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PhatMan, if you don't mind, how do you like the linen pad on the Neil Miller paddle stop? How does it compare to the linen on the hanging strops as far as quality and usability?
My humble level of experience mirrors what Paul describes about repeating the sequence of linen/leather after doing both already. Going back to linen has helped a noticable number of blades.
On paddle vs hanger, I'm not qualified to say. I have taken blades honed w/ taped spines to newspaper over a hard stone, and the improvement was not subtle or ambiguous.
As I always forget to do the HHT before stropping, I can't really say much about edge improvement, but I think I'm breaking in the worsted wool on the Scrupleworks pretty nicely...boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! It feels like it sucks the edge onto its surface, I almost like stropping on it beter than on the leather component. Almost :love:.