Thread: CrOx on linen! Waste of time?

I have a leather and linen strop I bought recently. I was wondering if it is worth putting the CrOx on one side of the linen? Would it just be a waste of the CrOx? Should I wait and get a paddle strop?

My problem is that I have spent a good deal more than I originally intended on my straight shaving journey so far. I feel so embarrassed because that never happens around here...

So If I could get as much function out of my current strop as possible that would be great! Let me know your opinions!

If the reverse side of your leather strop is smooth, put the Chromium Oxide there. I have never pasted linen before, I always paste the reverse side of my leather and it works great.

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Anyhow, I have a pasted paddle and a pasted hanging linen strop: paddle is "slower" at polishing the shaving edge than the hanging pasted strop. Both work great.

Originally Posted by Mike7120

If the reverse side of your leather strop is smooth, put the Chromium Oxide there. I have never pasted linen before, I always paste the reverse side of my leather and it works great.

Unfortunately the underside of my leather is not smooth

Originally Posted by joke1176

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Anyhow, I have a pasted paddle and a pasted hanging linen strop: paddle is "slower" at polishing the shaving edge than the hanging pasted strop. Both work great.

I am very sorry, but I have this posted in two spots. I originally put it in the strops section, but I felt that it is probably more of a honing or newbie questions I posted it here. Should I delete the other?

No big deal, I'm just glad I'm not losing my mind!

When things like this do occur, I always assume I had a mini-stroke or something.

You could have fooled me good.

Maybe you could get a piece of balsa and paste it for touch ups, I haven't used it but I hear it works well.

IMO, using CRO on hanging linen would be the most ideal, although the smooth side of hanging leather or a paddle would be okay, too.

Josh earl has a thread about applying the Chromium Oxide, and he uses hanging linen in the thread. I use hanging linen and I really like it.

I really do believe the most important thing about using CRO is to not apply too much on whatever medium you use.

Steve

i have a cro-ox linen strop. works great as a refresher/touchup, but i do not use daily. only as i feel it is needed.

if you can take apart your strop then do it. if you decide you don't like it, then flip the linen around.

vgod

I've had good results with pastes on the linen side of my strops. My only concern is that linen offers a bit more absorption than leather, and more area for the pastes to penetrate, since it's not a smooth surface, as a result I've needed to reapply more often in my experience. Am I nuts or does anyone else agree?