Thread: Is Chromium Oxide every 3 or 6 shaves too much?

Glen - I did enjoy following your past experiment with diamond spray which concluded that it does not round out an edge. That's what got me thinking about the frequent use of Chromium Oxide.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by TheLegalRazor

Glen - I did enjoy following your past experiment with diamond spray which concluded that it does not round out an edge. That's what got me thinking about the frequent use of Chromium Oxide.

Thanks.

I was going to link that thread to you earlier, I was really trying to destroy that edge, I was expecting some type of failure, but was surprised with smooth close shaves for either 70+ or 90+ shaves and finally gave up from boredom.. Glad you had already found it

It depend on what you like but you did say "even if it doesn't seem to need it?". Most people just hit an edge when there is a drop in performance and being able to determine that take experience. You may need a bit of a keener razor because of your beard, I know that I do. If you really like that "just honed" kinda shave that would change things but Chromium comes in at 0.5 microns which is 40 to 60K grit. There may well be other finer pastes that may suit you better.

Changing over to a finer paste would change things a bit. I use 0.1 micron CBN and I would think that the question of removing metal would be a mute point considering that the grit rating comes in at 160,000. If I am wrong I appreciate the correction. I use it every 3 or 4 shaves on felt for about 10 laps depending on the razor and that keeps my razor going for about three months of great shaves.


Take Care,
Richard

As Richard says .1 CBN is great stuff,you are not going to do much damage with it.For me 15 strokes on a latigo Loom brings an edge right back to perfect.