 8

Jagged edges, if not corrected, will produce ___ or ____ in the tissue sections

Answer 8

Tears or striae

Question 9

Fun Fact: Manual honing may use an:

Oil stone
Hone
Glass plate coated with an abrasive

Answer 9

LEZGO!

Question 10

A type of hone used for manual sharpening when the cutting edge has been rendered blunt or nicked. This type gives the best result

Answer 10

Belgian Yellow Hone

Question 10

A hone that gives better polishing effect than the Belgian Yellow

Answer 10

Arkansas Hone

Question 11

It is a blue green hone

Answer 11

Belgian Black Vein

Question 12

A type of hone that is used only for badly nicked knives

Answer 12

Carborundum Hone

Question 13

The surface of the hone is wiped with a soft moistened ________ to remove the scattered small particles of stones and metal

Answer 13

Xylene

Question 14

After adding xylene to the surface of the hone, it is then covered with a “thin film” of _______, ________, ______, _______, ________ for lubrication

Answer 14

Mineral oil
Clove oil
Xylene
Liquid paraffin
Soapy water

Question 15

It is preferred for lubrication since a thick oily solution will produce a thick deposit that may lead to further damage of the knife edge during honing

Answer 15

Water or a thin solution

Question 16

The “heel” is also called the?

Answer 16

Handle end

Question 17

The head portion of the hone is called the?

Answer 17

Toe

Question 18

Important: Don’t strop the knife until all oil on its surface is removed. This will damage the strop.

Answer 18

Sheesh

Question 18

A flat circular glass plate with finely powdered __________, made into a paste with water may be used for grinding and removing nicks

Answer 18

aluminum oxide (alumina gel or corundum 304/corundum 305)

Question 19

In the case of a Minot or a Plane-wedge knife, the knife is turned over to sharpen the other surface every __ to __ strokes

Answer 19

10-20 strokes

Question 19

For plane-concave knives, only what part should be rubbed on the hones?

Answer 19

Concave surface

Question 19

It is used for “Final Polishing”

Answer 19

Diamantine

Question 20

Plane-wedge and plane concave are usually provided with “backs”, to maintain what?

Answer 20

Correct bevel angle

Question 21

Strops are usually treated with ________ applied into the back, not the surface, of the strop.

Answer 21

Vegetable Oil (Ex. Castor Oil)

Question 22

The strop should not be used for at least __ to ___ hours after treatment

Answer 22

24-48 hours

Question 23

It is not recommended and should never be allowed to come in contact with the strop since it will tend to blister and destroy the leather

Answer 23

Mineral Oil