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What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I need some holiday gift ideas (that I will probably gift to myself as well)!

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[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Leather strop for sharpening

I'm genuinely curious here - really? As someone who always has to mess with the old fashioned 'steel' (mind your hands cus there's no guard on it!) sharpener, are they better? Honestly, heard of them, never used but interested.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, after getting the profile on the blade correct, you finish it by polishing the edge. It really, really makes a huge difference. I could never use a steel correctly though, I always messed up.