Thread: Chromium Oxide vs. Diamond Paste

The CrO just puts a different kind of edge on the razor so its hard to compare. The .25 is harsh however that only lasts a shave or two. The diamond is very fast as a cutter and you have to be careful because if you go whole hog with the stuff you will wind up with a wonderfully kean edge full of microchips.

On most razors the .50 Cr is going to give the overall best, and smoothest results.... Some of us use a combonation on the razor, with a .50 Diamond followed by the .50 Cr
Now to be fair there are certain razors and certain steels that really shine from a .25 diamond paste, they will hold that fine of a edge, and not mircochip, or breakdown too fast.
But in general, and for most people, the .50 Cr is a perfect finish......

Since we are on the topics of Chromium and Diamond pastes how does the Shapton 30000 do in comparison to the pastes. I have used diamond pastes since I started shaving and they have worked very well for me. I am looking to expand and am wondering if the 30K ceramic will give me a lot smoother and long lasting blade.
I like the 0.25 paste but I do recognize the harshness that one gets.

Thanks,
Richard

Well, there you go, no sooner do I mention that something is no longer available and someone else jumps in and says it's back.

It appears that the liquid Chromium Oxide has made a comeback as noted in this post on the knifeforums. Rest assured, my order will be in as soon as it's available... it just worked really well for me when pasting bench strops for the first time.

Regards

Kaptain "Moan, and ye shall receive.... again?!?!" Zero

After honing and finishing with the 16K Shapton glass hone, I generally follow up with 5 strokes on a .5 micron dp pasted balsa paddle strop, then 5 strokes on a .25 micron dp pasted balsa paddle strop.

At this stage, I then give the razor around 10 passes on a leather strop pasted with .5 micron dp.

When I'm ready to shave, the razor gets 20 strops on the clean linen followed by 50 strops on leather.This has been giving very smooth,close and comfortable shaves with all my razors.

One thing I have learned from others here is trying to avoid the temptation of "touching" the edge to determine sharpness. For the longest time, I have repeatedly done this-and now I'm certain this has disturbed the edge. YMMV, but it has worked for me-so much so,that I (now get ready for this statement) finally have been satisfied with my honing.

I swear.

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I'm a newb, so Im sure Im screwing up here, but I have pasted my cowide strop with .25 diamond paste I give it about 10-15 strokes and then 60 on the Latigo, I'm not getting the type of edge I like, I want a super sharp but smooth edge. My edge seems a bit rough, and I get some razor burn from it. I'm not sure though as I have only shave 7 times with a straight so far, but I'm def getting razor burn. The edge is sharp though, not snagging any hairs, but not smooth either. If that makes sense to everyone. I'm going to try newspaper or .50 CrOX. I just bought a barber's hone maybe to take the edge down a bit to a lesser fineness. I'm not sure if I can do that, I'm kinda lost a little here with this stuff. I bought a prehoned razor, but now I feel the honing is really the coolest part of this whole thing. Ok thats my 2 cents on .25 diamond paste.

Oh I have the .50 diamond paste, not sure if that's any better of an edge over the .25 per se, I mean I was looking at the mircoscope images of the edges in the wiki, and it seems the CrOX and the Spyderco provide the best edges to the razors.

cheers
D

hi at first welcome.
Now your blades should be sharp enough at first then you can use pastes.What i am trying to say.if your blade dull and you are trying to sharpen with chr02 it will take way long time to do so.What type hone you bought?name of it please.if this is barber hone you can it to keep edge sharp enough and use chro2 smooth it up.hope this helps

Am i The only one thatuses .5 micron chromium oxide, then .1 micron iron oxide? I got it from whipped dog straights