by marksman » 19 May 2019, 7:00 pm
it is for polishing the edge after you have sharpened the blade, it is polishing compound
I used to strop knives on a leather strap that I had applied green polishing compound and could get very good sharp edges
but I use diamond plates now and just steel the edges now as I'm lazy
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