Thread: Finishing Hone ~ .5 Paste

Originally Posted by Lynn

How many razors have you honed on pasted strops that has caused you to dislike them?

If you are cleaning off old paste you are putting way too much on.

Lynn

Just 1. And only about 6-8 sessions. However, it was enough for me to see I liked hones better for razors. (For my micro-carving tools I prefer pasted paddle strops for polishing, but those tools have .8-1.2 mm thick stock and are probably around .25-.33mm thick 2mm's from the edge, so applying some pressure works well.)

Thanks for the technique tip. I'll try less compound. I usually use the minimum amount to fill in the texture on the strop. Maybe I also need a different paddle &/or compound. I'm using the same strop & compound I use for polishing my micro-carving tools. The strop is 1.5mm thick leather (no give), rough side out but sanded to around 150 grit texture, on a hard oak paddle and Flexcut gold compound (which is a .5 coumpound in a chalk crayon type of binder). Would a smooth side out stop, and compound in that comes as an oil make a lot of difference for polishing SR's ?

You are going to have to be the judge for what works best for you. I use .5 diamond spray on felt probably more than any other media, but do use some .5 CrO paste with the felt. I have used this with an oil base and water type base. I use a Cro harder paste (almost like a crayon) on either leather, water buffalo or poly webbing and a couple of diamond pastes on either and they work very well too.

I would hold the jury until you have honed a few more razors.........

Have fun,

Lynn