Thread: Chromium compound

Did somebody say "fireplace soot" ????

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Did somebody say "fireplace soot" ????

Yes indeed, potash (primarily potassium) is abrasive and could probably be used to paste a bench hone. However, the relative grit would depend on how complete the combustion of the wood was. Even with complete combustion, I would not have a clue as the the relative abrasiveness.

If you're really trying to shave on the cheap, go ahead and try it...the only thing you've got to lose is the cost of a piece of leather on a bench hone (which is probably more expensive than a lifetime supply of CrO2 from Keith).

Cheers,
Ed

I would highly recommend the dry green from Keith at Handamerican. It's all I'll ever need, and it was the key to being able to finally hone up a razor from dull to splitting hairs.

-Jorge

OK, I ordered the green compound from woodworker.com yesterday, not having seen this thread, and not knowing that an SRP member sold this stuff. That said, I got an email today saying that the compound was back-ordered until April 5th. I called them wanting to cancel that part of the order, since I didn't want to wait that long for the compound, and I figured I'd get it from handamerican.com. They told me in fact they did have some in their New Mexico warehouse and they'd ship it Monday. I'll check handamerican out next time. Also, how would you know what they sell? I went to www.handamerican.com and it's a static page with no links and no products shown. Do you simply know they have the items because of the these forums? What else do they carry? thx - John

They are reorganizing the store....

I get my order last week excellent products, but I think the have a lot of work lately.....