Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
Yeah the thin paddles are pretty tricky to use well. When you're ready to step up get a wide 2-sided paddle from Tony and put either boron carbide or 1 micron diamond on one side, and chrome oxide on the other. I'd actually recommend buying your own abrasive and pasting it yourself, simply because you're gonna have to repaste it eventually so you might as well have the stuff around.
I've been hearing good things on the chrome oxide. It seems to give a smoother edge over the diamond paste, from what I understand. Thanks for the idea !