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04-25-2015, 06:42 PM #1Senior Member
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It can take a while to get the CrOx fully embedded into a strop, but once it is in there it will stop coming off on the blade and will be good for decades.
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04-28-2015, 03:17 AM #2Senior Member
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.50 ChromOx gives a smooth finish. I like to use the 1.0 Diamond Paste before though.
You know you need more when the paste is very thin and looking ineffective and you are not getting good results. After a few pastings, you will gain a feel for it. You don't need much of a film of paste to make the strop effective. My 4 sided strop was one of my favorite purchases, with three sides pasted with different pastes.
I have so much fun with the strop, my sharping stones can get a little dusty.
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