And no bad mouthing Chesty coreyschnaufer!

Thanks for the advice everyone, I'm trying to be more cautious when stropping now so I don't slice it, but if it gets any worse I'll try to smooth it down like you guys mentioned

Hi I was just wondering how you guys use your strops, I noticed yesterday after doing a chefs knife that my strops had about 4 slices in them, I was pissed when I noticed it and hope I didn't ruin them, was just wondering if you had any tips on how to prevent it???? And I'm gonna have to be a little more careful when sharpening long blades... Lost the tip of my pinky finger yesterday and had to take a trip to the ER, once I got home I finished the knife and the results were awesome, i love this system! Thanks everyone, Semper Fi

thanks everyone for getting back to me, i really appreciate it, i'll keep the angle the same on either side from now on, and do you guys think 20 degrees is a good angle for the Benchmade 5000? And do you guys have any tricks or recomendations for degree and where to set my USMC Ka-Bar on WE, i did it at 20 but it takes way to much of the metal off the top inch and a half or more of the blade near tip, any feedback is much appreciated, i tried checking blade database but didnt see these two there, thanks again everyone and merry christmas

Hi, i just bought the Wicked Edge and i love it! I have the diamond strops up to 800/1000 and ceramic 1200/1600 and leather 3.5 and 5 and was just wondering what the best way to get my knife to a shaving sharp edge, i have done about 5 knives so far and am getting them very sharp but just not as sharp as id like them. For instance, my benchmade 5000 i did with a 20 degree angle on the left and 21 on right (21 on right because i heard angle is off on right side because of clamping, i may be wrong..) and i used all the grits and leather, i heard somewhere that i should microbevel the edge with the strops but i dont know what the hell it means, does that mean i should sharpen it regularly at 20 degrees and then set it to like 22 for when i use the leather?? Any thoughts and tips would be much appreciated, thanks, -Semper Fi