How do you use your Cubic Boron Nitride

[stingray]

Just a pole on how this abrasive is used by various members.
Do you use it on leather? felt? Balsa? or other.
Stingray

[Birnando]

I use mine on a SRD Premium IV English bridle. The front side.
What I did was sand it down a bit with 600 grit paper to add some structure to the material.
The CBN I use is the 0.125micron.

As soon as my second Croc strop arrives, I will try it on that as well

[pixelfixed]

Have tried Leather with .125,works well,just switched to felt,I feel the felt is the best yet.

[Double0757]

I 'm trying the hard wool felt strop, from SRD and the micro mesh from Jenden industries (not sure). I say trying, because I have only put a few razors through the passes. I use .5 diamond spry from SRD, on felt .5 crox on rough leather, .25 BCN also on hard wool felt. The .10, I'm using an 8"X 3" micro mesh felt on true glass backing (which I read it is the best medium), however, I 'm about to spry it on the felt and try that.
So far the best results have been, after the 16,000 shapton glass, 3-4 light strops on the diamond, 7 on Crox (hard wool felt from SRD modular paddle, shorter than the full length strop), 5 on .25 BCN and 10 on the .10 (8"X3"). Once I spry the felt strop with the .10 BCN, I would drop the laps to maybe 5.
One note, wen I started to maintain my edges, I used the SRD modular paddle strop with the .5 diamond on hard wool felt and the .5Crox on the rough leather, which I still use with very good results. I really didn't need anything else, but like everything, you look for the next best thing and you just have to give your money away. Double O

[gssixgun]

I have the .125 now on Roo leather...

Pros: Fast, really smooths the edge, mirrors the bevel, adds sharpness

Cons: Seriously freaking expensive, adds sharpness


Honestly my go to strop, is a Leather Bench strop which 75% of the time if I even use paste, it is CrOx and 25% of the time is CeOx for customer's edges
For my edges I pretty much use CeOx exclusivly any more, I experiment with every new thing I find but for the last 2+ years I have really gravitated to the CeOx as it really doesn't add sharpness to the edges just a bit smoother imagine a milder CrOx..

[Kees]

On both leather and wood.

[PhatMan]

Stingray,

I use CBN on a tallow-tanned leather panel on my modular paddle strop.

Have fun !

regards

Russ

[JimmyHAD]

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[pinklather]

'Used .125 cbn on a pc of felt about 5" long for almost a year. Now I use on leather mainly. The felt seems better if the blade has some warp & wave. On the 5" felt, I do 10 strokes. On the leather (about 20" long), I use 5 strokes.
Many thanks to the honorable Riooso who kindly supplied the original pc of felt. The smoothness is nice. For those guys that want a little more crispy finish, I'll end w/ 3-4 strokes of .5 dia. on a 5" pc of felt.

[Lynn]

I use the CBN on felt exclusively right now. I have used in on a bench felt pad, hanging felt strop and paddle felt pad. I have also tested it on poly webbing, cotton canvas, leather and balsa and find that the hard felt simply provides the best and most consistent results right now. I find that the .5 CBN results are similar to the .5 diamond on the felt for both touch up and finishing after honing. My jury is out on the .125 and .25 as I find them to be hit and miss for touch ups and after the .5's. I normally will use only 5-7 strokes with any of these, but have tested them also at 10, 15 and 20 strokes. I think you would also be surprised with how well 3-5 strokes in lieu of the 5-7 too for both refreshing and at the end of the honing regiment. Very light pressure is key for me.

One thing I notice with CBN, Diamond Spray and Chromium Oxide is that when they hit, the sharpness to comfort ratio provides for a really nice shave.

Have fun.