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    Default 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!

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    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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    hmm, I posted a reply and it disappeared....



    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike7120 View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by joke1176 View Post
    hmm, I posted a reply and it disappeared....



    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?

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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?

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