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Originally Posted by Tony Miller
Probably about the same. I've never had to replace mine, but I don't have the number of razors you do. But I got my CO paddle back in April and have used it as the final honing step on all my razors in my newbie acquisition rush since then, and for refreshing as well, and it's still going strong. I recently made a new CO paddle, but that was because I wanted CO on a fairly hard wood instead of leather. The old one has been black for a long time and still going strong.
As for the BC, it's black when new :-)