Thread: Slurry Question

It's nearly impossible to get a leather surface as flat and firm as the stone's, so the polishing is going to be uneven, to some degree, no matter what you do.

As long as you're not rounding over the bevel to a significant degree (like by using a CrO pasted strop with a lot of sag), the blade is no worse off then if you polished the whole thing. A paddle strop is my preferred strop for pastes, on the rare occasion that I do use them.

(On a side note; Tim Zowada's honing method mimics what happens with pastes, by using multiple layers of tape on the spine while honing. Your form/technique is just fine!)