Thread: Paste finish vs stone finish

Randy, you are a nut. Let me know how this works, I might be a crazy as you!

Its all rocks.

I get edges I'm happy with from my La Veinette coti most of the time, occasionally do some laps on the Naniwa 12k or other cotis.
For quickness sometimes or if I have some stuborn steel I will finish on TI rasoir paste on a tight strop. This paste always gives a delightfully smooth edge quite similar to that of a coticule.

Rocks rock?

Then finishing the work of a fine rock with a pasted paddle would be like putting ketchup on spaghetti slathered with a carefully crafted red sauce? Maybe so.

And the gentlemanly debate continues. And we grasshoppers hang on every word of the meisters.

Whatever, I definitely need to buy more stuff.

never used paste until recently i thought i would try cerium more with the thought for when i'm too lazy to retouch on my arkansas and i found it harsh compared to the stone whether a touch up or finishing,then i thought i'd try .3 chromium and .1 iron for the same purposes but the chromium feels harsher compared to the stone and even just a few laps followed by the iron is still harsh,now i'm testing just the iron by itself to see what that's like after the stone and for touch ups

I'm really surprised. I've only recently come back from a year, year and a half being too distracted with other forums and hobbies; but when I left, EVERYBODY was talking about pastes.

Pastes were where it was at.

Now they seem to have gone somewhat out of fashion.

I prefer the rocks.

With pastes, one of two things is happening, and I'm still experimenting. Either I'm not using the pastes correctly, and as a result my edges are not great....or....I'm using the pastes correctly, and I don't like the feel of them. Regardless, I'm still experimenting and in the meantime I finish most of my razors on the stones, because I DO like the feel of them when I'm complete.

It is rare that the quality of a shave cannot be improved with the proper use of either a paste or spray.



Lynn

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

I'm really surprised. I've only recently come back from a year, year and a half being too distracted with other forums and hobbies; but when I left, EVERYBODY was talking about pastes.

Pastes were where it was at.

Now they seem to have gone somewhat out of fashion.

Newbies with heavy hands. They'll get the hang of it

It's all in the mood for me. I love the edge of a coticule. But I also like going to Cromox as well. So for me it's a toss up.