Murph,
It's an interesting material really. As supplied from Crystalite you get a 2oz. bottle of clear alcohol and maybe 1/16" of sludge in the bottom which is 6 carats of super fine industrial diamond. Once shaken up the entire bottle turns a milky grey that looks just like slurry on a Coticule but way thinner. The first and second sprayed on coats barely discolor the leather once dry and the third leaves what looks like a milky film on the leather. That seems to cut very nicely though.

Remember that on the paste type compounds at least 90% of that is simply paste, not diamond. I have not found figures from Amplex or any other makes of tube type pastes saying just what carat weight of diamond is in a 5gr. tube. They are oly supplied as "Standard", "Light" and "Heavy" concentration with Standard being what Classic sells and what I buy as well. No real numeric value of what that means though.

I do wonder though that lesser priced pastes may give lesser quanitities of diamond. Usually you get what you pay for but below a certain price point the syringe, tube and label account for a higher percentage of the price. I know whan I botled up strop dressing samples to go with my strops a 1oz bottle costs nearly what a 2oz bottle did explaining why at most stores half size is never half price <g>.

Tony