I've been wondering this for some time. There seem to be two main camps of sharpening. One is grit progression with burr minimization, the other focused on high angle passes and not creating a burr intentionally:
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I can across this thread while looking into Cliffs work, and specifically Jeff Clark and his advancement of the Wanye Goddard Elevated Pass technique. The grit progression/burr minimization technique also benfits from stropping, while little difference other than visual polish is shown with burr-free sharpening. The other difference between the two is time. You might need 3-5 grit progessions before stropping, with burr minimization, while with burr-free, you can basically finish easily on one stone. My question is how does the edge retention of the burr minimization compared to burr free sharpening, and how exactly does grit progession/burr minimization work? With my EP Clone, I can go through 4-6 stones and 1-2 strops, and get an edge that has no noticeable burr and is about as sharp as I am capable of getting, ie hair whittling, 3*90 phone book paper push cut. But is this edge compromised by the burr formation, and the burr basically being the edge? Nevermind the stropping? Or is the light pressure from the EP Clone and angle accuracy offset or negate this?
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I can across this thread while looking into Cliffs work, and specifically Jeff Clark and his advancement of the Wanye Goddard Elevated Pass technique. The grit progression/burr minimization technique also benfits from stropping, while little difference other than visual polish is shown with burr-free sharpening. The other difference between the two is time. You might need 3-5 grit progessions before stropping, with burr minimization, while with burr-free, you can basically finish easily on one stone. My question is how does the edge retention of the burr minimization compared to burr free sharpening, and how exactly does grit progession/burr minimization work? With my EP Clone, I can go through 4-6 stones and 1-2 strops, and get an edge that has no noticeable burr and is about as sharp as I am capable of getting, ie hair whittling, 3*90 phone book paper push cut. But is this edge compromised by the burr formation, and the burr basically being the edge? Nevermind the stropping? Or is the light pressure from the EP Clone and angle accuracy offset or negate this?