Quote Originally Posted by R420R View Post
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.