Thread: Why do people use pasted strops?

i agree with ralfy i only use after final honing i never use as touch up i always go back to hone then paste i test shave of hone if all good i just do 10 to 20 light laps. I get more than 1 to 2 good sahves of finishing on paste in fact i generaly get 7 plus m\y be 20 max. Paste gives more glide and i think in some cases gives ultra keenes that hones carn't the old barbers used roug after there coticules. if your bevel rounds it would'nt take that long on a coticule with slurry to get it back may be 50 laps max