Thread: What paste to get for my paddle strop

Ardennes has a beautiful natural coticule in the classifieds right now. I have been messing with the 1.0 diamond paste followed up with the chrom ox on a few razors. The paste really freshens up the edge and the crom ox seems to smooth it.

Thanks for all your imput so far.
I guess going 1.0 diamond and CrO paste on 2 sepperate paddle strops would be a win combination if I was to play around with pastes.
I guess I should first go for CrO and see how it works.

What are my options for getting CrO paste? I need a vendor that can ship internationaly.

One more thing, I noticed people saying less is more and tutorial teaches us that aswell but on Japanese Knife Sharpening it shows pretty hefty aplication of the paste. Is it different for knives?

Originally Posted by R420R

One more thing, I noticed people saying less is more and tutorial teaches us that aswell but on Japanese Knife Sharpening it shows pretty hefty aplication of the paste. Is it different for knives?

I have done it both ways. I got some of the liquid crom ox from Hand American and before I read the tutorial I applied it to the magnetic felt on my corian base. I didn't have it caked up or anything like that but the whole felt is covered with a thin coat. Later I got a Live loom strop off of ebay and it was coated the same way.

When I applied it to a 4 sided paddle I did the less is more method with the chrom and the diamond paste. Either way is working for me and I haven't had any problems with dulling blades as a result of the coating one way or the other. Short answer is the less is more works fine.

Ah thanks for your answer!

Anyone knows if I should get both the liquid and powdered CrO or only liquid?
What's better for what?