Thread: Linen Strop Paste

I noticed that DOVO sells a strop past intended for the linen side of their hanging strop in a white tube. I recall seeing somewhere that it contains a chalk based substance. Is this correct? Does chalk act as an abrasive, or does it merely clean the blade? Does anybody use this paste?

i have it on good authority, though i'm just new to this myself, that you don't need to put anything on the linen side. and if you don't have to, why complicate things?

You do not "need" the linen paste. It is an abrasive that people have used in the past to maintain the sharpness of their razors. One of our members (David Uthe) used it for years before he found other hones and abrasives.

I use the white DOVO paste, and it "works" fine. I don't think it has abrasive properties, but I've heard the same thing about the chalk in it.

Nenad

Thats an interesting opinion. Do you think theymay have changed the formulation? Your comment is the first time I have heard that it is not abrasive. Another datapoint is that I have rubbed chalk on my linen in the past and found it to be an abrasive.

Oh the variables we have to contend with!

Originally Posted by superfly

I use the white DOVO paste, and it "works" fine. I don't think it has abrasive properties, but I've heard the same thing about the chalk in it.

Nenad

Randy,

In order for something to be abrasive, doesn't it have to be harder than steel? I know chalk isn't harder than steel, but there could be something I'm missing.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Your comment is the first time I have heard that it is not abrasive.
Oh the variables we have to contend with!

Well, I said that it don't look like abrasive to me. The truth is that I cannot tell the difference between using linen and letter only... When I first got the DOVO strop, the linen side was treated with the white paste, so it looked like it was made from cotton. After some months of use, it changed the color to a light brownish, the way that untreated linen material looks... I apply the DOVO White paste once every 3-4 months.

Nenad