Refreshing the blade

[ledemon]

I have a newbie question here guys... whenever you refresh the blade, lets say on a Naniwa 12k, is it suitable to make a few passes on the CrO2 ??

[JSmith1983]

I think that is up to you. Some people use it some don't. Lately I only use pastes to touch up the blade, but I don't follow my stones with it that much anymore.

[Martin103]

You could probably maintain the edge with only the Cr02, many touch up the edge by making 5 to 10 laps after a few shaves. That said a few pass on paste after honing might smooth things out for you. Perhaps try without any paste and then with some and see what you like the most.

[thebigspendur]

I've gone back and forth on this. For a time I was using diamond paste and CrO and then I used only hones.

These days I use the hones. It's the classic way and I don't see much time saved with pastes so there is no advantage for me. The only caveat there is a few select razors seem to really like the paste so for those that treatment is indicated.